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The illest of our time

I am currently going through a phase where I keep catching bug after bug. It is one of the main issues of having an auto-immune disease, like Rheumatoid Arthritis. Whenever people around me contracts some kind of bug, I will pick it up, and I will get knocked for six every time. This is why I am sitting writing this and being all blocked up. I got rid of a cough about 4 weeks ago, and it came…

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Booked Up

Reading has always been one of those hobbies that I have done since childhood. I love the idea of being able to escape into another world, or learn about something completely outside of my area of expertise. Reading has always been something that is so freeing to me. I do realise, that reading in itself, is a political act. Not every person can read, government’s don’t allow all kinds of…

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16 years of complaining.

I have a rather serious post I was planning, but then WordPress pinged a notification to my phone. It’s the anniversary for me registering this blog. 16 years feels like a very long time. I started this when I was at college, studying art and graphic design. We had to start a blog to keep track on our progress in our classwork. I, obviously, kept it up. Blogging, much like myself, has changed a…

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Make It Better

There is an idea that is banded about the internet by self-help gurus and people selling courses, where if you can do one ‘good action’ per day, you can get closer to your goals. Whatever they may be. Which is a good idea. You just have decide what ‘good actions’ actually are. Because, for me, what is classed as something productive, or a ‘good action’ may change from day-to-day. Today, getting…

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Another Year Round The Sun

It is my birthday today. I am 41. Birthdays seem a lot less fun than what they used to be. I have spent the day relaxing, and contempating. That’s all birthdays become once we get older, or that’s what they have become for me. Wondering why is it that I have have seemingly sidestepped what every other adult has decided is the benchmark for life. This belief that if you don’t achieve these…

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Busy, busy

My whole ‘writing more in 2025’ thing really hasn’t worked. Surprise, surprise. Nothing of any great importance has happened. I have been working, and that’s about it. Well, there has been some nights out, meeting friends, just bobbing along. I have been getting too absorbed in the news, and wallowing in the feeling of ‘what’s the point of it all’ kind of despair. Which is all consuming. Today,…

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No Niche

Since I started spending my time online, over 20 years ago, it has been clear that people who gained popularity, were those who focused their attention on a particular topic. Something that I have never been able to do. Even when I used to do my homework at school, I couldn’t just focus on one subject. To work best, I would spent half an hour or so on one subject, then switch to another. If you…

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Is Social media done?

If you use any social media, you will probably be aware of the news regarding various platforms, and various information on ownership, and the like. It’s wound up with a lot of people being angry, and a lot of discussions on things like censorship. A conversation that started over the last few years on Twitter (X). Where abuse and death threats became the norm. It seems as if a lot of the users…

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Off to a good start

I last posted on New Year’s Day, which was almost 2 weeks ago. Not exactly the great start I was hoping to have in 2025, but it happens. I have been working extra shifts at work, because it is the busy period, and I have had the lurgy for the last week or so. Which has left me being able to function, but with little energy to do anything else. So, I have updated hardly anything online. I spent…

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…Hello 2025

A new chapter has started. I am closing the door on what has already happened. I can’t do anything about what occurred last year, so I am telling myself not to worry about it. Whether that works, is something different entirely. But aim high, and all that jazz. Speaking of aiming, what are my aims for this year? Probably to become a bit healthier, which is not just weight related. I’ve spent my…

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Goodbye 2024…

Another year is almost over. Already. 2024 has been a ‘blink and you’ll miss it’ kind of year for me. There have been some highs, some lows, and a whole lot of struggling. I aimed high with a lot of my hobbies, and ended up doing hardly any. I wanted to write more, create more, and look after myself better. Instead all I did was order so many take aways, that I am surprised that Just Eat didn’t…

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Book Review: Incredible

Murray Walker: Incredible by Maurice Hamilton When I think of Formula 1 commentators, I think of Murray Walker. Between 1976 and 2001, Walker, commentated live tv broadcasts of F1 races, and pioneered how motorsport was covered in the media. He started doing radio broadcasts of Isle of Man TT commentary with his father, progressing to other motorsports. Murray was known for his energetic style…

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Watching the midfield

I had my alarm set for 5.30am this morning. On a Sunday, a day I am not working. It was because the City of Las Vegas was hosting the 22nd Formula 1 race of the 2024 season. This was only the second F1 race at this track in Vegas, well I say track, it’s a street circuit. It was a dream for a long time, the flashiest cars racing down past the flashiest hotels in the world. It felt like ultimate…

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Problems with fandom

Ever since I first got access to the internet, way back in the High School library, I would look up the bands I loved. A lot of band sites, would have their own forums, where you could speak to fans from all over the world. Disecting albums, and lyrics, comparing collections of scrapbooks and merchandise. It was so much fun. Then MySpace, where you became ‘friends’ with bands, and even learned…

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Stupid Shopping

As I have got older I think I have fell more out of love with shopping. Not that I was a particular fan of shopping in the first place. Well, I am rather attached to the whole food and coffee thing all connected to shopping, but the actual having to look through shops thing really puts my back up. If I go to my local Shopping Centre, I have to go in there with a plan on what I actually need. I…

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If I had a million dollars…

If you had a million dollars to give away, who would you give it to? I would like to help people, I think. I’d get myself a house and a car. Give some to members of my family, to pay off debts or their mortgage. It would be nice to make people I love have an easier life. I have a few good friends, so I’d maybe give them some too. I’d like to help fund a counselling programme. Something so folk…

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What to do…

What’s something you would attempt if you were guaranteed not to fail. I have had lots of jobs I wanted to do over the years, so I will have to think on what I would do. Maybe I would like to write a book. Whilst all my interests that I have enjoyed have had peaks and troughs of my attention, books are the one thing that has always been a part of my life. To be able to create something that…