-
Recent Posts
Archives
- April 2017
- March 2017
- December 2016
- November 2016
- October 2016
- September 2016
- July 2016
- June 2016
- May 2016
- February 2016
- January 2016
- December 2015
- November 2015
- October 2015
- September 2015
- August 2015
- July 2015
- June 2015
- May 2015
- April 2015
- March 2015
- February 2015
- January 2015
- September 2014
- July 2014
- June 2014
- May 2014
- April 2014
- March 2014
- February 2014
- January 2014
- December 2013
- November 2013
- August 2013
- July 2013
- June 2013
- May 2013
- April 2013
- March 2013
- February 2013
- January 2013
- December 2012
- November 2012
- October 2012
- September 2012
- August 2012
- July 2012
- June 2012
- May 2012
- April 2012
- March 2012
- February 2012
- January 2012
- December 2011
- November 2011
- October 2011
- September 2011
- August 2011
- July 2011
- June 2011
- May 2011
- April 2011
- March 2011
- February 2011
- January 2011
- August 2010
- January 2010
- December 2009
- November 2009
- October 2009
- September 2009
- August 2009
- July 2009
- June 2009
- May 2009
- April 2009
- March 2009
- February 2009
- January 2009
- December 2008
- November 2008
- October 2008
- August 2008
- June 2008
- May 2008
- March 2008
Categories
- animal rights (53)
- animals (27)
- Atheism (18)
- blogging (100)
- breakfast (4)
- childhood (13)
- christianity (16)
- communal living – flat life (4)
- computers (2)
- consumerism (22)
- cycling (4)
- death (16)
- dogs (29)
- abandoned dogs (7)
- pedigree dogs (7)
- rescue dogs (14)
- environment (18)
- environmentalism (22)
- europe (8)
- family (25)
- feminism (136)
- food (31)
- friendships (41)
- geocaching (3)
- gibraltar (29)
- health (51)
- breast cancer (1)
- cancer (2)
- drugs (6)
- illness (2)
- screening (3)
- survival rates (1)
- history (9)
- holidays (1)
- home (2)
- homeless people (8)
- tramps (4)
- houses (1)
- humour (2)
- hunting (4)
- internet (41)
- journalism (40)
- life (193)
- Longreads (6)
- love (10)
- media (20)
- money (10)
- music (8)
- musings (78)
- nature (5)
- news (23)
- photography (4)
- poetry (11)
- politics (39)
- poverty (5)
- public relations (11)
- radical feminism (3)
- relationships (3)
- Religion (21)
- safari (3)
- Sexism (10)
- shopping (16)
- social media (22)
- spain (17)
- thoughts (67)
- trans (1)
- travel (13)
- UK (6)
- vegan (19)
- vegetarian (33)
- vegetarianism (22)
- War (10)
- wordpress (6)
- work (47)
- WPlongform (28)
- writing (59)
Meta
Category Archives: consumerism
Maslow’s triangle
In case anyone is getting bored with reading about sex, I thought I’d have a brief intermission and write about Maslow’s triangle, or more specifically the bottom layer of the triangle, food, shelter and warmth. A 30-year-old man froze to … Continue reading
Posted in consumerism, environment, homeless people, tramps
Tagged birmingham, Homeless, Homelessness, Sleeping rough
9 Comments
Legal drugs
In this case, ibuprofen. Nurofen. Ibuprofen is an NSAID, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug. In other words a painkiller, and one of the weaker NSAIDs, so, at low doses, it carries the risk of fewer side effects. So we have so-called specific … Continue reading
Posted in animal rights, animals, consumerism, drugs, health, money, public relations
30 Comments
An exchange
So, run away all those of you who think feminism is silly, don’t like PC language and think there is no problem out there anyway. That will be most/all of you. Here we have the usual story of me pointing … Continue reading
Posted in blogging, computers, consumerism, feminism, gender-specific language, internet, life, musings, thoughts
Tagged political correctness
42 Comments
Apple or PC/Windows? The endless debate
I see WordPress has managed to introduce an inconvenient new feature in my absence. I can just imagine the conversation at WP HQ. ‘Hey have you noticed that cranky roughseas isn’t around at the moment?’ ‘Yeah, life’s a bit quiet … Continue reading
Posted in blogging, computers, consumerism, journalism, musings, thoughts
Tagged apple, PC, windows, wordpress
23 Comments
You are what you eat – GMO
Genetic engineering. It’s a bit like nuclear power, pesticides, feeding cows on sheeps brains. You either think it’s a great idea, don’t care either way because it doesn’t affect you, or you think it is an extremely bad idea. The … Continue reading
Posted in animal rights, animals, consumerism, environment, environmentalism, health, vegetarian, WPlongform
Tagged genetic engineering, GMO
21 Comments
So sad me
For those of you wishing for a very Cloudy Rough Seas Extremely Turbulent blog post, I thought I would sneak in a quick one. Discretion applies. A new person commenting on roughseas in fact. On my International Women’s Day post. … Continue reading
Posted in animal rights, consumerism, feminism, life, musings, thoughts
Tagged abortion, gays, pope
26 Comments
Rainy day Monday
We all love the rain. It’s good for the ground, and we need it. It’s not so good for hanging out the washing, and it’s certainly not so good when inconsiderate drivers park illegally on the pavement forcing pedestrians into … Continue reading
Posted in consumerism, environmentalism, gibraltar, health, life, thoughts
Tagged fat, illegal parking
26 Comments
You are what you eat (2)
