Tag: Blindness
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Misery, Apparently, Loves Competition
When I was sixteen, and thoroughly fed up with school, I went to a Royal Navy recruitment office. I knew that it was, at best a fool’s errand, but I didn’t care. “Yes?” barked the man at the counter. Government institutions always seem to have counters, rather than desks in their reception areas. Why is…
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Guide Dogs And Englishmen
Given the fact that blindness is mentioned in the title of this blog, it seems reasonable that from time to time, I should write a post which has something to do with it. As I have only mentioned blindness once since I started bombarding you all with my weekly witterings, and then only in passing,…
Caeci Visum 