A conversation with a colleague a few weeks ago prompted me to add an item to my list of potential blog post topics. Clearly we didn’t have enough work on that day. We were discussing the closeness you feel when you hug a friend or family member who has known you a long time, a
Author: Christopher Celsus
A colleague of mine, let’s call her Naomi (she’s not called Naomi), called me a “sensitive soul” last week. It wasn’t in response to witnessing England’s World Cup dreams falter and die, but a light bulb did go off in my head. I talked in a previous post of how I was on the lookout
I should advise you, dear reader, that this post is mostly informative. As I started typing I worried about how I might be able to make this an interesting, entertaining post. I mean, it’s not the Truman Show-esqe glimpse into my being, like some of my other recent pieces. Then I slapped myself across the
Roughly a year ago, a friend of mine, let’s call her Nina (she’s not called Nina), told me now was the time for me to read a book called The Alchemist. So I did. The Alchemist was written by a Brazilian chap called Paulo Coelho, and published in 1988. It has gone on to become
If, somehow, you have managed to get to this point in your life and not seen Hot Shots Part Deux, you should correct that. In the late 80s/early 90s golden age of spoofs, this was my favourite as a young lad. It features Charlie Sheen and his Two and a Half Men co-stars John Cryer
At the age of 22 I properly discovered trance music, and shortly after, I discovered MDMA. Anyone who has tried MDMA will know what an intensely moving experience it can be. Especially the first time. Your senses are heightened as your brain dumps huge waves of serotonin into receptor sites. This leads to a feeling
The immensely talented Angus and Julia Stone have an achingly beautiful song on their latest album called ‘Nothing Else’. Early on in the song the lyric goes “they say you have to fall apart to really be someone”. I get it. I hope for this blog to be an informative, but fun look at life through
This is my opening gambit, it’s not much
