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 […]

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, “is […]

Writing my way out of a hole

Antisocial media Every now and then I remember I have a tool that can be better than any social media platform could ever be for me. It’s called my own website. And I should use it more often. I recently shut down my Twitter account. The rich egotist who bought it might have been the […]

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 […]