Normally, coming up with a topic for this blog can be a bit of a challenge. Is there something new and topical I can talk about? Or do I need to go back to my regular themes of writing, music and being grumpy, and see if there’s anything I can draw out. Well, this week
I look like a muppet on Zoom – and I think that’s a good thing
I’ve been working from home now for just about 6 months. That’s half a year when I’ve barely left the house. Half a year when making the commute to work means walking to another room. Half a year when my closest work companions are my immediate family.
It’s hard work being an underappreciated genius
I have a number of ways to describe what I do. Sometimes I’m simply a writer. Other times, I like to get a bit more creative. I could be a creativist, or an imaginarian, or possibly just a fabulist or a make-it-up-as-he-goes-along-ologist. But lately, I’ve begun to think of another way to describe myself. I’m
Being bad doesn’t make you funny
Last week I did music. This week, as I wheel around the limited range of themes I address in my blog, I find myself delighted to land on grumpy again. I love my grumpy posts. I feel like these are the times when I get to expose the real me – the man behind the
My taste in music is totally uncool. What chance do my books have?
Every week, I’m faced with the same question. What do I post in my blog. What can I add to the massive amounts of information already churning through the world. So the wheel in my mind spins around again, and comes to land on one of my regular topics. Today, we’re back to the subject