When you do something stupid…

...and it makes you think about everything in ways you never expected. I mean, we're all here, on this planet, to do what exactly? Procreate? I guess. Now don't get me wrong, I am looking forward to becoming a parent in September, how could I not be, but this world we have created for ourselves often reveals itself as a…
Shopping List LOLs #4

Shopping List LOLs #4

Hi. Welcome to the semi-new feature which, as you can see from the title of this post, I'm calling Shopping List LOLs. What is it about I hear you ask? Well, I work in a supermarket and sometimes I find peoples discarded shopping lists. I read them, and are amazed by them, they make me thankful I'm normal. What I'll…

Reading round-up for February

Or, "Stuff what I read last month". Once a month is enough for this, I reckon. Writing up my thoughts on a scheduled day once a week would be too risky (I may not have finished a book that week!), and writing up my meagre thoughts as soon as I've finished something would mean lots of little posts dotted around.…

RFBW: The Hobbit

It's time for me to reveal my favourite book of all time! The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien My Dad used to read this to me at bed-time when I was, I guess, about 8, that was the first time I heard the story. The first time I read it myself, I was about 16, but I didn't finish it. I…