Andy Warhol was supposed to have said that that in the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes (apparently,…
There are worse things than getting fat…
Why do we worry so much about what we put in our bellies…and so little about what we put in…
A poem for the future
In the future Few of us remain. Summer never ends, for some Far beneath the sea hides a better world.…
Ten reasons to look forward to old age…
1. Age is power. You only have to look at all the old bastards lining board room tables and elbowing…
You know those days when you knock over the sugar bowl and accidentally decapitate your sister in law…
Actually, that isn’t what this post is about at all – it’s just a draft title I wrote ages ago…
Want to become a mesh addict?
A reading from The Immortality Game, by Ted Cross, with some thoughts… Mesh addiction. It’s no joke. One minute you’re…
Have you ever had a Brilliant Friend?
Have you ever tried out for Mensa? I did their online quiz once. You get three minutes to answer twenty…
Rose is sad…
I often think of myself, smugly, as a cork. You can push a cork under water but once you let…
They should have paid attention at school!!
The first time I went to India I tagged after my elder brother, squinting around (owing to the fact that…
Behind the glass
It’s sometimes horrifying to me to reflect on how my own thoughts and feelings can be almost completely concealed behind…
