This blog post was going to be on the fear of uncertainty. I have it drafted up in my notebook, primed to go. But then the world started to creak under the weight of this latest, alarming crisis, and I couldn’t decide whether unleashing my musings would be grossly irresponsible or particularly pertinent. Ironically, IContinue reading “The Toddler and the Fluffy Cats”
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Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
You’re driving on the motorway. It’s nearly 9pm. On the plus side, you’re heading off on holiday. On the flip side, you’re tired, and the wailing little ‘un in the backseat isn’t improving your concentration levels.
Thoughts on ‘Control’: What’s Wrong With a Little Destruction?
I dodge out of the way of a hissing rocket-propelled grenade. Just in the nick of time. It detonates on the wall behind me, sending a fountain of rubble crashing into the room. I use telekinesis to grab one of the boulders, and hurl it back from whence it came. It smashes through office desks,Continue reading “Thoughts on ‘Control’: What’s Wrong With a Little Destruction?”
Resistance, and My Ongoing, Harebrained Attempts to Beat It
Hello, my name’s Tom, and I have a problem. Okay, I’ve got a fair few of them, but there’s one in particular I’d like to focus on here: I struggle greatly to finish my own creative projects.
New Year’s Irresolutions
We shouldn’t need the beginning of a new calendar year as motivation to get our lives in order. It’s not like we only realise that we’ve been neglecting trying new things, ditching that unsatisfying job, or getting in shape, as the minute and hour hands snap to attention on New Year’s Eve. If we’re honest withContinue reading “New Year’s Irresolutions”