Wow. This time last year, my family and I were in Menorca. The weather there was usually above 30C every day. Even here in the UK, we had a few occasions where the weather touched 40C in August, and it was generally quite hot all summer long. Flash-forward to this latest Meerkat Muse, and things […]
Lest the descriptions and pictures in this post be called ‘food porn’, let it be said there’s a faintly serious edge to this prompt, and it is inspired by something I wrote virtually two decades ago. Frivolous lawsuits can a source of amusement, but they can also be irritating. It turns out their very existence […]
Dictionary.com’s Word of the Day back on the 5th of August was ‘antihero’, and I think by now we all know of antihero characters across fiction! The most obvious example I can think of would be the popular comic-book character Venom, who has gone from outright to villain, to a protagonist who operates largely out […]
Write about a random act of kindness you’ve done for someone. This prompt just so happens to tie into a previous prompt, and a much older post, dating back to 2016. I am pleased I stopped to help a person in distress; I was less pleased by the length of time it took me to […]
Inspired by a recent visit to the Big Smoke, I thought I’d write a post that examines England’s capital, the bustling city of London. Londinium London’s history can be traced to Roman times. Whilst there is evidence for scattered, limited settlements in the general area (some of which have been dated to 4500 BC, making […]
Dictionary.com defines quiddity as ‘the essential nature of a thing’. My first thought went to Family Guy’s Quagmire, and his catchphrase ‘giggity’, but I think that carries a very different meaning! Quiddity is one of those words that virtually never comes up anymore. I didn’t even know this word existed until I wrote this prompt, […]
Toothpaste. We’re all hopefully familiar with the stuff. I had a thought about it the other day, and I recalled The Toothpaste Talk too, so I figured, why not develop this into a post? As a kid, toothpaste had one ‘flavour’, and maybe a few variations on that flavour, but toothpaste was, as a rule, […]
Content warning for this post, it delves into some difficult, and emotional territory. Over on the Coalition website, I have been debating the challenging and charged topic of abortion. It goes without saying that there are a lot of powerful opinions on this subject, and not a lot of consensus. I do not expect there […]
This prompt is brought to you by one of my colleagues at work; many thanks for the idea! So, cryogenics. When I hear that word, my mind goes to a sci-fi place of people being frozen, either for a long journey, or to forestall a disease or condition, in the hopes of a cure being […]
Good question, and there are plenty of answers! It will be of no great surprise to learn that the planets and stars are a source of tremendous curiosity to me. Looking up at the sky on a clear night, knowing those pinpricks of light are distant stars, leaves me awestruck. There is so much beautiful, […]
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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