‘Have you seen this?’ my wife sighed as I walked through the door. ‘Hi, honey,’ I grinned at her. ‘Yeah, great day at work. Me and Jimmy finally managed to land that Nielson contract–’ She rolled her eyes, but let a slight smile slip through. ‘Hi,’ she said begrudgingly. ‘Hi!’ I smiled back, walking over …
I am a huge horror movie buff and I love a good documentary. Thursday nights are always reserved for my brother and I to have a huge viewing session together. A few months ago we watched this horror movie that was based on the true story of some really insane serial killer. I noticed the …
You know what I hate? When I’m driving my car and listening to my usual radio station, and they change the presenter on me randomly. I have a routine, and I don’t like when it changes. I listen to Double K on my drives to and from work. In the mornings I listen to Bruce …
I have three kids. My eldest kid was the kid I was most nervous with, but I think that is normal as many parents experience first time nerves with their first child. My second child was quite easy, she was rather quiet and well-behaved. By the time it came down to my third child, I …
I had the strangest dream the other night. I was dressed in a suit looking like a cast member from Quentin Tarrotcard’s Swamp Dogs. In the dream, I entered a bank and held everyone hostage with a hot dog. That’s right. A hot dog. There were about thirty-five people in the bank and among those …
I finally see what they mean by never doing business with your family. I know someone who runs a small plumbing company. He’s going through a bit of a rough patch as he and his long term girlfriend have recently split and then a week later he was let go by the company he’s been …
At my local shops, there is a mural going up! I live in a pretty low-socioeconomic area, definitely not the type of place that people paint gloriously beautiful murals. For example, I’m not surprised when I see new graffiti on the wall but I can’t contain my surprise seeing a colourful and artistic mural go …
I’m working on a short story, and I don’t really know where to take it next. I don’t expect that you, dear reader, will have any ideas on where it could go, but I figure that if I talk for about three hundred words maybe some idea will pop into my head. At least, I …
For my entire life thus far, I thought the whole purpose of optometrists was for them to test people’s eyes, determine if they need glasses, and then prescribe glasses or contact lenses. It turns out that there is a lot more to being an optometrist or optician. I never knew this until I had my …
My teeth are something that I’ve neglected to look after my whole life. I’m extremely embarrassed by them, especially because they are almost completely rotten now at the age of thirty. My parents always told me to brush my teeth. For some reason instead of listening to them and brushing my teeth, I used to …