Mon 22 – Sun 28 Oct 2018 I’ve become a sticker I used to be very flighty when I was younger. Jobs and men came and went easily, there was always the potential for better. I suppose that optimism about the future being better than now still lives with me. But over the last few Read More…
Month: October 2018
What is hoarding really about?
Mon 15 – Sun 21 Oct 2018 Dealing with my hoarding addiction I’m having a big clear out. Basically I have a hoarding addiction which is books and DVDs. I particularly buy them in charity shops and it’s got to the stage where it’s silly. I’m really proud of my collection of gay retro Read More…
Autumn is here and so is climate change
Mon 8 – Sun 14 Oct 2018 Sustainability We’re fucked Big scientific report last week which basically said we are totally screwed unless we take massive drastic action. Which means we are fucked because we as a species don’t want to face up to the damage we are doing to the planet and we don’t Read More…
Hard Chinese sci-fi
Cixin Liu Another mini-blog from me, perhaps this is the shape of the future? I wanted to write about the latest book I have finished reading just because it is so brilliant and has made me think so much. It’s ‘Death’s End’ by the Chinese sci-fi writer Cixin Liu. And this is the final part Read More…
A bloody good eclectic weekend
Sat 6 & Sun 7 Oct 2018 Another blog from me in quicker succession to the last one than is usual. But I had a lovely weekend (although a very varied one) and I wanted to write about it. 🙂 Jog-run I failed completely on holiday in Sitges to do any jog-runs. Although I did Read More…
The good and bad about my break in Sitges
Sun 30 Sept – Fri 5 Oct 2018 Last week’s blog (here) covered my first day in Sitges. It is only with the hindsight of the full period away that I can make a call on it. Overall, it was good and I take some useful things from it. But there were also less good Read More…
Enjoy the pleasure of being in control
Mon 24 – Sun 30 Sept 2018 Last week was one of those lovely moments in time where I sort of felt in control of things. One often doesn’t know the best times have happened in life until they are over. Same with moments when you feel in control of things. We expect and so Read More…