26 Reasons to be Cheerful/Thankful #2point6challenge

It's day 25 of the 2.6 Challenge, the fundraising thing I'm doing to raise money for the Big Issue Foundation so that they can continue to support their vendors during the Corona crisis. Every day for twenty six days I've been setting myself a little challenge. I've written about how I've been doing before, and …

26 Movie Moments #2point6challenge

I continue with my 2.6 Challenge and Sunday was day 20, with my challenge to remake 26 movie moments. It was a silly and fun way to spend a Sunday, and I uploaded them all onto TikTok, but I thought I'd put them all together in a YouTube video, which I've included below. Don't forget …

26 Haikus #2point6challenge

So, the 2.6 Challenge continues and today's was to write 26 haikus. I scribbled them on notes and on my phone and tweeted them throughout the day. I kinda liked doing it and it shows how my day went and a little stream of consciousness vibe to it. It's all to raise money for the …

Bucket List #42: Eat Scorpions

I'm not sure why this is on my Bucket List anymore. I think I saw scorpions on skewers on a travel show and was curious to try them, it got added to the list and here we are. When I added it I probably imagined being in a far off land and buying some crispy …

A Tale of Two Futures: 2518

This question courtesy of Pointless Overthinking: How do you think humanity will be in 500 years? Speculating about the future is a surefire way to make yourself look stupid to future generations. But I've made myself look stupid to the current one plenty of times, so why not add a future generation to the list? …

Cats and Zombies

2AM. Saturday morning. I have only a few hours until I have to get up for work, but I'm wide awake. And sleep isn't going to come easily. Why aren't I asleep? Because I've just had a nightmare. Yes, like a little kid, a bad dream has jolted me awake and now I'm lying in …

Would You Rather? Part 8: Pride, Power and Fearing St Patrick’s

...the general public think you are a horrible person but your family are proud of you or your family think you're a horrible person but the public is very proud of you? I'd find it a lot easier living with the public hating me than my family doing so. I deal with my loved ones …

Would You Rather? Part 7: Art, Space and Tacos

...would you rather live in the wilderness far from civilization or live on the streets of a big city as a homeless person? Homeless in a big city. I think in a city I could get by a bit better, I'm not really built for wilderness survival, whereas in a city I could probably scavenge …

Would You Rather? Part 5: Nightcrawler > Professor Xavier

Would you rather be famous when you're alive and forgotten when you die or unknown when alive but famous after death? I think I'd actually prefer to have a legacy that lived on after me than be famous. I don't think I'd be well suited for fame. Like most people I've daydreamed about being famous …

Would You Rather? Part 4: Caves, Clowns and Climbing Trees

Would you rather be the best in the world at climbing trees or the best in the world at jumping rope? I think I would go for the trees, because that's probably something I'd enjoy more. I could be a nature photographer or something, climbing up to get pictures of the critters and whatnot. Being …