Step by Faltering Step (Part 1 of 2)
Posted on“Get up!” My body stirs, a cracked portrait of futility. “I can’t.” “I don’t want to hear no can’ts, get up you sonofabitch!” I push myself up, my hands pressing […]
Category: Random Ramblings
All You Good Good People… (Listen to Me)
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I always wanted to be the good guy. And on the whole I don’t think I’ve done too badly. I’m far from perfect but overall I’d say the Libran scales […]
The Choice We ALL Must Make
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“Sleep with one eye open, gripping your pillow tight…” (Enter Sandman – Metallica) Something ugly is stirring. 49 people are dead because of who they happened to love. Riots are erupting […]
Show Your Scars – Confronting the Beauty Myth
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“Not all wounds need healing and not all scars are ugly” (The Lonely City, Olivia Laing) We live in an age that kneels at the altar of image, where the […]
The ‘UKIP Apology’ (Or, Why Your Words Matter)
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Words matter. Words, spoken in seconds, can echo throughout history. Words so simple, yet so profound. Words that changed the world, forever. Which brings me to ‘The UKIP Apology’ (perhaps […]
You Can Fool Some of the People, Some of the Time… But You Can’t Fool Yourself
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Yes. I. Can. In less than 10 minutes, lying prone at the feet of David Haye, it was brutally, conclusively clear that no, Audley Harrison couldn’t. Fourteen years earlier one […]
“The Sun Doesn’t Go Down” – Facing Life’s Final Journey
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My uncle died last night, of lung cancer. He was a good, good man and I will miss him dearly. When I started writing there were 3 ‘D’s that I […]
Your LinkedIn Profile is Full of Sh*t
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“Have you met the new Project Manager yet?” “No, what’s he like?” “Well he comes with quite a big reputation. I was talking with Sally in accounts yesterday and she […]
Music – Medication for the Soul
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I couldn’t live without music. Each major event in my life has its own soundtrack; places in my heart and my memory can be instantly unlocked using the key of […]
Do You Know Who I Am?
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It’s one of those days. Not one of those days, but one of those days. A day of quiet reflection, and where better to do it than my favourite cafe […]