When I was born Mother Nature visited me in my crib and said “For five minutes of your life (childhood to late teen years) you’re going to love to dance. Your favourite dancers will be Fred Astaire …
Vulnerability test
Do you have days when you stick your hands under cold water, no problem? Are there days when you think “hell no! I’ll wait for the water to warm up”? I noticed this about myself so I thought I’d do a …
New love
Just got a new phone and I think I`m in love. This blog post is being written via my Blackberry. I have hated mobile phones until today. Blogging via mobile is nothing new but, it's new and …
Ode to Miss Kitty
I called my kitten Miss Kitty Fantastico after Willow's cat on Buffy. My family wouldn't call her that 'cos they're really boring and quite stuffy. …
I am woman
I’m too busy studying to write a new poem so I’m recycling an old poem of mine for national poetry day. I am woman No classic beauty, I’m more a 9 than a perfect ten. I can down a pint with the …
Mucus has a purpose
So I’m into week three of this flu/cold/virus thingy. I went to the doctor who told me that I had nothing to worry about. If it’s not cleared up within the next three weeks then I should worry. WTF! …
I’d like some wings please
The theory of evolution is a touchy subject with many pros and cons. I would personally route more for the theory of evolution if I could see some real evidence in my time. Whether we crawled out of …
Everyone dies but not everyone lives
In February I lost a friend and colleague. He died of a brain haemorrhage aged 44 years old, born a week after me. To say that I was devastated is an understatement. He was just a baby and this was …
Resolving to resolve my goals
I'm sitting here at 5.30 this fine Sunday morning listening to Smooth FM and contemplating the fluff in my belly button. Actually, I don't have any fluff in my belly button, never have. I used to …
The world is my snow globe
Every year at this time I take a step back and watch the panic and the madness that is Christmas with calm detachment. It's like watching the world go by through a snow globe. I watch my colleagues …
9-5 – A poem
The 9 to 5 The office politics The office gossip The screaming clients The shocking abuse The fun The paper airplanes Team lunches The laughs The chaos The reorganisation The …
Sitting on the fence pondering religion
I don't "do" religion. As a child I loved history and found it very disturbing when Kings and Queens waged war in the name of religion. As an adult I love history and find it very disturbing when …