My Thoughts – 13/01/16

I love Steam. For those who are console peasants (love you really), Steam is the equivalent of the Apple AppStore but for the PC. It’s genius in that it works for Mac, Windows and Linux, and allows you to buy a game and play it on different operating systems, so for example I bought Borderlands […]

My Thoughts – 11/01/16

Happy new year and all that. David Bowie died today. This morning I played his top songs (according to Google Play) as I was driving to work; Space Oddity is a beautifully tragic and fitting tune for a man who’s style was so “out there” that he had to become famous to be accepted. Anyway, […]

Privilege

The dusty shop is small, almost empty, and in need of repair and resupply. Peeling paint and dust is in abundance. The burly shopkeeper is reading a day-old paper and smoking a cigarette. He regards me warily over the headline. “What do you want, comrade?” “Cigarettes,” I say hastily. “I want cigarettes.” Having never smoked […]

Bricks

The line is long, but it always is. Most days, I count the people in front of me. Sometimes, I count the people walking away from the pile. Today, I can’t be bothered to do either so look at the woman in front of me. She has a nice ass and a slim waist, and […]

Novel Progress

I’ve finally finished the first draft of my novel, Ragnar Blaise’s High Idea.  It’s taken about five years to get to this point, and the storyline has deviated a lot from my initial plot.  Some authors don’t like “winging it” but I disagree; a story that changes whilst in writing does so because it evolves […]

I Like to Move It

“Papers,” said the supervisor, so I held out my paperwork. He rifled through roughly, scanning for key words and anything that might distinguish me from everyone else. “Do you have anything?” “No,” I replied, “only my health and the clothes I’m currently wearing.” “You have the ability to move,” said the supervisor, taking a burning […]

Too Much

There is too much of everything. There is too much music; a smash hit is now meaningless and irrelevant, tunes made to a recipe and instantly forgettable. There are too many music artists; singers are manufactured and disposed of as demand requires.  There are too many video games, a flow of bland colourful soulless kaleidoscopes […]

I’ll Do It

They swarmed through the phone system, hell-bent on causing chaos and mayhem with the emergency services. The phone operators were tired, but dedicated, and so processed the gibbering idiot’s requests for medical attention with a sterile, sensible, emotionless efficiency. Derrick, sipping on a vending machine coffee, half-listened to the gleeful voice whispering in his ear. […]

I Heart Tech

The doctor stuck his hand into the holographic display and expanded his next calendar appointment. It was a Monday, and Dr Benson hated Mondays as much as he hated the constant stream of state-dependents that demanded urgent attention for their ailments. They were, to Benson, worth a lot of money to him, so he tolerated […]

The Bestest Hero in the Universe

Tommy’s rocket ship skidded to a stop on the grassy planet. As always, the ship was undamaged and its occupants unharmed – it was, after all, the best ship in the universe. It had to be, because Tommy was the bestest hero in the universe and nothing less would do. Tommy and his robot bear […]