Monthly Archives: October 2016

The Problem With Long Term Blogging

I’ve been writing several posts a week for this blog for over five years now. I’ve told many anecdotes from my life, reviewed many books and video games and shared my thoughts on a number of topics. I don’t imagine … Continue reading

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The Adventures of Tom Bombadil by J. R. R. Tolkien

The first thing I want to say is that I like this book and enjoyed reading it. The second think I want to say is that it kind of feels like the literary version of clickbait (I didn’t want to … Continue reading

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Freelance Work

I’ve worked on and off as a freelance writer for the past couple of years. I love doing it because it’s the kind of work that gives me more creative freedom than any other. I guess it’s also the kind … Continue reading

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My Experience of a British Employer (anonymous)

(Today’s post is written by a guest author who lives in India and who has worked for English businesses as an out of office overseas employee. I thought that their experiences were definitely worth sharing.) It was a few months … Continue reading

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Mario Bros.

After the Mario Bros. Game & Watch (which I reviewed last week) Nintendo later released the Mario Bros. arcade game, which was then ported to numerous consoles. This is the game that most people think of when they think Mario … Continue reading

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Writing Addiction

Since 2004, I have never gone through an extended period of time in which I didn’t write something. It was in that year that I started to write out regular short stories and before then I had created lots of … Continue reading

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What You Mean to Me

The thing which I aim for the most in life, is getting to spend as much time as possible with my friends. Whether I’m meeting somebody for lunch or planning a whole day out with somebody, I’ll find myself filled … Continue reading

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Mario Bros. (Game & Watch)

When most people think of a game entitled “Mario Bros.” they probably think of the popular arcade game, but this Game & Watch was actually the first game to bare that title. Not only is this one of the Game … Continue reading

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Writing Letters

As cynical as it may sound, I’m not an enormous fan of greeting cards. I don’t want to universally condemn them, because sometimes they can be very nice and people can write special little messages in them and so forth, … Continue reading

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Repairing The Damage

For the past ten months, I’ve been working in a toxic and unpleasant workplace. I don’t want to go into the details, but I was very unhappy and it was causing me a huge deal of stress, to the point … Continue reading

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