I am Alan Booth, an ordinary British Man . I'm not one of the famous people that have the same name as me, just an ordinary guy. Welcome to my main blog, a true reliable record of history from the perspective of an ordinary man, a place filled with my thoughts; perhaps my thoughts will persist longer on here than in my brain itself. My twitter I.D. is @alspresso.
Tuesday, 18 November 2025
Train Batteries
Monday, 17 November 2025
Half Way through November
Sunday, 16 November 2025
Bookends and Pinball
Thursday, 13 November 2025
BBC or Cineworld
Wednesday, 12 November 2025
Where is the Planet Sergeant ?
Tuesday, 11 November 2025
BBC Panorama
Monday, 10 November 2025
Micro World
Sunday, 9 November 2025
The First Third of November
Friday, 7 November 2025
Nigeria Cover Up
Monday, 3 November 2025
Wimpy Bot
Sunday, 2 November 2025
What October 2025 Means To Me
October was very much about me using virtual reality to lose weight. I would put on my virtual reality headset at times when I wanted to snack and I would abstain from eating. I would only eat 2 meals every day, breakfast and dinner. I would eat breakfast when I wake up and have dinner before I go to work, that's it. The weight I lost was an equivalent to a large bag of rice, about 12 kg. Virtual reality also helps me not to think about the situation in the world and negative things. As you age you start to accumulate sad thoughts, Regret, Shame and Resentment; they build in your mind and weigh you down mentally. It is wonderful to be a child and discard sad thoughts. That's how most men keep themselves together, they play games, they play chess, cribbage, dominoes or computer games. They replace their sad thoughts with hobbies and activities to keep their mind busy.
Israel and Hamas signed a peace agreement, It is a shame that people don't protest about the other things that happen in the world. The genocides happening in the African nations and the unfair treatment to people in autocratic nations, I guess if Jewish governments aren't involved than they don't care because they hate Jews. When I used to read holocaust memoirs, I did't understand how they happened. Now I understand, it's all about lies and dogma. If you spread a lie then you can artificially create hate. At least in this place I will value the truth, all people are the same and just want to live in peace accept for slaves to dogma and hate and the ignorant.
What will happen now in November? Who knows.
Wednesday, 29 October 2025
Sea Dune
Tuesday, 28 October 2025
Back to the Future
Sunday, 26 October 2025
Sentient Beings
Wednesday, 22 October 2025
Gorilla Hits Crocodile
Tuesday, 21 October 2025
Pizza Hut
Monday, 20 October 2025
Black and Yellow Bus
Wednesday, 15 October 2025
Greta Metal Test
Boneless Couch
Sometimes you can browse internet shops see an armchair and just know it is very comfortable to sit on just by looking at it.
Monday, 13 October 2025
Ceasefire Revelation
Sunday, 12 October 2025
Universal Festivities
Wednesday, 8 October 2025
Should I Be Worried?
Tuesday, 7 October 2025
Beatles Run the World
Monday, 6 October 2025
Manchester Synagogue Attack
Friday, 3 October 2025
What September 2025 Means To Me
The most outstanding event that happened during September in my world is learning that a public speaker called Charlie Kirk was assassinated at a student debate; he was hit in the neck by a single bullet and lost consciousness straight away. It is even possible he didn't know he was shot the whole time. The thing that shocked me the most was people celebrating his death like he was some kind of evil villain.
I understand why they're so confused. I watched his whole debates and noticed videos would circulate social media with the context of what he is saying removed. He would say the civil rights laws are being misused to allow men to compete in women's sports, they would cut out the part where he is explaining his issue and only show him saying the civil rights laws are a problem so he would look racist. The same is true of the equality stipulations, he would explain that a black pilot of a plane would be happier if he was judged on merit alone, the equality laws would make people question his skills; they cut out that part of the video and only show him saying equality laws can be bad. I don't agree with all his views myself but I think that is a good thing, I think it is good that other people see things differently to me. Either way, people shouldn't be killed because of an opinion. His two children will now have to grow up without a dad. I think that celebrating his death is misguided and unfair at best, I would consider it to be evil to celebrate his death.
