All the Small Things

 In Today's Tiny Issue

Small Things
How small are we
That's Amaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaazing
Random Joke
Word (to your Mother)

Free audio play.

I write about big things.

But, it’s time to talk of the small,

of little pleasures of smaller joys.

A lick from the dog

Clean sheet smell

Chinese chicken curry

Melodious church bell

Sun through the curtains

A really good sneeze

Elvis on the radio

Quite a strong cheese

My spex with no spots

A pair of odd socks

Bacon and eggs

Soft ticking of clocks

Smell of cut grass

Old Captain Kirk

A free parking space

A weekend off work

A freezing cold pint

I nice new haircut

Batman and Robin

Nice clean smut

The laugh of a child

A fresh coffee pot

A blackbird’s singsong

A nose clear of snot

How Small are We ?

Our sun is one of at least 100 BILLION stars, just in the Milky Way. Scientists calculate that there are at least 100 billion galaxies in the observable universe, each one brimming with stars. There are more stars than grains of sand on all of Earth’s beaches combined. 

The Milky Way is a huge city of stars, so big that even at the speed of light (which is fast!), it would take 100,000 years to travel across it.

 Roughly 70% of the universe is made of dark energy. Dark matter makes up about 25%. The rest — everything on Earth, everything ever observed with all of our instruments, all normal matter adds up to less than 5% of the universe.

If the sun were as tall as a typical front door, Earth would be the size of a penny.

The sun accounts for almost all of the mass in our solar system. Leaving .2% for all the planets and everything else.

Edwin Hubble discovered that the Universe is expanding and that at one point in time (14 billion years ago) the universe was all collected in just one point of space.

 Four American spacecraft are headed out of our solar system to what scientists call interstellar space. Voyager 1 is the farthest out — more than 11 billion miles from our sun. It was the first manmade object to leave our solar system. Voyager 2, is speeding along at more than 39,000 mph, but will still take more than 296,000 years to pass Sirius, the brightest star in our night sky..

That's Amaaaaaaaazing ...

Smallest Hypothetical Object in the Universe: The smallest hypothetical objects in the universe is a thing which does not have any mass and dimensions. Its existence is also not proven yet. According to string theory, all universe is made up of tiny vibrating string-like structures which interact with each other and give rise to mass and energy.

Random Joke of the Day

My Dad always told me “Don’t be quick to find faults.” 

Great Dad, terrible geologist.

Word of the day: SCURRYFUNGE - to rush around cleaning before visitors arrive.

Want to see what other guff I write pop over to my Authors page on Amazon. Just paste the below link in your browser.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Neville-Raper/e/B0759Z1D25%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share

Oh and as a little extra treat here's a short radio play written by me performed by Sheffield Radio.

All the small things.......

In Today's Tiny Issue

Small Things
How small are we
That's Amaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaazing
Random Joke
You Tube

I write about big things.

But, it’s time to talk of the small,

of little pleasures of smaller joys.

A lick from the dog

Clean sheet smell

Chinese chicken curry

Melodious church bell

Sun through the curtains

A really good sneeze

Elvis on the radio

Quite a strong cheese

My spex with no spots

A pair of odd socks

Bacon and eggs

Soft ticking of clocks

Smell of cut grass

I’m Captain Kirk

A free parking space

A weekend off work

A freezing cold pint

I nice new haircut

Batman and Robin

Nice clean smut

The laugh of a child

A fresh coffee pot

A blackbird’s singsong

A nose clear of snot

Our sun is one of at least 100 BILLION stars, just in the Milky Way. Scientists calculate that there are at least 100 billion galaxies in the observable universe, each one brimming with stars. There are more stars than grains of sand on all of Earth’s beaches combined. 

The Milky Way is a huge city of stars, so big that even at the speed of light (which is fast!), it would take 100,000 years to travel across it.

 Roughly 70% of the universe is made of dark energy. Dark matter makes up about 25%. The rest — everything on Earth, everything ever observed with all of our instruments, all normal matter adds up to less than 5% of the universe.

If the sun were as tall as a typical front door, Earth would be the size of a penny.

The sun accounts for almost all of the mass in our solar system. Leaving .2% for all the planets and everything else.

