Welcome to Various Musings, O dear reader.
I have to make the point clear that this is, as one may expect, musings, not rantings.
Rantings, one would usually associate with an extremist political or religious group- musings, are unsure of themselves and therefore a good deal more modest as a result. Many of my musings therefore, will probably end up contradicting their initial arguments in the first place, leaving me the wiser and probably the reader with a few laughs as they watch someone’s political self-education.
That said, given that some of my musings will in future devolve into senseless rantings if some breaking news event on BBC sends me to the keyboard to let off some steam, it’ll probably be helpful for me to listen to my readers’ (should I have any) opinions and talk such events over. If only I’d started up this blog during the Israeli-Lebanese War, oh if only. Anyway, many people say that you are what you eat. I see little truth in this- indeed, if it were true, I could be anything from finely-cooked Chicken in Cider to a ketchup-smeared lamb kebab of questionable origin served fresh from the polystyrene box. I personally believe in our society today, people are what they read (magazines or books) or watch on TV. Magazine and newspaper-wise, my personal favourites would have to be the Geographical, The Chap, Coin News, New Statesman, Private Eye, The Guardian and if I can find the funding for its extortionate price, The Monocle.
Figure that out for yourself. I suppose it could mean anything- if anything has something interesting to read, I’ll buy it. Unless it’s The Telegraph or The Daily Mail.
Watch this space- this blog, as far as I can see, will probably be updated most Wednesdays and weekends. That is, unless I decide to jet off to Burkina Faso or Laos or God knows where. In which case I shall be sure to mention it. And write about it after the return journey 
As they would say on Facebook, my wall virginity is now taken.
Happy hunting!
Mehmet12, twelfth of the name.
