When I heard stats like ‘ALS affects one in four people’ I was indifferent.But when I saw a once strong healthy individual crippled by ALS trying to eat by themselves in front of me, not only did it make the disease real but horrifying. There’s a level of abstraction when it’s strangers. The vagueness hinders … Continue reading It hit home →

Jamie has been passed over for promotion, again.Alex is leaving and the company are bending over backwards to try and keep them.Objectively Alex has much better social skills than Jamie. Is there a correlation there?

What did the two-year-old say to the newborn?…‘Hey, that’s my daddy!’Looks like jealousy is something we’re born with and a burden for us all to manage.

We're out in the Baltic sea and the captain quite naively asks: 'Can someone please clean up the kitchen?' Someone The captain walks away delighted that he didn't have to twist anyone's arm to get the job done and now someone who wants to clean will do the cleaning. The problem with the captain's fantasy … Continue reading Someone do it →

Most ads are companies trying to persuade consumers to buy their stuff.But now there is a new kind of ad. The internal ad.This is from employer to employee. These ads hang in front of the urinals and appear on the TV screens around the office. The company is trying to sell their employees on their … Continue reading The internal ad →

"Regina George type is actually grand when on her own"Take away the need to abide by toxic tribal norms and watch their humanity come out.

It hurts.But it's a good kind of hurt. It let's me know I cared.Where I could have been apathetic, I invested.Would I be happier if I cared less? Short term yes, long term no.

"I'm sorry, you misunderstood me."At first glance it looks like an apology, but it feels more like a subtle shifting of the blame away from me and onto you.

Michael Jordan won six NBA titles.But what we want to know is, can you name the teams that came second to each one of these titles?I think only a truly passionate NBA fan would be able to get all these right. The rest of us forget the losers because that's the binary nature of sport. … Continue reading Binary sport →

The celebrity is drinking their cup of coffee, talking to their mate when a fan comes up and asks for a pic.The celebrity complies. Click. Click.The fan thanks the celebrity and then goes on their merry way.Now the rest of the cafe sees that you can take a pic with this celebrity and you won't … Continue reading Celebrity statues →