And now it’s donkey burgers. Seriously people. Wake up. I can’t be bothered to say any more. You want to condone vicious animal cruelty and slaughter for a few bucks and a cheaper meal, go ahead. You want to eat … Continue reading
Posted in animal rights, animals, consumerism, environmentalism, food, life, news, vegan, vegetarian
Tagged donkey burgers
33 Comments
Clear white light
Or perhaps that should be titled a light bulb moment? Except I don’t like clichéed and hackneyed phrases. (Or even tautology). Whichever tosser decreed that we can only have light bulbs of 60watts or whatever the latest lowest wattage light … Continue reading
Posted in blogging, consumerism, environmentalism, internet, thoughts, writing
Tagged light bulbs
36 Comments
Irrelevant rants
Gah!! What is it with people who are not vegetarian and think they know everything about it because they only eat chicken or fish a few days a week? I’ve been doing this for 25 years or something like that. … Continue reading
Posted in blogging, consumerism, food, gibraltar, journalism, musings, vegetarian, work
Tagged christian, greig
15 Comments
Cheese
Or, more specifically, Farmhouse Cheshire Cheese. As well as slicing up lots of dead pigs every week, the other major food item my parents sold on their market stall was cheese. Now for some reason, the tradition in my part … Continue reading
Posted in childhood, consumerism, food, life, musings, photography, thoughts, vegetarian
Tagged appleby, farmhouse cheshire cheese
26 Comments
Quorn
Fake meat? Processed food? Junk food? High protein meat-free ready meal? Fresh from the laboratory? All of those, and more. Or as the website says, a wonder food. Well, not quite, in my opinion. What is Quorn? It’s made from … Continue reading
Posted in animal rights, consumerism, environmentalism, food, health, vegan, vegetarian, vegetarianism
Tagged protein, quorn
21 Comments
Compromises?
What do you do when faced with a dilemma involving your principles? Choose one principle above another? Or try and find that compromise in the middle, that isn’t one or the other? Life is made up of compromises of so … Continue reading
Posted in animal rights, animals, consumerism, death, environment, environmentalism, europe, feminism, gibraltar, health, life, media, musings, nature, news, public relations, shopping, social media, spain, vegan, vegetarian, vegetarianism, writing
Tagged animal testing, campaign, environment, ethical shopping, HSI, lush
28 Comments
Oh those ragged trousers!
Will they ever go away? Doubt it somehow. It is more than 100 years since Robert Noonan Tressell died (1911), and nearly 100 since his famous book was published in 1914. The Ragged-Trousered Philanthropists is a unique book. And sadly … Continue reading
Consumerism (7) – it doesn’t matter to me
The much-heralded post and the final one in the series. Perhaps the most important one too. Oh. Why? Because it is the one where you can make a difference. I was going to insert a terribly clever digression here to … Continue reading
Posted in animal rights, animals, blogging, consumerism, dogs, drugs, environment, environmentalism, europe, feminism, food, life, music, news, politics, poverty, shopping, travel, vegan, vegetarian, vegetarianism, War
Tagged environment, ethical consumer, it doesn't matter to me, redgum, voting with your feet
21 Comments
Seal of approval
Some years ago my mother decided to buy a beautiful pair of sealskin (?) fur boots. They were amazingly warm. I know, I wore them a few times. She bought them from Bridlington in Yorkshire, UK, where not many seals … Continue reading
Posted in animal rights, animals, blogging, childhood, consumerism, environment, environmentalism, homeless people, hunting, life, politics, safari, vegan, vegetarian
Tagged canada, clubbing seals, fur boots, seal hunt, stop animal abuse
12 Comments
Consumerism (6) – living boxes
After all, home entertainment sounds so dreary. And I can hardly title a blog, TVs, computers, gadgets, smartphones, iPads, video/DVD recorders, fax machines, can I? All suggestions for a better title will be carefully considered and will most likely be … Continue reading
Posted in consumerism, environment, environmentalism, internet, journalism, life, media, money, musings, shopping, work, writing
Tagged computer, gadgets, gaming, technology
32 Comments
Consumerism (5) – burning up
Needing a break from the intellectual analysis of world poverty, I thought I would take a look at something simple. And totally related to world poverty – gas guzzlers. Of which we have a glorious three. I like to be … Continue reading
Posted in consumerism, cycling, environment, environmentalism, europe, life, money, poverty, travel
Tagged cars, dawes, land rovers, metro, triumph dolomite
12 Comments
Consumerism (4) – all I need is a pound a day
THOUGHT OF GIVING IT ALL AWAY TO A REGISTERED CHARITY, ALL I NEED IS A PINT POUND A DAY. (thanks paul for that one – ETA Band On The Run, suddenly realised people may not know that) Apparently that is … Continue reading
Posted in animal rights, blogging, consumerism, environment, environmentalism, health, internet, life, musings, politics, poverty, public relations, shopping, vegan, vegetarian, vegetarianism
Tagged global poverty project, paul mccartney, vegetarian
25 Comments