'Look kids I designed that house!' 'The one that looks like a rotten turnip?' 'Yeah the colour wasn't my choice' 'Why is the door wonky?' 'Because that's what the client wanted' 'Is that a giant bowling ball?' 'Thats the garage!' 'Oh it looks like a giant bowling ball to me' 'Yeah not quite a quaint … Continue reading That house looks terrible →

One of the difficulties of lateral thinking has to be finding new fertile headspace. Unfortunately old ideas and familiar notions keep cropping up. It's like tire tracks on a dirt road, the more they're used, the deeper the grooves and the harder to get out of them. It's like trying to find a road you … Continue reading Familiar notions →

It's funny how once you label something it becomes so much easier to spot. Take 'Toxic Masculinity' for example. I don't know about you but in my experience of this term, it wasn't around for the longest time and then all of a sudden it was being used everywhere. And those caught acting out toxic … Continue reading Toxic masculinity →

The first cartoon drawing is a boy running. The second cartoon drawing is a dog running. If we had to guess what was going on, it would be that the dog is chasing the boy. Poor boy! It's probably a savage dog too! I hope the dog doesn't catch him. But if the pictures were … Continue reading The order matters →

It was the first of September in his third year when the majority of his classmates remembered his real name was actually Harry. Reason being, Harry spent the summer getting absolutely ripped. He replaced mounds of fat with rock hard muscles. He traded in his multipacks of crisps for a six pack of abs. His … Continue reading Whale man →

Robert De Niro is widely considered one of the best actors ever but this doesn't exempt him from criticism. Those who work on the Jimmy Kimmel show could find numerous tweets berating the actor. There's a thread on Reddit called 'I HATE the Beatles' with multiple users chipping in to agree. Much to my dismay … Continue reading Universal popularity →

Sir Alex Ferguson and Michael Jordan are two extremely successful sports figures and from their respective documentaries it looked like they sacrificed a lot. The Last Dance spent a whole episode providing evidence for and against MJ being a nice guy or not. The line of questioning also triggered the most emotional reaction out of … Continue reading His Royal Airness and Sir Alex →

You would think non fiction books would be immune to the shortening attention span crisis. After all, the reader knows what they're getting into. This medium is low tech and this genre is not a story. And yet. And yet I find myself extremely grateful for short, sharp, punchy prose and increasing difficulty concentrating on … Continue reading Non fiction waffle →

We torture ourselves with the 'Will I?'s and we badger others with the 'Should I?'s and eventually condemn ourselves to frustration and mental anguish. But to consider some wise words the greatest Headmaster Hogwarts as ever seen, spoken to arguably the greatest student Hogwarts as ever seen: "Because you, yourself, will never rest until you … Continue reading Will I? Won’t I? →

A bold notion crosses your mind. A risky direction. A route fraught with failure. If done right it could be spectacular. But to reach 'remarkable' status I think there can be no holding back. No hedging of bets. Its all or nothing. It's an entire presentation in lederhosen or not a scrap of it. It's … Continue reading No hedging of bets →