Category: Words

I wasn’t going to write an email today. Truth be told this week has been meh at most. Just loads of niggly bits of stupid shit cropping up that makes you want to opt out of doing anything productive. The kind of petty annoyances that make…

A long time ago I nearly killed myself multiple times doing really stupid shit. Quad biking, down hill mountain biking and being tackled shoulder first into a steel goal box during a hocky match can definitely do a number on your flesh vessel. From broken and…

Nothing sucker punches the dopamine goblin quite like dropping your carcass into a chair and wrenching the cap off a frost slick bottle of bubbly brain fuel… (Iced latte before 8pm is a good idea lol) Followed by reading, your very own, palm sweat absorbent printed…

Here’s one of my favourite poems by ol’ Bukowski When you’re really in need of a little kick up the ass. Read this if you’re going to try, go all theway.otherwise, don’t even start. if you’re going to try, go all theway. this could mean losing…

Imagine this… You wake up, stretch, sneeze twice, open the dopamine fuelled sadness rectangle, and… WHAM Your precious Mega Titan Hustle Bro Facebook group (the one with seven figures worth of thumb sup zombies) has vanished. Well I’d usually say this was a joke but it…

I’ve had enough espresso to stun a yak and I’m about to go off. So buckle up. Today has been a day. And looks like it’s gonna be even MORE of a day with the pending war that’s about to unfold… Don’t click a way though.…

I’ve just finished re-watching one of my favourite films with Robin Williams… And as much as the world is going to hell in a hand basket in real time, This scene always makes me sit back and reflect We’re only here for a short time. We…

Hope you all have an amazing weekend. Here’s a little reminder that we need sometimes… (I’d definitely suggest watching the video but the words are just as powerful) Come back by Chase Hughes “There was so much wonder. Joy didn’t need a reason. The laughter echoed…

Okay. I might’ve had you for a second. I was going to write about that viscerally gross film, but hey. It’s Friday and I didn’t want to gross you out cause the weather has been nice… So I’ll be using Cardistry as the starting point and…

Today’s heat is either making me see things, but I do think we’re half way there to a full scale robo apocalypse… A ropocalypse? So picture this. And yes this is modern day nightmare fuel… You know Mattel, right? (yeah, the Barbie people) They have just…

Ever now and then some lost soul books a call with me and we shoot the shit for an hour. This weekend just gone was one of them… (Right before my LoTR and HP marathon) The simple question which I got hit with which was: “How…

Usually when I’m doing any type of writing. The music I listen to hasn’t got vocals in it at all. Why? Cause when I get in the flow of things, then lyrics end up being peppered in and around whatever it that I’ve written. But today…

And you know it. Deep down, you do. So I’m gonna mention transgressive fiction. It’s the writing that makes you think “Look at this mess. It’s yours. Deal with it.” It’s not gore porn for wannabe nihilists, despite what your cousin who binge watches Euphoria might…

I’m not usually one to write about these days. But I see and know how difficult they can be for everyone. The grass is not always green. We don’t all come home to the white picket fence. It’s not always sunny in Philadelphia. All I want…

We need to have a talk. Not the kind of talk where I’m mad. Though honestly, maybe mad would be easier. Mad burns hot and fast like a shot of cheap whiskey. Mad gets things off your chest and moves on. No, this is worse than…

It’s hard to do the things you love when life kicks you in the face. But here’s a quick little permission slip to do the things you have put aside. Tonight, just 5 minutes from my place I’m heading to a little gallery where a friend…

Repeat after me. I am a writer. I am the fury and the fire. I will finish the damn thing I started. No pity parties. No snot nosed tantrums. No “oh, the words aren’t coming today” melodrama. That shit’s for amateurs. My resolve is forged from…

I’m a creature of habit. And as always. Whenever I’m out and about, I follow my regular route. On this regular route I always see two cats. At a quick glance they’re identical. Mother and kitten. Now if you’ve ever seen The Matrix (1999) you’ll remember…

And live by them. We give up whatever type of power we have over our own lives by giving people full control and access to us when they don’t deserve it. I mean if you’ve been paying any attention to the clusterfuck of the world in…

“The mystery of human existence lies not in just staying alive, but in finding something to live for.” Which is a rough quote and an attribution to famous Russian writer Fyodor Dostoevsky. I went deep on Russian literature for year and yes. With everything going on…

“Find something you love and let it kill you.” That quote is famously said to have been written by Charles Bukowski. Bukowski was genius in his own right and it was disputed for decades that he didn’t write it. Although it does align with his overall…

So there’s this thing about human nature that productivity gurus will never tell you in their $497 courses about “optimizing your potential” and it’s this… We’re fundamentally hedonistic creatures pretending to be rational ones. Stick with me here. This isn’t going where you think it’s going.…

Bear with me. I’ve ended my day with a few Espresso Martini-zzz cause this week has been a rollercoaster. There has been some epic wins and some epic losses. Like I always say… There is balance in all things. Now you’ll know I am the one…

So picture this nightmare… King couldn’t write a better horror novel tbh. You’re innocently scrolling through Twitter. Sorry, “X” cause apparently we’re all living in Elon’s mid life crisis now. Christ knows how the algorithm works its magic but all of a sudden. Right in front…

I’m off to go watch Final Destination Bloodlines again. Yeah yeah I know. I’m a nerd. Even though the majority of horror films are considered B rated garbage. I have always been a fan of horror because of how versatile the genre can be. I wrote…

Pull up a chair. The slightly wobbly one that makes you wonder if it’s gonna collapse into a million pieces if you lean back too far. I’m not going to blow sunshine up your ass about how everything’s brilliant and we’re all crushing it in 2025.…

So here’s the thing nobody wants to tell you about mastery, and especially nobody wants to sell you a course about it… It’s boring as hell. Sitting here this morning, coffee getting cold while I bash out my thousandth email about whatever’s rattling around in my…

Like a parrot scorned… Now you know the parrot that so happily runs my life has on a few occasions made a cameo in my emails… And he is a little shyt. Albeit a cute one. (When he wants to be though) So today as I…

Right, so I did something mental a few weeks/months back. Deleted all the apps. Cold turkey. Not because I’ve become some internet based monk who’s discovered the ancient art of mindfulness. Just because I was tired of feeling like my brain was being slowly liquidised by…

Today I’ve had a lazy one. Beer in hand. Out in whatever sun we’ve had… (It’s England. We don’t get much sun, especially up north haha) Ripping through Stephen King’s new book and figuring how this guy basically stripmines his own fucked up past to create…