YouTube Appreciation & Top 10 Favourite Channels

I watch a lot of YouTube videos, and have done since I was a teenager. Back then it was catching up with my laptop balanced on my knees in my tiny room at home; now it's streamed from my phone to the TV via Chromecast (I love living in 2019). YouTube is a fantastic resource…

Sick Day Entertainments

I've taken three days off work this week. I'm putting it down to a relatively mild case of flu; I had a high fever and lost several litres of sweat across three nights, plus several more litres of various fluids from my face during the day, and it's generally been a bit of a blur.…

Boundin’: The Internet Never Forgets

A little while ago I read and watched Carrie Hope Fletcher's discussion on healthy boundaries in her relationship with her audience. She acknowledged that her channel has seen her grow up, change her content, and address the fact that she is constantly changing and growing; she stressed that her being captured in various stages doesn't…

Favourite Treehouse of Horror Segments

I've spoken before about my love for The Simpsons, specifically the Treehouse of Horror Halloween episodes. In 30 years of the show there have been 87 individual stories told in the horror theme, and this Halloween I've collated my personal top ten, for your reading pleasure. (They're all from the first ten seasons, because those…

Recently Read Books – October 2019

Apologies for posting another month of mini reviews so soon after the last one - it's been a busy few weeks, with extra hours at work and a written-off car to wrangle, and hasn't left me much time to knock up blog posts! Luckily though I did have time to read, and it was a…

The Illusion of Productivity

I've seen this post a fair few times now, and it always strikes a chord with me. Why do we love to buy office supplies, or stationery, or spend hours planning or goal-setting instead of actually doing things? It's the illusion of productivity - feeling like you're making progress without doing the hard work that…

Recently Read Books – September 2019

I did a post of this type back in June, and this month - thanks in part to a week in a caravan in Wales - I've finally read enough books to write another. Here are a few books I loved in the month of September. Doctor Sleep - Stephen King I'm a big Stephen…