Love Sunshine

Sunshine guaranteed for May 1st 2008

May 1st is an auspicious day. It is the day of local elections, and our future happiness will be held in our trembling hands. Will that day be respendent with effulgent radiance, or be clouded with ignorance, short-sightedness and self-interest? It is entirely up to you and your fellow citizens.

And yet, I behold a path to happiness shining clearly. A yellow brick road leading to a happy sunny land. Not to the polling booth - for, in truth, it makes little difference who gets his or her snout in the trough, the pigs always end up walking on 2 legs and re-writing what they scrawled on their manifesto walls - no, to the local bookstore, where your friendly bookvender will be happy to furnish you for a very modest sum a freshly minted copy of Sunshine: One man's search for happiness: the essential sun-worsphipper's companion. Published that very day, and the pious labour of my own humble hands.

It is high time I stepped forward and introduced myself properly, declared my interests, and declaimed from my solar solar box the virtues and values, features and benefits, even the Unique Selling Points of my particular product. Unique indeed. For it is the very first book to attempt to explain our love of sunshine. To explore why it makes us happy. Why some of us might be addicted to it, and why we have so much to thank the nudists for.

Over the coming weeks I'll be bringing forth shiny nuggets about and from the book, with regular features such as The Confessions of a sun-worshipper (mostly the same old tat I've been peddling in this blog for years); The Helioholism Hall of Fame (celebrating the heroes of extreme sun-worship); and a regular spot called Pop Goes the Sunshine (featuring the sunniest spells from the world of popular culture). How exciting is all this? So, on May 1st there is only one party, one candidate, one decision. Vote for Sunshine, and contribute to my holiday home in the sun.