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Dani refuses to follow the mob and believe that the uber-famous amongst us can do no wrong

I never fully understood why everyone hated Heather Mills.

The only explanation anyone gave was that Paul McCartney was in The Beatles. Using that as an excuse for hating someone is ridiculous.

“No matter what someone does for a living, it doesn’t make them incapable of being mean”

I hadn’t really formed an opinion on the whole thing until I was asked what my view was.

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Dani takes a long hard look at just what it is that makes ‘one’ a culture vulture

I overheard a conversation between a couple of men. I reckon they must be mid to late 20s. They had started the conversation talking about something they had seen on the news about Shakespeare, then one piped up that he would like to see Shakespeare at the Globe Theatre.

You have to bear in mind, while I write this, that neither looked the type who would know much on this subject or in fact, harbour secret passions for great playwrights. Not that there is anything wrong with that, I don’t look like the kind of person who can fit a tablespoon in my mouth but I can – although I would appreciate it if you didn’t tell anyone that. Read the rest of this article »

Dani says that laughter is the best medicine, though a game of Minesweeper comes a close second

Laughing is apparently very good for you.

It (allegedly) has the capability to burn tonnes of calories and also put you in a good mood.

But when was the last time you found something seriously and hysterically funny?

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Dani is dealing with demons from the past that should be laid to rest

When I was at secondary school a friend of mine died.
It was self inflicted.
At the time, I didn’t really feel anything about it.
We had kind of drifted apart and were not as close as we had been.
But all I can remember about that time was that I felt nothing. A simple shrug would have described how I felt at that time.
It wasn’t numbness. When you feel numb you have to be able to feel to feel the numbness. But I felt absolutely nothing. Well, not so much nothing. But as if nothing had happened.
I didn’t cry.
But now I feel guilty.
I should have gone to the funeral.
I should have cried.
But I didn’t.
I cannot recall when this guilty feeling caught up with me. Or why. But it did and I have thought about it nearly every day since.
When somebody dies, there is very little that can be done about it.
That is just a fact.
We have to learn to deal with it, and understand that no amount of kicking and screaming can ever change it.

“When somebody dies, there is very little that can be done about it. We have to learn to deal with it“

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