Describe one of your favorite moments. One of my all-time favourite experiences is one that happened twice! Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay back, in 2004, on my birthday no less, my future wife and I (at this point, still within our first year of dating) had a weekend in London. This featured a somewhat chaotic experience with hotels mixing […]
We approach July, and the halfway point of 2023, with some interesting political news… Johnson can get Stuffed Back on the 15th, the Privileges Committee’s report into whether or not Boris Johnson deliberately misled the House of Commons over Partygate finally hit the public domain. Given Johnson had resigned as an MP the week before […]
What notable things happened today? So… are we talking stuff that has happened on the 27th of June 2023, or stuff that has historically happened on this date? If we’re looking at historical significance, then like most days in history, the 27th of June is filled with various events (many of them macabre). In 1556, […]
I have craved summer, and now it’s here, I am delighted to have bright sunshine and blue skies, but there is a price that I pay every year, and that is in the form of hay-fever. Hay-fever is the British way of saying ‘pollen allergy’. Certain plants leave me with a runny nose, sore red […]
What are you passionate about? If we’re talking casual interests, I can write you a fairly long list. I could go on. Star Trek, Doctor Who, The Lion King, Liverpool Football Club… these are all subjects of great personal interest to me. In most respects, these have been lifelong interests too. I know where my […]
For all of my complaints about the retail life, I dare say I am something of a people person. I find it relatively easy to talk to people, and in sales, all the fancy terms and processes can be distilled to one thing: communication. Being able to easily talk to people is a useful ability […]
What are the most important things needed to live a good life? Now here’s an interesting question, and undoubtedly a subjective one. Some people might argue that a good life is defined by success in whatever venture or field they have focused on. For example, a scientist might regard their life as good if their […]
I asked one of my colleagues for a prompt idea, and his suggestion was: You have the power to read minds, but only when you’re naked. Now, I am not given to be nude. Sure, I undress to jump in the bath, but that’s about the only time I wear my birthday suit (it gets […]
WordPress brought up an interesting prompt the other day: if you had to change your name, what would it be? Well, I for one would rather not change my name, and if faced with no choice, I have no clue what I’d pick. I am used to being a Ben. I share my name with […]
June is Pride Month. It’s a celebration of all things LGBT+. It is not unsurprising that there is a lot of backlash to Pride, from conservative, religious sources. Businesses such as Target have faced boycotts over their display of LGBT products, and Target went as far as to cave into bullying, by removing and relocating […]
Breached the 70K mark on my wip! Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!
This is just sheer absolute, exquisite beauty.
I have eaten too much pizza.
I don't think it's up to you to decide what's best for women, nor whether or not men can find them attractive...
This meerkat gets nervous about a lot of things. In an upcoming Prompt, I’ll talk about tardiness, and that sort of overlaps with this. Picture the scene. It’s a busy London station, and you’ve just bundled off the Tube, and up to the main concourse. You vaguely know when your train is, but you’re in […]
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