A Traditional Christmas

I have just had sight of a leaked memo from a senior government source. Please be advised that:

If you wish Santa to visit your home you now must have Elf ‘N Safety approved scaffolding erected around your house so that Santa may clamber about your chimney stack in safety.
If you wish to pour brandy on your Christmas pudding and light it, you will be obliged to have a fire safety officer with a fire extinguisher trigger cocked within 3 metres [whatever they are].
A First Aid Officer must be present when opening parcels to deal with any paper cuts.
A Trauma Councillor is an absolute must, you really cannot get away with not having one of these present on Christmas day, to deal with any child [I use the term loosely] who does not get what they wanted.
If you have children under 3 you must ensure that any guest is not on the sex offenders list for bonking a bicycle.
Nuts are a no-no. You don’t want anyone who you haven’t seen for 30 years popping in who may be allergic to these nasty thingies. Your personal liability insurance may not cover you for this.
Mince pies are banned in case they upset any gay London Mayoral candidates.
Carol singing is also off the agenda unless you have a signer and a deaf loop and a translator.
If the neighbours pop in for a sing song and there aren’t enough chairs you will need a lollipop person to control the traffic while they shift chairs across the road. It doesn’t matter if you live in a cul-de-sac, you still need one.
You will need an alcohol, nicotine and cholesterol adviser to ensure that your consumption is within acceptable guidelines. Oh, actually you can’t smoke because your home is now the “place of work” for all these new “guests”. You will have to go out to the shed. Ah, now you need a “Fire Certificate” if you want to smoke in there, but you can’t do it while the Fire Officer is doing the inspection…….

Merry [scratch that] Happy [scratch that] well just have a Christmas. Let it snow.

Weggis is a Non Blog

At least as far as Technorati is concerned. If you look me up there you will find that there are a few links from other sites to Weggis. As the rules go each blog has an “authority” defined by the number of links from other unique blogs in the last 180 days, yet I have “no Authority” at all despite having at least 4 links from unique blogs shown.

What is more, is that if Weggis links to another blog, as I have done, it does not show on their Technorati profile and contribute to their Authority. I have checked, they are not there.

It would appear that as far as Technorati is concerned I don’t exist. If only the Inland Revenue would do likewise!

Green Leadership

The moment has arrived. The ballot paper dropped onto my doormat this morning. It is time for me to get off the fence.

My instincts tell me to vote No, my reason tells me to vote Yes. My internal punch up is now over.

This is not a Leadership issue. The issue here is about human nature. Leaders can turn into Dictators. But “Anarcho-syndicalism” can also produce Dictatorship by those few who monopolise the committees. That’s why it is so prone to Splitters. Those who tend towards Dictatorship will find a way whatever the system – there is no perfect system, we are all human. No matter how “pure” the anti-leader lobby think they are, they are just the same as everyone else. And Leaders are much easier to depose than a faceless committee.

The question the membership should ask is this: Do those people in the frame to become our Leader, have the qualities, resolve, integrity, humility, and inclusiveness to give us the sort of Leadership we want, need and deserve?

The answer is YES. So, I have voted YES!