The other thing that came to my attention is the increase in the price of food. It makes little sense to me but the whole world is like that. I don't understand why pineapples cost the same as bread, they take three years to bear fruit and need to be shipped in from overseas yet they cost about the same as a loaf of bread. The same is true of oat milk, it costs twice as much as cows milk, the cow doesn't even produce milk until it is an adult and they have to be vaccinated and given antibiotics periodically but the oats just come out of the ground as a crop yet oat milk costs twice as much as cows milk. I could go on all day really but I won't.
I saw the government wanted to issue all British citizens with a digital ID card. My question would be what is the perk? What benefit would I get from having an ID card?
I was fascinated by the comet 'Atlas-i3', it was ejected from an alien star system and was drifting through interstellar space for millions of years. Its speed is hyperbolic so the gravity of the sun is too weak to trap it and it will eventually pass through the other side and continue to drift through interstellar space. Some people think it is a vehicle or machine because of all the unlikely attributes it possesses, it entered the solar system on the plane of rotation, that is strange because it should be more likely to pass through the solar system at an angle. It is out-gassing unusual chemicals and it is very large for an interstellar object, most interstellar comets and asteroids are very small, not the size of a large mountain. I think someone mentioned the path of the comet seemed to be planned, it approached all the planes relatively close, very unlikely but it happened. It came through the solar system level with all the planets and on a path that allowed a close approach to all the planets, is it a comet? a machine or something else. who knows.
Wednesday, 1 October 2025
Playlist of a Forgiver
Sunday, 28 September 2025
What is the Perk?
Earlier today I learnt that the Government wants to issue ID cards to UK citizens. They think it will scare off illegal migration. I find that very funny because other European Nations have ID cards and it has no effect.
I already have ID cards, two rail cards and a driving license. They all come with perks. Even store loyalty cards come with perks. If I get an ID card I expect it to come with a perk. My drivers license lets me operate vehicles, my rail cards give me discounts on train tickets, my store loyalty cards give me better deals on goods. My question is what is the perk? Is it just a key to get a job? Would there be more, would I get an advantage of some sort. Would I only be motivated to get an ID card if I wanted a new job?
Let's see what happens.
Friday, 26 September 2025
Alien Hospitality
Wednesday, 24 September 2025
If We Could See Neptune
Monday, 22 September 2025
Strangely relaxing Again
Wednesday, 17 September 2025
Strangely Relaxing
Monday, 15 September 2025
Hand Crush
Friday, 12 September 2025
Charlie Kirk Assassinated
Wednesday, 10 September 2025
Skip Away
Tuesday, 9 September 2025
Epstein Files
Sunday, 7 September 2025
Moving the Bar
Exercising is very much like having a hobby, you want to see how far you can push the bar, you want to see how much you can improve what you are doing. In exercise you want to strengthen your body. In my cartoon Blog, I want my cartoons sketches to satisfy my own standards, they don't at the moment but they're improving but I wouldn't buy it if it was printed. That's ok, that's what it's about; you want to see how much progress you can make. This is my cartoon strip blog https://jokejohn.blogspot.com/.
Friday, 5 September 2025
Cabinet Reshuffle
Recently David Lammy became the new deputy prime minister, this also means someone else had to move to his old position, we call that a cabinet reshuffle because cabinet ministers are moved around to different roles. David Lammy took Angela Rayner's job because one of her properties was owned by a trust and that meant she paid less property tax than a regular home owner, so the public felt like they were being blind sided. If a trust or a bank owns a property, they pay less property tax because the law protects banking assets in this county, the trouble is individuals can set up a trust or a small private bank and use it to own property so they would be exploiting a tax loophole. If a minister uses tax loopholes, it is unacceptable because the public community is looking up to them for help and they're helping themselves. I'm not saying she is a crook though, I think accountants can sometimes tell people to do things like that. When you're working in the leadership cabinet, journalists and opposition leaders will scrutinise everything you do and your job is temporary.
