What brands do you associate with? Interesting question. I don’t think I ‘associate’ with any given brand, unless you count the company I work for, and outside of work, I don’t tend to actively speak of it, unless asked. Brand loyalty is not a big deal to me. I have been ‘associated’ with the same […]
Today’s prompt is brought to you via the Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day. Nepotism is referred to as ‘favouritism based on kinship’. To put it another way, it’s the practice of placing people you like into positions of importance, regardless of whether they actually deserve to be there. We see this a lot in big […]
This was Dictionary.com’s Word of the Day back on the 26th of September. As is obvious by now, I am not playing by the rule of dates, so here we are, publishing this on the 16th of October. I’m such a rebel. Pavlovian is derived from Ivan Petrovich Pavlov, a Russian psychologist who won the […]
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-66893661 The above news article is a testament to the ingenuity of human endeavour. In 2020, the NASA spacecraft Osiris-Rex collected samples of rock and dust from the asteroid Bennu (incidentally, the asteroid considered the most dangerous by NASA, in terms of hitting earth any time soon). On the 24th of September 2023, a probe […]
What things give you energy? What provides me with power? What fuels this meerkat? Well, I have to give a mention to caffeine. My blood supply is surely part-coffee by now. I suspect this question is more philosophical than literal, but I will also give an honourable mention to food. Food gives me energy. That’s […]
Dun dun dun! Friday the 13th is a date that has become associated with bad luck, but why? What is the history behind a date that’s become so feared? There’s the number 13. 13 has long held significance as a bad number. There is an event in Norse mythology, featuring a gathering of 12 gods. […]
What’s your all-time favorite album? What a question! I am not a collector or buyer of albums, at least, not these days. If I had to pick an album I have listened to quite a lot, it would be the debut album of Christina Aguilera (not gonna lie, teenage crush, right there), where Ms Aguilera […]
This is a difficult subject. There is a lot of angry history here, and some deeply horrific actions – from both sides of this equation, I might add – that have hardened hearts, and created an unending spiral of brutal, retaliatory violence. For hundreds of years (indeed, longer) there have been occupations, invasions, and some […]
Am I comfortable with my sexuality? That’s a question with an easy answer: yes. I am a heterosexual man, and secure in that. I am at ease in the company of people occupying different parts of the sexuality spectrum, and do not feel threatened by expressions of love or affection from anyone. Some people get […]
How often do you walk or run? Depending on your definition, I walk every day. I walk to and from work. When I take my daughter to or from school, there are stages of the journey that we’ll walk. If the prompt means ‘power walk’, or walking for exercise, then I’d have to admit I […]
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...
You may be wondering where this post will go. Well, let’s place the scene in the restaurant above. What might I deem inappropriate behaviour in this setting? A restaurant has waiting staff, who (depending on the quality of the establishment) may or may not be paid a particularly decent wage, yet will work very hard. […]
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