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A bursary, a baby, and a gothic story
“Time, like latinum, is a highly limited commodity.” So said the character of “Brunt, FCA!” from Star Trek DS9. Whilst the show is now over 30 years old, I was recently watching it during a 3am feed for my newborn son, and that line from Brunt really struck home. Of course, it’s a fun riff
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Goodbye Gutleech – For all the good people, upstairs
In 2023, I discovered a connection problem with the upstairs and downstairs parts of my brain. My “upstairs” which controls things like thinking, empathy, play etc. can severely malfunction and tip me into the “the downstairs” which controls basic functions like breathing, blinking, pooing and our fight or flight responses. Now before you go thinking,
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With apologies to the world
A lot has happened since the last time I wrote a blog post. Two years in fact. I would write a 50,000-word epic about it all, but that would probably bore people to death. Plus, there’s quite enough gloom and doom for everyone to feast on, and I refuse to add to it. This post
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A nervous traveller’s guide to the far east – Weeks 4 & 5 – Welcome to Cambodia
Borders, guards and angry tourists Organised chaos…sort of. Having spent a week on Koh Chang staring at the sunset, sitting on a beach and listening to crap music whether we wanted to or not, we decided to make our move and head to Cambodia. The stroll across the border at Had Lek/Cham Yeam is up