Edwin Hubble discovered that the Universe is expanding and that at one point in time (14 billion years ago) the universe was all collected in just one point of space.

 Four American spacecraft are headed out of our solar system to what scientists call interstellar space. Voyager 1 is the farthest out — more than 11 billion miles from our sun. It was the first manmade object to leave our solar system. Voyager 2, is speeding along at more than 39,000 mph, but will still take more than 296,000 years to pass Sirius, the brightest star in our night sky..

That's Amaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaazing

Smallest Hypothetical Object in the Universe: The smallest hypothetical objects in the universe is a thing which does not have any mass and dimensions. Its existence is also not proven yet. According to string theory, all universe is made up of tiny vibrating string-like structures which interact with each other and give rise to mass and energy.

Random Joke of the Day...

My Dad always told me “Don’t be quick to find faults.” 

Great Dad, terrible geologist.

YOU TUBE

If you pop over to You Tube you can find several radio plays that have been created from my short stories....

 

You  can use this link.....go have a look.....pweeeze.....

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kswRLrIeDU4&t=191s

Now the Drugs Don't Work....

In Today's Dosset Box Issue

Maraca Man
Drugs
That's Amaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaazing
Random Joke

Maraca Man

If you hear a rattle
don't be worried
It's meds in my system
they won't be hurried

I take so many there
in a jam
Lines up in my system
I'm the maraca man

Side effects and sweats
shakes and the shivers
They shoot through my bloodstream
like Robin Hood's quivers

I see my pills
so ordered so neat
Like an astronauts food
my freeze dried treats

Drugs

In Colombia, illegal drug trading is worth around 10 Billion Dollars each year.

30% of world famous rock stars are dead because of extreme drug or alcohol use

In Holland, there are official institutions that you can bring your own drugs to get their quality checked.

In Singapore, possessing or using narcotic drugs is punished by the death penalty.

There is a special nail polish that was developed to detect drugs in your drink!

Every year over 100,000 babies are born addicted to cocaine in the USA.

In North Korea, marijuana is legal and it is not considered to be a narcotic drug.

In 1994, 75 bundles of cocaine were thrown from the air in Florida. Surprisingly, the cocaine bundles were thrown to an area where a summit against crime was happening.

Many antidepressants cause sexual side effects and limit the feelings of love and romance.

Only 1% of heroin addicts agree to go to rehab

That's Amaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaazing

In January 2011, it was reported that Colombian drug dealers had attempted to smuggle marijuana into a prison using a pigeon as a carrier. A 45-gramme (1.6-ounce) package was strapped to the pigeon and it was released in the direction of the Bucaramanga jail. The package, however, was too heavy for the bird, and it was found by police officers flapping on the ground near the prison. Inmates of the jail probably trained the bird, and they had been used previously to smuggle mobile phone SIM cards into the jail. 

Random Joke of the Day

WHAT'S BLUE AND DOESN'T WEIGH MUCH? LIGHT BLUE

 

From - Tales of the Unaccepted comes a new radio play, written by myself performed by Sheffield Radio - Witness.

What if you witnessed a murder right in front of your eyes but no one listened to you?

Well here's the answer...

 

Go over to You Tube for more free audio plays....and if you'd like to buy my books ( pweeeeze )

Then find them on Amazon.... Thanks x

 

Logical

Logical

In Today's Issue

Logical
That's Amaaaaaaazing
Random Joke
Word

Can I speal my mind


LOGICAL

It all seems so logical

The right solution

To remove myself

For I’m pollution

What is the point

The point of me

waste of space

social amputee

An empty man

I’ve run my course

Time to go

Let's shoot this horse

It all seems so logical

The right solution

To remove myself

For I’m pollution

(The biggest killer of Men under 50 in the UK is suicide)

(Rates have risen by 20% over the last five years)

(Men are three times more likely to  take their lives than women)

Thats Amaaazing

Frankfurt police have found a car belonging to a 76-year-old man who forgot where he parked it 20 years ago.

Random Joke

Not saying we were poor, but many a time my Mother would send me next door with a button, and ask our neighbour if she would sew a shirt on it.

