I remember going to an event chock-full of motivational speakers and it was, quite frankly, the most cringe-worthy, uncomfortable and uninspiring ten minutes of my life (I left soon after it became clear that the organisers had reneged on their promise of free drinks ‘n’ nibbles). I’m not against the idea of motivation per se ...
I have a list of DIY failures as long as my arm (the list is actually considerably longer than said appendage but it would have been to reference my penis in the article). Anyway, I digress, I just wanted to make it perfectly clear that I am utterly inept when it comes to constructing one ...
Much like beauty, normalcy is largely in the eye of the beholder and one person’s normal is another person’s “errrrrm, what the fuck is he doing“? Lamentably, not many people are donning their “normal-tinted glasses” when I’m around and my actions are invariably far towards the WTF end of the spectrum. Fortunately, however, due to ...
I don’t think there is a combination of an adjective and a noun that better describes my personal state of being than that of “Lazy Oaf”. It is perhaps lacking in reference to my general lack of sobriety but, other than that, it’s pretty spot-on. As such, it isn’t really that surprising that I have ...
If there’s one thing that the Alien movie taught me (other than think you shouldn’t watch Alien when you’re 8) it was that, in space, nobody can hear you scream. Well, as it transpires, it’s not just a lack of vocal capacity that is an issue in the deepest, darkest realms of space because if ...
As a large advocate of the Crocodile Dundee franchise of movies, my abiding memory of 1980′s popular culture is the “That’s not a knife, THIS is a knife” line from the film. Well, I basically live my entire life like a game of Top Trumps and I’ve long been on the lookout for an implement that I ...