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ACTUALLY - I'LL BE SPENDING IT ON PROOFREADERS! Hi. Greetings to all my new followers. My apologies for being too quiet, recently. I'm hoping to up the pace soon as my mental health improves. A little piece of the Weaponizing of Words. Meanwhile there are two things you can do: Backtrack and read something at …

“I have a Fear of Success”

"Oh come on!" I hear you instantly shout, "no-one does that! Everyone wants success, but it's FEAR OF FAILURE that blocks the way." Uh-huh, yup: that's the common ... fallacy? ...Pop-psych myth? ...Reality? Everyone want to believe in the most obvious villain. But some of us are born fearless. Some arrive already riddled with anxiety. …

The Seeking of Atonement:

Hi! So you've just found out I've recently died and you're here to finally read my blog. Huzzah: readers at last! The curse has now been lifted and suddenly I'm popular again. Please enjoy the journey. I didn't. CONTENT / TRIGGER WARNING: today's blog is about the various sexual assaults I committed pre-puberty, and my …

A Few Quick Pointers:

Hi. Welcome to the blog I wrote with uncanny timing just a few HOURS/ DAYS/ MONTHS/ YEARS/ DECADES* before my untimely death. [ * SELECT ALL THAT APPLY ] The blog wherein I instruct you all in how to undertake the details of my lavish State Funeral. First off, I know you'll be in shock …

“We Have Not Come Here to Grieve …”

Thanks to Interflora for the image There are two expressions I do not want to hear at my funeral, or any other, ever again! Here is the first: “We are not here to grieve; we are here to celebrate a life.” I first heard it said by a smarmy God-botherer at a funeral in Christchurch …

Writers Experience Pain. We’re not Gods.

I'm close to death. Oh don't panic - there's no shock diagnosis; no big drama. Everyone's close to death. The news is full of stories of people who wake up to another beautiful day, get the kids off to school then head out to [INSERT COMMON ACTIVITY; ESPECIALLY A FUN ONE] ... and die. These …

The Perils of Original Spark

I've become enchanted by something called "The Voice / Kids". It's about talent, mostly, and it's about showbiz, definitely, but most of all it is about ratings. Sure: everything on TV is about ratings. It's a jungle out there and good ideas don't survive alone. They need a fancy vehicle with bells and whistles. They …

Lone Genius Makes Epic Discovery:

Yeah - so that's my click-bait headline done. Now for the article in which a certain highly observant individual discovers the secret of a tragically mis-designed automotive engine ... and is ignored. What follows is the magazine article I wrote some 10 years ago - which has been widely rejected (or just straight-out ignored). Here …

UFOs … Game On!

So ... it's all out in the open now. The US military has shared a lot about their experiences - and it certainly seems legit. Radar records, cockpit recordings, video, and all those monogrammed alien handkerchiefs found washed up on Miami Beaches. Piles of solid evidence that UFOs are real, that they've been jerking us …

Random acts of writing …

I keep forgetting to write new stuff. But in fact - I've a ton of 'old stuff' that'll be new to you. RANDOM ACTS OF KINDNESS - I'm guilty as charged. I Paid for someone's groceries, one day. Her card wasn't working ... there was a long queue building up ... "Here, use my card." …