Word

Treppenwitz is the German word for a witty comeback that you think of too late to use it. The literal translation is 'staircase joke'.

Can I Speak My Mind ?

New Release - 

Can I Speak My Mind is a collection of short stories and poetry written by, for and about people who have been affected by mental health issues.

Some of the pieces are heartbreaking, some are hopeful, some are even funny…but what they all are is honest.

All profits from the sale of this book will go to mental health charities.

By buying this anthology you have contributed to people who go that extra mile to help sufferers in the community. These groups volunteer selflessly. Your money will help them to continue providing much needed support.

So well done you, you are a hero.

Here is a link to the Amazon page - 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Can-I-Speak-My-Mind/dp/1728787599/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1541082559&sr=8-4&keywords=can+I+speak+my+mind 

Can I Speak My Mind

Neville Raper is a Broadcaster, Poet, Author, Playwriter and a blogger. He is an occasional stand up, regular sit down.

His award winning books can be found on Amazon, Kobo, Barnes Noble and Kindle.

Blogged about Blogs

In Today's Issue

Blogg
Bloggs
That's Amaaaaazing
Audio Story 2
Random Joke
Finish with a Song

Blog

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday

And more

My writing daily becomes

A chore

I write online

I write in space

I hide behind a virtual

Face

I make things up

I write in dreams

Nothing is ever as it

Seems

But that’s OK I like to

Hide

To keep the dark things

Deep inside

Blogging which started in mid nineties as a personal hobby to share one’s thoughts has indeed come a long way. Initially, it was nothing more than an extension of diary writing but in no time, it turned into a powerful medium. Soon, people started using it as a source of secondary income and some were even lucky enough to be full time, professional bloggers. Today, it is used widely by businesses as part of their marketing strategy.

Did you know how the term, ‘blog’ was coined? It is a contraction of two words – web and log. The term was first used and made popular by Jorn Barger, an American blogger. Here are some more interesting facts about blogging

Justin Hall, a US freelance journalist is said to be the first blogger. In 1994, while still in college, he managed to publish his first blog.

WordPress and Blogspot are two most popular blogging platforms. WordPress, a relatively late entrant in blogging, has surpassed its elder brother, Blogspot in terms of popularity. More than 40 percent of bloggers use WordPress.

In 1999, there were just 23 blogs. Today, there are over 1.5 billion blogs on the internet. WordPress.com alone has over 60 millions of them. Every half a second, a new blog is created. There are about 31 million bloggers in the US.

More than 60% of blogs are in English. Other prominent languages include Spanish, Portuguese, and Indonesian.

Over half of the blogging community has more than one blog. Professional bloggers have 4 blogs, on an average. Only about 27 percent of bloggers are full time into it.

1 in every 5 bloggers updates his/her blog daily. Most of the blogs are read in the morning between 7 AM to 10 AM.

Bloggers use social media to promote their blogs. A blogger on an average uses 5 social media sites.

A blog post is powerful enough to influence a purchase. Businesses that blog get more visitors to their website. Almost half of the companies in the US use blogs for the purpose of marketing their product/services.

Earning from a blog is not something that happens overnight. It takes a sound strategy along with a high dose of perseverance. About one-fifth of bloggers have been into it for more than 6 long years.

Less than 10 percent of bloggers earn enough to support their family. More than 80 percent never ever make it to even $100.

The Biggest Blog on the Planet 1 | Huffington Post - 110,000,000 - Estimated Unique Monthly Visitors

Free Audio Story

My short story - The Door Lock Clicked was broadcasted on Sheffield Radio today.
I have obtained a copy of the sound file.

It can be downloaded free at :-

http://web.sheffieldlive.org/shows/write-radio/

(Simply paste into your browser)

It is the 2pm show 26-1-18
This story is available in my latest book :-


Tales of The Unaccepted

YOU CAN GET THIS BOOK ON AMAZON, KOBO OR BARNES NOBLE.

HERE IS THE LINK TO AMAZON

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Tales-Unaccepted-Mr-Neville-Raper/dp/1548896446/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1501014922&sr=8-1&keywords=neville+raper

Just got a job working in a giant size cuckoo clock. It's not great, but it gets me out the house.....

FINISH WITH A SONG

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