In my experience, if I taught this man to fish, several things would happen : He would be much better at catching fish than me. He would gloat to me about how good he was at catching fish. He would diss my fish catching abilities to others, making me a laughing stock. I would have […]

It was a few years ago since I appeared but you can never lose that feeling of success,even if you don’t win. I was never the best at presentation but I’d never put as much thought into anything in my life. I should confess at this point , I had no idea what an entree […]

The road goes ever on and on Reading I used to read a lot, and every book I read, it was my ambition to read one without needing to look in the dictionary. I scribbled down each word on bits of paper and stuck them on the doors and walls with masking tape. invidious, emoluments,virement,abstruse,recondite,horse […]

Some things you come across in life that are so obvious you immediately think “Why didn’t I think of that sooner?” Pascal said ‘Most of mens problems stem from being unable to sit in a room and do nothing.’ It just so happens that I am an expert at doing nothing. How could I go […]

I don’t know about you,but sometimes its difficult to know where to start. I have always been fascinated by the way people try and represent themselves in the best light. I often try and do the opposite. What can you learn by doing what everyone else is doing? I have been missing for a while,save […]

I think back to my school days occasionally and this incident popped into my head. Something I’ve always wondered about. One thing a child knows,which can cause alacrity or anxiety is that, if youre young enough, a lot of rules don’t apply to you.  You can get a way with a lot as you are […]

I’m sure you’ve heard of a portmanteau word. Its a word based on joining two words together. Based on a travelling bag that had two separate opening parts. I’d like to pleasantly introduce being plappy. A word that describes a mood that improves as you’re speaking. As you’re speaking you realise your mood is better […]

Consider a lily, part of an anniversary gift of flowers. I’m just like the Lily, I toil not and don’t spin much these days. Not since my days of playing dizzy ducks. Anyway,every 20 years or so I buy my wife flowers. We’ve been together 20 years,so the time was coming round. I ordered some […]

When I was younger my Nan always used to say to me : “Don’t hide your light under a bushel.” Like any rebellious teenager, I ran out to find any bushel I could. Nobody tells me what to do. I’ll show them. I suppose I should have got a job like a normal person. But […]