If you are fortunate enough to be able to choose whether or not to receive the vaccine for a potentially fatal disease, what possible reason could you have for declining it? Aside from genuine medical/health concerns, I cannot think of a single one. And by health concerns I mean people who are actually unable to [...]
Tag: Ramblings
Ramblings: Sex Ed
It was announced recently that, for the first time in twenty years, the Sex Education syllabus in England is set to be rewritten. About damn time. I say that, but I didn’t even realise it was an official thing. My high school certainly never followed it. Yes, they taught the basics of reproduction. Yes, they [...]
A (pre)Birthday Plea
It's my birthday next week! A week today, in fact. Next Thursday. January 16th. I don't really know how else to say it. erm... Seven days hence?🤔 Anyway, the point is... well, that is the point. My birthday being next week. My 30th😬 I know, I know. I don't look it. Clean shaven, I look [...]
Spam, wonderful spam
Who here honestly doesn't love spam comments? Oh, everyone? Well, I'm doing this anyway. To celebrate the fact I am getting more and more spam comments on my posts, I thought I would actually dignify some with a response. Just the shorter and/or more bizarre ones mind, not the essays or those with a thousand [...]
Ramblings: Feeling inspired
I'm actually feeling properly inspired to write! This doesn't happen often. I mean, I'll write poems fairly regularly but I can churn those out pretty quick. It's the story writing I struggle with. But the one I'm writing now, Whispers, isn't boring me yet. I've published the first two mini chapters on here, and actually [...]
A Matter Of Life & Death
"Some people think football is a matter of life and death. I assure you, it's much more serious than that." - Bill Shankly I never thought I would be one of those football fans. I would look at the images of supporters in the stands following relegation or a heavy defeat, tears rolling down their [...]
Ramblings: Am I Wrong?
The story behind my poem, Am I Wrong? Since the beginning of 2017 I have been using Meetup as a means of socialising and such. For those who don't know, it's a website/app where people create groups revolving around particular interests, activities, character traits, etc. which others join and everybody meets up and (maybe) makes [...]
Ramblings: Sink or Swim
I don't swim. I can swim, I just don't. Some people like to tell me that's bullshit. "How do you know you can swim, if you never go swimming?" "Just because you swam before, doesn't mean you still can." These people tend to be the kind that Eleven from Stranger Things would call 'mouth-breathers.' I [...]
Ramblings: Art
I tend to be regarded as something of a heathen by arty people. I'm not a fan of popular art. I can appreciate the talent of the artist, but I don't derive any pleasure from looking at their drawings, paintings, sketches, etc.. When asked for my opinion, I will state, simply, "I don't like it." [...]
Ramblings: Punctuation Matters
People say I don't care about punctuation. Wait... that's not right. People, say I, don't care about punctuation. Yeah, that's much better. Punctuation matters. A lot. One of the finest examples of its importance is the simple phrase 'Let's eat, Grandma.' If you omit the comma, it becomes the slightly more disturbing 'Let's eat Grandma.' [...]
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