a little piece about things i don’t need

A little piece about things I don’t need Modern life moves along at such a pace that we are constantly chasing how we do things as we adapt and learn new skills. The iPhone was released in 2007, and we have forgotten that before that we didn't touch screens. Now, just under twenty years later, … Continue reading a little piece about things i don’t need →

A small broken object

I would like to tell you a true story. A story that is very special to me. About sixteen years ago, I happened to have written a small piece on what it was like to report abuse to the police. A young boy, aged around 15, started to ask me questions about it. There was … Continue reading A small broken object →

Open Journal #51

This isn’t about abuse I get so bored of it I was musing this morning and I started to think about things I like and why I like them. There are obviously foods that hit the spot. I can’t do fake flavours; crisp flavours never taste like anything but chemicals to me. The intense taste … Continue reading Open Journal #51 →

Open Journal #50

We have taken to being on a video chat with each other while we do things — sometimes we’re at our desks, sometimes emptying a dishwasher — like an office for the work-from-home types. Just an American friend and I, chewing the fat, as I believe you call it. We fell into a conversation about … Continue reading Open Journal #50 →

Open Journal #49

I think it is time I came out.Not in quite the way that statement is usually used. I’ve spent twenty years of my life in front of people. Hosting things. Debates, mostly—big rooms, big crowds. I’ve talked about being a survivor (in a careful, sanitised way—nothing like what we do here) on television and radio … Continue reading Open Journal #49 →

Share five things you’re good at

Not killing people who list Content Creator or Influencer as their job titles, and explaining why they need to get a proper job and stop talking. Making breakfast for people to order, just give me a kitchen, a quality skillet, a good supply of fresh eggs, bread, bacon, and some assorted bits, oh and unlimited … Continue reading Share five things you’re good at →

Open Journal #48

By the time you read this it will be a few weeks from now. There’s a slight built-in delay. It helps me to process things before I publish — consider and tweak, ponder if I think it’s ok to say these things out loud. I have had an interesting experience with AI. ChatGPT, to be … Continue reading Open Journal #48 →

Open Journal #47

For a long time, I didn’t know his name. I didn’t even know he was still there — tucked away behind the survival mechanisms, the silence, the carefully built walls that kept me from falling apart. But he was. Waiting. His name is Aaron. He is my inner child. And for most of my life, … Continue reading Open Journal #47 →

Open Journal #46

I have superpowers. I have rare blood and I heal really quickly. These things are true, but they are more of a kind of biological fact about myself. I also have things I can do that nobody is aware of, and I do them all the time. Let’s talk about three of them. Oh, I … Continue reading Open Journal #46 →

Open Journal #45

I have probably mentioned this in chat at some point, it is a favourite hobby of mine. Well, to be perfectly honest, it is a game, it is pitched as a game. The One Liner Game. It has simple rules. Not if you should or shouldn’t but are you brave enough. It works on the … Continue reading Open Journal #45 →