I'm over 50 and still trying to decide what I want to do when I grow up (if I ever do) I've worked in both the public and private sectors and I've been self-employed for about half my working life. I have built up a lot of knowledge of different things over that time, and an understanding of how the world works, both for myself and for others.

I have a degree in Politics and a certificate in Newspaper Journalism. I've put together a couple of websites and I have translated sites from French into English.

My politics remain to the left of centre, despite years of people trying to indoctrinate me the other way. I am delighted that Barack Obama has been elected to succeed the totally discredited George W Bush and maintain a hope that he will change America and the world for the better.

I live in the Charente department of France, where I am a commercial agent for an estate agency. I get to see some wonderful houses and properties for sale and help people to fulfil their dreams as I did mine. I also take on translation work when offered and am always willing to listen to propositions.

I try to be a nice guy in spite of my opinions - I love taking photographs, writing, cooking and singing, though I don't consider myself especially talented in any of those fields. Oh and I speak French fluently.

My blogs can be found at http://oldhack.squarespace.com

My passion is ...

Good Food

I know too much about ...

Nothing

My parents always told me ...

Grow Up!

My childhood ambition ...

Never to have to grow up!

My favorite memory ...

There are just so many that is an impossible question.

Why I write ...

Because I think, therefore I am.....etc.,

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

Anything that turns me on - I have very eclectic tastes

My first job ...

Clerk in an engineering works

My best moment ...

The present (and that was so yesterday and will be so tomorrow)

My inspiration ...

Knowing that I'm damn well right!

Entertainment > TV News & Commentary How the Simpsons changed my life

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I was a man who had outgrown cartoons. A man who generally failed to see the humour in American cartoons and who had begun to believe that the United States was a country bereft of political wit and devoid of irony. My daughter used to watch the Simpsons, and while I was too liberal to actually stop her I used to hope that she would soon grow out of the cartoon watching habit.

Then I saw an episode for myself. It just came on the television before I could reach out of my chair for the remote to turn it off. Something made me watch it. I saw a new reality. I saw politicisation of the ...

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