Toxic Fandom and how to Deal with it

I’ve put (wasted?) a fair bit of energy into challenging the angry, arrogant elements of the Star Trek fandom who are determined to create an ‘us versus them’ environment. The gatekeepers who insist they and they alone are true fans, because they somehow know better than anyone else what Star Trek is, are truly infuriating. […]

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Brexit hits D-Day

So we have a deal! Whether it’s a good deal remains to be seen, though personally I maintain the best deal we could hope for is the one we already have, and anything else will be a poor second-best in comparison. However, we don’t actually have a deal yet, for Parliament needs to vote on […]

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A Whole Bunch of Important Stuff

I was going to open this post with a statement that I don’t tend to get too political on this site, but then I laughed internally, for I actually do get quite political on this site. I guess, perhaps, the framework of how and why is a little different this time. I’ll be cross-posting this […]

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School Dreams

I’m guessing my latest peculiar nocturnal imagery was inspired by the recent exploration of senior schools that I mentioned in this post. This particular dream might be better described as a nightmare though. Hold on to your hats people. It revolved mostly around swimming lessons (I love swimming but despised the lessons at school) and […]

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The Rise of Ignorance

There is a disturbing trend in society these days, to elevate belief over fact and faith over science. I have no problem with people having faith, but when they use it to brush aside proven medical practices, as an example, they are trying to steer society on a very dangerous and disastrous course. Of the […]

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Girl’s Growing Up

It seems surreal that, whilst she is only nine, the time has come to start looking at senior schools for my little girl. She isn’t due to start senior school till she’s 11, but the process to evaluate her next school has already started. My wife and I looked at a school last week and […]

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