I had a knock on the door this morning. My heart sank when I saw it was my neighbour, Joseph Cular. He’s a bit of a pain to be honest, always joking despite me being the worst possible audience. I just don’t […]

The sculpting idea I blogged about last week didn’t work out and I began to feel a little disillusioned about finding a new career. My mood improved a little when I received an invitation to my cousin Ed’s wedding. I used to […]

It’s been a few weeks since I walked out from my job in the biscuit factory, 17.14 weeks to be precise (or 17.2 if basing the calculation just on a five-day working week). I really burnt my bridges that day. It wasn’t […]

I’m still busy looking for gainful employment after walking out from my previous job. The full gory details of when and why this happened are in my short story. I’ve not had any luck with finding any gainful employent so far. However, […]

I don’t know if you’ve heard the old children’s saying ‘Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me’. My Mum told me that it was common for kids to say this to each other. She is quite […]

I read somewhere that it’s good to have an emergency plan because if something stressful happens, your mind can go blank and you can struggle to do the sensible thing or even think what to do. I know this to be true […]

I recently had a self-inflicted minor finger incident with a kitchen gadget and was contemplating a visit to A&E (see the previous blog). Pam, my housemate / lodger exaggerated the issue and I finally agreed to go. To be honest, I thought […]

Having a recent medical MOT, the doctor recommended that I should review my diet in order to bring down my ‘slightly high cholesterol’. I took the advice to heart (literally), binning the the deep fat fryer and buying a Mandolin to slice […]

Pam, one of my housemates, is really concerned about, what she calls, ‘my lack of purpose in life’. With the best of intentions, she presented me with a gift, a red letter day experience, namely a flying lesson. “You need to do […]

Having all the time in the world, my mind has been wandering recently. I’ve been reminiscing about my life from early days and how I got to my situation of being between jobs. It’s not like me at all, pointless, not as […]