I only think about it when it happens or when it's on the news. Otherwise I just explore my imagination. I imagine owning a 12'' gauge train set, one you can ride on that is tucked away inside a large vent space in your home. No one would see it unless they opened a cupboard with no back panel, it would be a doorway to a mini train station. You could dress up all the fittings on the station and even build the train yourself out of large boxes. The wheels of the tiny train would just be skateboard wheels that sit downwards and sideways on the rails; the rails would just be sheet metal bent into a rectangle shape. The train itself would move by being dragged by electromagnets that are on the floor. The train itself would look like boxes with hinges holding them together but as you modify it, it looks more and more like a train. You cut out holes in the large boxes and put see-through plastic for the windows. You add stickers and paint, things like that. You use a 3D printer to print out seats and housing panels for the progress displays. Finally you make the doors because you're not content with a cavity on the side to get in. The vent would also take away the stale damp air and leave cool fresh dry air.
Wednesday, 3 September 2025
Backless Cupboard Fishless Aquarium
It is getting darker and cloudy these days, days are noticeably shorter. I can sense the days are getting shorter because the sun dips below the horizon before 8. Here in Britain the skies can be grey for days at a time, it feels so grim, the summer is fading away for another 9 months. In virtual reality the weather is always nice unless you don't want it to be. The talk on everyone's lips is the strange comet, i3-atlas. Some people think it is slowing down or changing speed like a space ship, others are sceptical and think it's just a comet flung out from another star system. Other people think it is heading for earth.
When the news is grim, when the skies are grim and filled with grey, what can you do? Get some comfort from your imagination. I imagined winning the lottery and getting planning permission to build my house on an abandoned industrial site. The house would have extra large vents, the vents would be used to contain a small gauge railway set.
Monday, 1 September 2025
What August 2025 Means to Me
In august 2025 I was drawn to a cosmic mystery that came with conspiracy theories. A very fast moving comet was discovered in deep space by the NASA Atlas telescope. They called it i3-Atlas; the name sounds like a new processor chip, but it's a comet. They think the object came from another solar system because it is travelling too fast to keep a place here. They don't know what star system it came from or what it is made of. They think it came from a star that is closer to the centre of the milky way galaxy than ours and it seems to be a comet. They think it went close to a large object like a planet and was flung out of its solar system by the sling shot effect; giant planets sometimes cause smaller objects like asteroids and comets to be flung away from the star system where they formed.
Some people on the internet think that i3-atlas is actually a space ship from an alien civilisation heading for earth, and the government are trying to cover it up because they think it will cause a panic. I will go with NASA's verdict, a large comet was flung out of a star system and drifted in interstellar space and is now passing through our own solar system. It curved towards our solar system because of the sun's gravity but it is going too fast to stay put and will pass through our solar system and continue to head away from the centre of our galaxy for eternity.
For me the big thing is getting to know the world of virtual reality. I purchased a meta quest vr headset shortly after my birthday in the middle of summer. It is a notch on the sci-Fi portion of my bucket list.
Talking with machines, check.
Exploring virtual reality, check.
Conversing in real time with artificial intelligence, check.
Wearing a flying coat, not yet.
Flying cars, not yet.
You get the idea.
There are countless worlds out there to explore. countless stories and games to try. Playing golf in virtual reality or visiting a pinball arcade; there is something for every type of leisure out there in the meta cloud. The thing that is missing is something to let you walk with your legs. You can step around in a virtual reality boundary but you can't really walk naturally. You have to use your controller sticks to walk in virtual reality. Walking without moving or stepping can make you dizzy.
Saturday, 30 August 2025
Old Fountain
Thursday, 28 August 2025
Petting Toucans
Monday, 25 August 2025
Day Life Metronome
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