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Category: Daily Musings
For everyday thoughts and reflections.
Rabbits!
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…
One Snooze Away From Nirvana
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…
I Never Saved Anything For The Swim Back
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…
Imagine Being Superman On A Day You Couldn’t Be Arsed
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…
What’s It All About… Elfie
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…
In My Natural Habitat
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 🙂
Running Up That Hill
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…
The Octopus That Climbed Down Windows
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…
Taking The Plunge
When I was at college I did PE at ‘AS’ level. Not ‘ASS’ level – that’s a different thing entirely. I think AS level was half an A level… or thereabouts. One lesson consisted of heading down to the local swimming baths. Quite frankly, this was my kind of lesson since I went swimming to…