"I've got some friends, some that I hardly know. We've had some times I wouldn't change for the world." - Rise Against, Swing Life Away A few weeks ago I posted about how my relationship with alcohol gradually turned sour and the point at which I decided enough was enough and that I ought to… Continue reading Drinking Buddies
"“I wasn't crying about mothers," he said rather indignantly. "I was crying because I can't get my shadow to stick on. Besides, I wasn't crying.” ~ J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan For most of my early twenties I felt my approach to any kind of issue in my personal relationships was perfectly captured by the episode… Continue reading That River In Eygpt – Why I’m In Denial About Almost Everything
"Video games are bad for you? That's what they said about rock-n-roll." ~ Shigeru Miyamoto I was going to start this topic by trying to give the good and bad points of gaming; but I would struggle to give an objective argument being an avid gamer. And you can find any number of media hyped… Continue reading Played and Won – How Computer Games Have Affected My Life
"Assumptions are the termites of relationships. ~ Henry Winkler Often when we speak to each other we make so many assumptions about shared understandings and experiences that we're basically speaking in code. This became clear to me some years ago, while working as an office manager, when I supervised a young woman with a learning… Continue reading Alien Language
"Real Life is actually a lot more like high school. The common denominator prevails. Excellence is not always recognized or rewarded. What we watch on our screens, whom we elect, are determined to a large extent by public polls. Looks count. A lot. And unlike the best of the college experience, when ideas and solutions… Continue reading You Should Care What Other People Think About You
"The discovery of truth is prevented more effectively, not by the false appearance things present and which mislead into error, not directly by weakness of the reasoning powers, but by preconceived opinion, by prejudice." ~ Arthur Schopenhauer When I studied for my sociology A Level our teacher always used to say that if we were… Continue reading Sub-Cultured
"Being in love was like China: you knew it was there, and no doubt it was very interesting, and some people went there, but I never would. I'd spend all my life without ever going to China, but it wouldn't matter, because there was all the rest of the world to visit." ~ Philip Pullman… Continue reading The Family Way
"Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down." ~ Oprah Winfrey It has occurred to me recently that I haven't heard from a number of people who I used to be very close to… Continue reading Just Say Something
"Conflict is inevitable, combat is optional" ~ Max Lucade I struggle with conflict. Not even with conflict, with simply expressing that I don't like something, or that somebody or something has hurt my feelings. The prospect of telling somebody that something that they have done or said has made me feel something other than good… Continue reading Agreeing to Disagree
“There are two kinds of people I don't trust: people who don't drink and people who collect stickers.” ~ Chelsea Handler Make-Up and Mirtazapine is not my first attempt at writing a blog. A couple of years ago I slipped a disc in my back and was pretty much immobilised for about four months. At… Continue reading Why I’m Giving Up The Demon Drink
Make-Up & Mirtazapine 