Shelf life

For a while the appeal of box sets of tv shows escaped me entirely. My attitude was that it was only worth buying something if you were confident that you’d get your money’s worth by watching it several times over, exploring all the special features, and so forth. Even then, I found it hard to [...]

TGI Friday!

A recent change in my responsibilities at work means that Friday is now the busiest day of my week. I think that this is probably a good thing. If I’m going to have an empty afternoon stretching out in front of me, when I sit idly refreshing my inbox and rss feeds in hope of [...]

I vant to be alone

I was always a fairly solitary child. Despite having two elder siblings and a smattering of close friends, my preferred company was always my own. Once, at a birthday party, I retreated upstairs with the book I’d received as a present (Spiderman, if memory serves), leaving my friends downstairs to party on without me.
While my own [...]

The thousand natural shocks that flesh is heir to

I can’t remember the last time I physically injured myself. I’m not talking about breaking a nail or banging my head - I mean something that resulted in real bleeding, a large bruise, a break.
As a child I never needed to go to hospital - I’ve never broken a bone (although I did manage to [...]

Oh, the Humanities!

This short film reminded me of my university days, and, more specifically, of the light-hearted enmity between hard-working sicence students and slacker arts students, as typified in the jokes below:  
Q: Why do humanities students leave their curtains closed all morning? A: It gives them something to do in the afternoon.  
Q: What do you say to [...]

Life’s too short

This week I’ve been throwing out CDs. It’s part of a general trend I’ve noticed as I get old(er) - I’m less willing to waste my time on crap. What’s more, I’m also resigned to the fact that I don’t even have time for all the good stuff. To this end, I’ve decided that the [...]

Time flies

Not for me, it doesn’t. 
I mean, I hear people all the time complaining about how their life just seems to rush by, and they never have enough time, and how something that happened years ago seems like only yesterday. When I tell people that I have young children one of the most common responses is to warn [...]