Author Archives: Adam Randall

The Call of the Wild by Jack London

Posted on March 11, 2015 by Adam Randall

Jack London’s early twentieth century novel, The Call of the Wild, tells us the story of the life of a dog named Buck. Before you think to yourself “Oh, it must be a light-hearted romp about a taking dog” I … Continue reading →

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Wet Suit

Posted on March 9, 2015 by Adam Randall

I’ll have to be a little careful with today’s anecdotes, as I’d not like to disclose too many details. It will become clear why as you read on.    It was a sunny day and I was in a seaside town … Continue reading →

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Waiting

Posted on March 6, 2015 by Adam Randall

A couple of years ago, on a particularly nice summer’s day, I was having a day out in Bath with my friends Christian and Dalfino. We had planned to do things as follows: first, we were going to have lunch, … Continue reading →

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Wii Fit

Posted on March 4, 2015 by Adam Randall

Wii Fit is a game that stands defiantly against the negative point of view that video games are bad because people waste time on them when they should be out doing important things like exercising. Wii Fit is basically an … Continue reading →

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Kindness Through Inaction

Posted on March 2, 2015 by Adam Randall

There have been a couple of times lately where people haven’t done anything but, actually, this inaction has actually been an act of kindness. Perhaps that may sound a little strange, so, I’ll explain each one to you.    First, I … Continue reading →

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Social Media Makes Us More Social

Posted on February 27, 2015 by Adam Randall

Something I hear quite often these days is that social media makes us less social, which seems quite silly to me. I think, really, it’s just a case of people being unfair and saying the past was better than the … Continue reading →

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The Walking Dead Volume 1, Days Gone Bye by Robert Kirkman

Posted on February 25, 2015 by Adam Randall

The Walking Dead is (currently) an ongoing comic book series which follows the life of a man named Rick Grimes as he finds himself in the world of a zombie apocalypse. And when I say ‘finds himself’ I mean it … Continue reading →

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A Man Eating Pie

Posted on February 23, 2015 by Adam Randall

Do you remember December 2013? If not, let me refresh your memory. You headed over to Trusty Water Blog to see what the latest posts were and you read an entertaining (if slightly morbid and sad) entry entitled “Sir Lawrence … Continue reading →

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Etiquette and Niceness

Posted on February 20, 2015 by Adam Randall

The other day I found myself reading a few things by William Hanson (an ‘Etiquette Expert’), which I found quite interesting. I also found it more than a little disagreeable. The idea of etiquette is basically a set of rules … Continue reading →

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Employment At Last

Posted on February 18, 2015 by Adam Randall

Monday’s blog post was quite a negative post about the serious problems with the Job Centre and so, to counter that, today’s post will be a positive one about the fact that I have now found some full time employment!    … Continue reading →

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