Posts under ‘The Everyday’
An Uncomfortable Truth
Earlier in the week, I was enjoying being uncomfortable again. Comfort is a concept I’m not…comfortable with (damn my language and its grammatical quicksands). Comfort is a state of being you should probably only dip into, to enjoy with a contrasting experience in the forefront of your memory. You stamp the snow off your boots, [...]
New Perch
Location: In my new house, somewhat to the west of York, a brisk and not overlong walk from the train station, surrounded by shops, five of which are charity shops which have already supplied me with 3 perfectly-fitting work shirts and some expensive-looking work trousers for the price of a standard paperback book from Borders. [...]
It’s All In The Delivery
“Oh, we can’t guarantee when he’ll be delivering the new dishwasher”, they told my Mum. “Sometime on Thursday, definitely. But the drivers make up their own schedules to inflict maximum inconvenience on their customers. We can hear them giggling over the radio as they work them out. It’s an ugly sound, yet strangely compelling, like [...]
A Fine Decade I’ve Got Me Into
“Yes?” “Hello. Uh….well, I’d like to turn myself in.” “You’d what?” “I’d like to report a crime – namely me, stealing from you. Ten years ago.” “Well….uh…” “The name’s Mike. Hi! And I’m a thief. Not generally – just in your case. I’m your thief. Your own personal thief. You and me, joined by crime. [...]
Why Games Need Stories: A Lesson Learnt?
I used to think the videogaming industry needed all its graphics confiscated until it deserved them. But then along came Bioware, Valve, 2K, Bethesda, Quantic Dream and Double Fine.
Waiting To Be Replaced
Today might be the day I get replaced.
Nearly…
…back. Nearly finished. Not long now. Nearly ready to blog for fun again. Don’t go far. In the meantime, how about building yourself a Drawdio (down at no. 9)? Based on a short trial I conducted earlier in the day, this is a device that makes tea shoot from your nose. Or how about half [...]
Go Home Again: 4 Ways To Love Where You Are
One of the best points of any journey? The second day back home. It’s like this. Being wise, you’ve taken an extra three or four days off work for a post-holiday holiday, just enough time to battle jet-lag and sort through the mail. The first day is all about sleeping – and on the second [...]
Today…
…I am the sum of the squares of the first three primes. Or the number signifying Anubis, the jackal-headed deity of death. Or the number of Shakespeare’s surviving plays. I’m also how many slots there are on an American Roulette table. And the Atomic Number of Strontium. Oh, and I’m a nontotient. Blimey.
