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I just got back from a trip to the hardware store. It was a strange one, to say the least. I thought I’d just walk in to buy some electrical supplies and return home. Simple enough, right? Wrong. At this particular hardware shop, a young woman was reading from a novel. She also had several …
It’s true that you can’t choose your family. I chose to have my son and I love him very much, but I wouldn’t have chosen his personality type if I could have had a say in that. He has anger issues and no amount of therapy or support/discipline from me has been able to change …
I need to get back to my roots. I’ve fallen into something of a trend, where I’ll come home from work, stop off at the gym, eat dinner, watch something mindless and mundane and collapse into bed. Now, I know that’s what most people tend to do, but I don’t want that to be me. …
Right now I’m trying to work out what colour most suits a writer. That’s right, I’m a writer. A professional one. I just thought you should know that so that you can have high expectations for this post. I’m a writer, so obviously, this writing is going to be pretty good. Anyway, since I am …
There’s nothing like the topic of feet to divide any given room. I’m not clear on why, precisely, they’re so divisive. But I can tell you this from experience: should you ever want to cause a conversational stir, simply bring up the topic of feet, going into detail where possible. Better still, casually remove your …
That was one crazy trip to the dentist, I’ll tell you that much. I can’t say I’ve ever heard of a dentist doing their job while driving, but apparently it’s a thing, and it’s totally legal. I wasn’t booked in for a ‘driving appointment’, as they’re called, but I got one anyway. When I got …
It’s my nineteenth birthday today! I can’t believe I’ve been an adult for a whole year now. I’m so excited. It’s 3am and I’ve given up on sleep. I’ll just write things for my blog. Let’s hope it’s a better birthday than last year. What a letdown my eighteenth was, honestly. That was a debacle. …
What is the general protocol to be followed when the guy over the road puts a golf ball through your kitchen window? Yes, I’m aware that this is an unorthodox state of affairs – that’s precisely why I’m asking. Maybe the answer is obvious – I just march over there and inform him that he …
I can’t believe Athena hasn’t cottoned on to this ploy yet. It’s not even that underhand, honestly. I’m basically trying to provoke her into making a stylistic decision about our home by putting forward more and more outlandish interior design concepts, hoping that she’ll finally put her foot down and state an opinion on the …
A relaxing drive in the countryside: what could possibly go wrong? You certainly won’t end up thoroughly lost, before winding up broken down on the side of the road with no phone reception or navigation signal to speak of. And this definitely won’t be taking place in an isolated hamlet with a slight whiff of …