Does it make sense to drive with your front bumper inside the boot of the car in front of you? I mean EVER – never mind when travelling at speeds above 110kph (68mph). I only ask because after another frustrating drive along […]
So I get the popularity of The Big Bang Theory. It’s nerds doing nerdy stuff which can be rather funny (take for example The IT Crowd from the UK), but there is something about Big Bang which just precludes me from enjoying […]
Last night I was feeling pretty dejected after what had been a below average 24-hours. Co-Consul arrived home late and we talked until far-too-late about the world and it gave me a reminder that even the preceding 24-hours had been nothing to worry about. […]
Right now I am standing under the awning of a Subway. No, not the underground trains, the sandwich shop. Anyway, it’s raining, it’s around half the temperature it was when I left home this morning and there is a tree across from […]
In honour of nothing in particular…or perhaps in honour of typing on a tablet PC in a bus, I give to you the top 10 things hat are easier in 5-inch heels… Typing on a tablet PC* in the bus (currently […]
So the barista class I did last night was completely ace. I learned about coffee (who knew it wasn’t actually a bean!?!), I learned how to make a good coffee in a variety of (for me at least) redundant fashions (who needs […]
Oh yes – I have an ending! I was more than once told during many, many writing courses and sessions with published authors that in order to write a great book, you need to start with a great ending. Once you have […]
It’s November which means I should have what?…10,000 words of a novel already written? I so don’t. You see I’ve been spending all of my spare time on this new website. No – THIS new website, not some other…OK never mind. So […]
Around about 5 years ago I had my own website on which I hosted a bunch of my short stories as well as some very mundane meta-drivel I was fond of posting. Then I decided to change career and become a teacher. […]