A somewhat intermittent blog from Johnny Pate in Edinburgh, Scotland. http://www.dvc.org.uk/sketches/ 20 Jul 2010: Back in the day, this is how real men zeroed their 7.62mm full metal jacket military rifles. By Johnny http://www.dvc.org.uk/sketches/blast.html 11 Sep 2009: A coincidence (?) which, considering especially the conversations I've been having with the correspondent, is a major PK Dick moment for me... by Johnny http://www.dvc.org.uk/sketches/daemon.html 3 May 2008: Is it a harbinger of the singularity or simply a sign I need to get out more? By Johnny http://www.dvc.org.uk/sketches/robobabe.html 12 Feb 2008: I will be there and you too, all of us, lost forever in time. By Johnny http://www.dvc.org.uk/sketches/dream.html 25 Jan 2008: Separated by a common language. By Johnny http://www.dvc.org.uk/sketches/english.html 29 Aug 2007: Showtime's Dexter brings us the serial killer as soap opera. By Johnny http://www.dvc.org.uk/sketches/dexter.html 12 Aug 2007: A nifty command line version of the King James Bible, with concordance, resurrected. By Johnny http://www.dvc.org.uk/sketches/brs.html 6 Jun 2007: Mind-body dualism? By Johnny http://www.dvc.org.uk/sketches/storr.html 18 May 2007: Yet another rant from my inbox, more on 'The War Against Terror' by Johnny http://www.dvc.org.uk/sketches/fanatics.html 8 Mar 2007: More from my inbox; is it evil or is it psychopathology at work in the world? By Johnny http://www.dvc.org.uk/sketches/ponerology.html 24 Jan 2007: A snapshot of what happens in my inbox by Johnny http://www.dvc.org.uk/sketches/lotb.html 3 Nov 2006: Sleepwalking into the slave society by Johnny http://www.dvc.org.uk/sketches/bigbro.html 31 Oct 2006: Yet more reasons not to believe what you read in the 'papers. By Johnny http://www.dvc.org.uk/sketches/skyfall.html 10 Aug 2006: The so-called Global War On Terror by Johnny http://www.dvc.org.uk/sketches/jemima.html 30 Jul 2006: A transcript of Buzz Aldrin's comments, on British TV, re the Apollo 11 UFO by Johnny http://www.dvc.org.uk/sketches/buzzufo.html 25 Oct 2005: They are messing with your head; song lyrics/poem, by Johnny http://www.dvc.org.uk/sketches/trance.html 25 Aug 2005: I'm on fire! And shockingly close to the truth. Short fiction by Johnny http://www.dvc.org.uk/sketches/burning.html 21 Aug 2005: A blast from my past, resurrected from my email backlog hell, by Johnny http://www.dvc.org.uk/sketches/wizard.html 3 Feb 2005: A letter to my Member of Parliament about the sorry state of modern Britain by Johnny http://www.dvc.org.uk/sketches/carta.html 15 Jan 2003: Get with the programme, by Johnny http://www.dvc.org.uk/sketches/conspire.html 6 Aug 2002: Material Determinism vs the human spirit, by Johnny http://www.dvc.org.uk/sketches/grauniad.html 19 May 2002: Voting only encourages them - just say no! by Johnny http://www.dvc.org.uk/sketches/voting.html 16 May 2002: The day the future died, by Johnny http://www.dvc.org.uk/sketches/apollo.html 24 Apr 1999: Little did we know it, those were in fact happy, innocent, days of world peace, by Johnny http://www.dvc.org.uk/sketches/kosovo.html 28 Oct 1997: "Gun control" in the USA, by Johnny Brandon http://www.dvc.org.uk/sketches/stinger.html 21 Sep 1997: News we should be reading in the papers, by Johnny Brandon http://www.dvc.org.uk/sketches/wyoming.html 19 Aug 1997: Too bizarre to be true? by Johnny with thanks to Ewan http://www.dvc.org.uk/sketches/nuke.html 5 Apr 1997: Art, pornography, freedom of speech, by Eugene Volokh http://www.dvc.org.uk/sketches/volokh.html 17 Feb 1997: I never believe what I read in the press anyway, by Johnny http://www.dvc.org.uk/sketches/scotsun.html 25 Dec 1996: Special Xmas 1996 edition, by Johnny http://www.dvc.org.uk/sketches/santa.html 3 Dec 1996: About UK homicide statistics, by Johnny http://www.dvc.org.uk/sketches/homicide.html 10 Aug 1996: The situation in East Timor, by Johnny http://www.dvc.org.uk/sketches/timor.html