Author Archives: Adam Randall

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

When people think of a comedy sci-fi novel, they almost certainly think of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy and for good reason: this is a very good book! Having said that, I think that it is a bit of … Continue reading →

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Further Job Centre Problems

I wrote quite a popular blog post in February about why the Job Centre is not a very helpful service. Today I was asked to write another blog post on the same subject, and as I like to keep my … Continue reading →

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Pro Gamer

As I’m sure regular readers will know, I like Japanese gaming site Rice Digital. If I didn’t like them, why would I write so many articles for them? Anyway, they recenty put out a video (made by none other than … Continue reading →

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Nintendo Land

Nintendo Land was one of the first games released for the Wii U and seems to have been designed to show off what the system can do. Not only do I think it was a good way to demonstrate the … Continue reading →

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Awareness Day for CFS / M.E.

Tuesday may not be a regular blog post day, but today is CFS / M.E. Awareness Day and my good friend David Tubb has asked me to write an entry about it. The piece he himself wrote on this day … Continue reading →

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Four Years of Trusty Water Blog

As of yesterday, the Trusty Water Blog is four years old. If I’m honest, I’m a little bit disappointed in myself for forgetting my blog’s birthday! Well, I suppose it wasn’t strictly a case of me forgetting, more a case … Continue reading →

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Music Suggestions 4

I’ve written a few blog posts in the past where I’ve listed some songs I think are good and I thought it was about time I did another. Here are the first, second and third “Music Suggestions” posts. Enjoy! (Don’t … Continue reading →

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On Writing by Stephen King

Stephen King’s list of published books is probably one of (if not the) longest lists in literary history. He’s written in numerous genres and continues to put out new novels every year, so clearly he must know a thing or … Continue reading →

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Political Propaganda

I feel a little bad for, perhaps, having written a few too many politically oriented blog posts lately. If you don’t like posts like that, I’m sorry and I will probably stop after the election has passed. As the election … Continue reading →

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Curse

Funnily enough, somebody once actually placed a curse on me. It was a cold morning back in 2008 and there was a slight drizzle. I was standing around outside the school with some friends and waiting for the school day … Continue reading →

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