Writing Prompts: Heavy Lifting

Those of you who have grown to know me will know I am not an especially remarkable specimen in a physical sense. The best description I could give myself would be ‘scrawny’. I do not possess big muscles, defined pecks, or a rippling six-pack. Sometimes I’ve had a four-pack, but that’s of beer, and thus […]

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Writing Prompts: When Anger is Futile

Sort of inspired by recent experiences, and by a chat on Insanity Bytes, I thought I would reflect upon the futility of anger in some circumstances. Anger is an unpleasant emotion. It can quickly fester into hate. Anger, left unchecked, can poison the soul. It’s a natural reaction to various events (betrayal by a loved […]

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Writing Prompts: Sustainability

Are there things you try to practice daily to live a more sustainable lifestyle? I don’t know about daily environmentally habits, but I do my best to recycle, and recently went semi-vegetarian (in that I’m cutting back on meat at home). My view is that there is nothing wrong with encouraging people to operate in […]

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Writing Prompts: Reinventing the Wheel

When we use the expression ‘reinventing the wheel’, we are usually referring to a pretty remarkable update to an existing invention. It could be argued that mobile phones are a demonstration of this; the arrival of Apple’s iPhone drastically reshaped mobile phones, and helped transform them from relatively humble devices, into machines that are as […]

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Writing Prompts: Leading Questions

Why is Lionel Messi better than Cristiano Ronaldo? Do you see what I did there? That question can certainly be considered a ‘leading question’, for it assumes the presume to be true. Leading questions get used all the time. I dare say they serve a purpose in a sales environment. ‘Why wouldn’t you want the […]

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Writing Prompts: Gardening

The summer sun is here in earnest, and this brings with it something I despise: Gardening. I loathe gardening. I hate having to mow the lawn. It’s a chore I can seriously do without. I don’t know why. It’s not difficult, and to be fair, it doesn’t take up a huge amount of time. I […]

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The Meerkat Muse – 12th July 2023

We are into July, the month that traditionally sees summer kick off in earnest. Will that actually pan out though?! Anyway, on with the Muse. Lines of Responsibility Last month (well, actually, at the end of May, or arguably early May) I made a small error with an order. The customer wanted a wall-hung vanity […]

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Writing Prompts: Disciplining Children

For this prompt, I wish to draw inspiration from a post over at The Life and Times of Bruce Gerencser. This is nothing new; Bruce has some great material to draw upon! Today, I wish to discuss the disciplining of children. I am a parent. I am rather fortunate in that my daughter has rarely […]

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Writing Prompts: The Titanic’s Sisters

Due to the recent events surrounding the Titanic (namely the story of the submersible Titan, and the tragic loss of life tied to her), I’ve found myself thinking quite a lot about the Titanic herself. There are so many sad tales relating to the infamous cruise liner, and it seems that tragedy follows not only […]

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Writing Prompts: Theocratic Democracy?

Can there ever be a form of representative government that leans heavily upon one interpretation of one faith to form laws and rules that are fair and just for everyone? There are several issues to address here. If we run with Christianity, what version of it? Speak to the devotees of the Catholic Church, and […]

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