Great Opara

The writer is one of society’s cornerstones because of his gift of storytelling; the ability to record the events of history in an accurate and engaging manner, or his powerful imagination, which allows him to paint the images in his head onto the canvas of reality. Both the storyteller and the story are important to any society seeking direction and, in the eternal words of George Santayana, those who do not learn history are doomed to repeat it.

Life is in stages; you are born, you grow old and you die. You are born, you find out why and you die. You are born, you live a good life and you die. You are born, you don’t get to live at all and you die. No matter how it starts or how the middle turns out, the final stage of life is and will always be death. And no matter how well life is lived or how far away we run, death is only a matter of time. So why do we run? Why do we hide behind society and religion and fear and good manners.

It’s Not Just Football Anymore If you’re a big football fan (real football not the rubbish played in the US) and you’ve diligently followed a particular team or just the sport in general over the years, you are used to seeing just how unpredictable the game is.