It was recently my birthday – a time to pause and reflect upon what’s happened between now and my previous birthday, which this time around has seen a change of job, with all the associated pressures and rewards therein. It’s kinda sad – this time last year I was still working for the bathroom place […]
Time for a little of introspective musings. Maybe it will do some good to vent some steam. It certainly can’t hurt right? So here goes… I am fast approaching the completion of my first year at my ‘new’ job, which is a very different change of pace to what I was used to before. There’s […]
We all as individuals want to make our mark on the world. The truth is, we all make our mark on the people we meet, in some way shape or form – but few of us end up in a position to make our mark on the world. Today the world lost a man who […]
It seems surreal to me that yesterday marked one hundred years since the Armistice and the end of World War I. What’s even more frightening to me is that there are no veterans from the war alive anymore – the brave souls who risked everything for the frankly insane leadership of the time should never […]
Tonight was the first time that I can think of where I have ever properly gone trick-or-treating. It wasn’t for my benefit of course – it was for my little girl – but it felt surreal and quite liberating in a way, given that I never did trick-or-treating as a kid. Having done little more […]
The other day I was treated to a most entertaining rant via one of my YouTube videos (that discusses the stance of gatekeeping in the Star Trek fandom and why I oppose it). One ‘Milcoll73’ thought the best way to demonstrate that gatekeepers are not elitist, quasi-religious fanatics and snobs was by behaving exactly like an elitist, […]
Tonight’s Doctor Who was, considering the general age group the show is aimed at, one of the most hard-hitting, powerful pieces of television I have seen for a long time. Not content with rattling cages by having a female Doctor, the writers composed an episode that serves as both a reminder of how far we […]
As many followers of this blog will be aware, I have had more than one run-in with the gatekeeping crowd and their self-anointed guardianship of the Star Trek fandom regarding the franchise’s latest entry, Star Trek Discovery. It is not enough for them to be critical of the show (which is fine by the way, […]
I have had the privilege of taking part in my first guest appearance with the lovely people from Lower Decks Radio! Thank you so much guys, I am honoured! This is about a recurring issue, regarding toxic fans and gatekeepers in fandom, both things I have a problem with. I hope you enjoy the podcast, […]
In the not so distant future, I will have been blogging at Meerkat Musings for TEN years. That's sort of scary. I never set out to reach a milestone like that, but ten years on, Meerkat Musings feels like my home-on-the-web, so to speak. #BloggingCommunity
Now, this I find difficult. Of those I have tried, which admittedly is not many, I am rather fond of McDonald's fries, though Burger King's have grown on me.
Let me reiterate, this post is not suitable for work! However, it is perhaps not for the reasons you think (or hope!). I am no prude. I am a man of the world, and familiar with activities of an, um, personal nature. Let it also be said that if people wish to educate themselves about […]
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