Drinking Buddies
“I’ve got some friends, some that I hardly know. We’ve had some times I wouldn’t change for the world.” – Rise Against, Swing Life Away A few weeks ago I posted about how my relationship with alcohol...
View ArticleNobody Else Will Ever Find Me As Interesting As My Cat
“As anyone who has ever been around a cat for any length of time well knows, cats have enormous patience with the limitations of the human kind.” ~ Cleveland Amory I know that it’s popular wisdom to...
View ArticlePublic Service Announcement
Okay, so if some drunken boys ever happen to give you a beef burger that’s been sat outside in the sun all day then cooked on a re-lit barbecue, at night, in the dark – don’t eat it. Especially if the...
View ArticleI Am Very Bothered When I Think
“Whoever blushes is already guilty; true innocence is ashamed of nothing.” ~ Jean-Jacque Rousseau I am very bothered when I think of all the bad things that I have done in my life. I haven’t been able...
View ArticleZip A Dee Do Dah
(Getty Images) “Happiness often sneaks in through a door you didn’t know you left open.” ~ John Barrowmore You may have noticed that I haven’t been around here in a while. I’d like to say that I’d...
View ArticleYes, Thank You, I Am Still Alive
“Everything changes, everything stays the same.” Hi. I’m still alive. For those of you who were wondering. Thank you for wondering. Particularly for those of you sent very sweet wondering messages....
View ArticleKitty Genovese Would Have Faired No Better In Suburban England
(Image Credit) “Slums may well be breeding grounds of crime, but middle class suburbs are incubators of apathy and delirium.” ~ Cyril Connolly I have post traumatic stress disorder, as you probably...
View ArticleBecause A Pretty Corpse Is No Use To Anyone
(Getty Images/Jose Juan Garcia) “It’s not my responsibility to be beautiful. I’m not alive for that purpose. My existence is not about how desirable you find me.” ~ Warsan Shire Like many other people...
View ArticleI’m Not Confident So Much As A Control Freak
“Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.” ~ George Washington I’ve been trying to counsel quite a few people lately whose...
View ArticleMy Father In A Flash
“People are supposed to aspire to become their fathers, not shudder at the thought.” ~ Veronica Roth My dad doesn’t like me very much. Or in fact at all. Apparently this one time when I was a toddler I...
View ArticleI Seem To Have Become A Disney Character of Myself
“I was talking to myself about you the other day, we were wondering what became of you.” ~ Friend Owl, Bambi So I went AWOL from the internet again. I’d say I’m sorry and that I’ve missed you all but...
View ArticleCatching Up
“Instead of loving your enemies – treat your friends a little better.” ~ E. W. Howe So I feel like we’re due a proper catch up. I’m not entirely sure where to start but in no particular order here’s...
View ArticleHow To Be Kind To Yourself
“As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.” ~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe > First, fix yourself a drink. A nice cup of tea or coffee. A cool refreshing glass of fruit juice. A good...
View ArticleThree: It’s A Magic Number
“In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: it goes on.” ~ Robert Frost So I have a few posts in the pipeline where I’m struggling to express myself in quite the way I want and I’m...
View ArticleI Used To Be A Bad Feminist…
(Image Credit: Jay Morrison) “Visionary feminism is a wise and loving politics. It is rooted in the love of male and female being, refusing to privilege one over the other. The soul of feminist...
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