Somehow I’ve been on Twitter (some people call it ‘X’ now 😉 since 2011. I just went back to see what the first thing I ever “tweeted” was and it was this on NYE 2011: I’ve never looked for and don’t really want any significant following on there. I really just used it as a…
It’s 1971. It’s Horror. And it’s on Peacock from October 15th Count me in…
I designed this rabbit t-shirt (not for me) but it was one size out so I ended up with it 🙂 Here I am wearing it, after swimming nearly 20 miles and numerous meetings with gravity since June. Now almost 3 months into my renewed fitness regime. What d’ya think? Good? Bad? Indifferent? 😉 And…
There’s a God which exists and its sole duty is to facilitate our sleep. Don’t laugh, I’m serious. When I was 19 I had an alarm clock that sounded like a transvestite. Halcyon days! No matter how hard it tried, this thing couldn’t wake me up. Fast forward to 2026 and I find myself waking…
Gattaca and Dead Poets Society are two of my favourite films. I’ve mentioned them several times on this blog already. In Gattaca, there is a sibling rivalry between Vincent and his genetically engineered brother, Anton. They used to play a game of “chicken” where they would swim out to sea. The first one to turn…
One day while I was minding my own business I got to thinking what it would be like to be Superman but on a day when I couldn’t be arsed to save the world or do anything remotely super-hero like. This is what I imagined that may look like (and yes, I did write the…
This is me in my natural habitat, grinding out another session… The headphones stop people coming up to you asking how many sets you’ve got left 🙂
To my knowledge only two pictures of me in a gym exist on the interwebs. That’s because I never take my mobile phone onto the gym floor with me. I’ve unwittingly ended up in live streams by Tik Tok’ers (etc) because every stick insect thinks they are a bodybuilder/fitness guru these days. Anyway, this one…
If Freshly Spilled Ink.com was an old style advertorial (don’t tell me you don’t love this lol)… Great ideas make you feel something, don’t they? 😉
I’m writing this late Sunday morning and this post is inspired by a song I heard on the radio this morning, which I’ve always liked. The song reminded me of a short story by Michael Marshall Smith, called “When God Lived In Kentish Town“. As far as titles for stories go, that one is definitely…
Let’s get one thing out of the way before we begin, I absolutely hate going to the dentists. The other thing is, whenever I go, it always reminds me of the cartoon Bob & Margaret, because Bob is a wayward dentist in it. If I had my way I’d never go, but I accept it’s…
At junior school, I used to sit next to a girl called Suzanne. Believe it or not, at school, they used to put two of us on washing up duty in the teachers staff room. Suzanne was always the one I ended up on duty with and she was a decidedly hard worker. Whatever she…
When I run uphills, I keep going until I start turning into Kate Bush. So far that hasn’t happened, which may be a blessing in disguise. Join me up said hill and when we get to the top we could have a picnic or something…