Actually, I believe it’s real, I just don’t believe it’s a good enough excuse for not doing something. I think a lot of the time what people call writer’s block is not knowing how to be disciplined. There are people who insist they can only write under certain circumstances, with a certain lamp, on certain… [Read more…]
June 28, 2011
Here are some things I have encountered recently that have struck me as particularly stupid. 1. A social button on a news article Doesn’t really have the same ring as “Like”. 2. “I don’t like to drink soy milk. It lasts so much longer than normal milk. Doesn’t seem natural.” Just because they’re both whitish liquid… [Read more…]
May 2, 2011
I blog for a recruitment consultancy and recently I drafted a post about work–life balance. I’ve been getting told for years that it’s a priority, that I should be aiming for it, that I should want it. I struggle with the idea because I love most of what I call my work. Actually, it’s more… [Read more…]
April 13, 2011
Warning: contains angsty ranting Dear everybody who has ever gone or will ever go solo travelling for longer than a month: Travelling is awesome. You will see yourself in all sorts of new lights as well as all sorts of other things. Do it. Just be prepared. Coming home is something you rarely think about… [Read more…]
February 23, 2011
In English, the only nouns that get capitalised are proper nouns. Place names like streets and countries, names of organisations, names and titles of people, trademarks and brand names, titles of books and magazines, names of TV and radio shows. The internet is none of these things. It’s not a place, it’s not a publication,… [Read more…]
February 16, 2011
“[N]o man is capable of being your best friend. A best friend is someone who goes to get their nails done with you, and I can’t respect a man who gets a pedicure.” Chelsea Handler has a strange definition of “friendship”. From Musings of an Inappropriate Woman — You said it, Rachel. There are so… [Read more…]
January 3, 2011
I’m afraid I have to break some news to you. According to Christian doctrine, Jesus Christ was the Son of God but not the result of an immaculate conception. According to the doctrine, he was, however, conceived without anyone having sex. That’s right: the immaculateness or otherwise of a conception has nothing to do with… [Read more…]
September 17, 2010
So says a Twitter exec. And, he’s right. It’s a social media tool that existing social networks use to communicate and grow and that people use to form new social networks. Duh. Quick vocab lesson Social network = a network of people who interact with each other, often around a particular activity eg a book… [Read more…]
August 15, 2010
So the LA Times’s website tells me after surveying me about what I like: You’re a confident explorer of the world. You’re energetic and curious, with a love of life and an infectious enthusiasm for new adventures. Conscious of your place in the world, you like to stay informed about social and political issues and… [Read more…]
August 2, 2010
Generational reductionists often carry on about the shortened attention spans of Gen Y types. On Friday night I was at this thing at this place and noticed a whole bunch of those types taking the time to absorb some quite complex artworks. They were the kind of works that require you to chill out for… [Read more…]
August 15, 2011
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