It's funny after the lions won the series with a game to go there was a public sentiment that you replace the starters with all the players who haven't been involved in the test series yet. Let everyone have a taste of the test series. I think it speaks to sympathy and a desire to … Continue reading Let em play →

"Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth" Marcus Aurelius And yet when some people talk it's like they're telling you how the world is. There's something in the tone that makes it sound like they're in the know and you're not.

Ronan has notions of putting on a play. But he fears the judgement of others. He's desperate for their respect. The others don't know they have such power over Ronan. They barely think about him. But Ronan has given them great power over him. So much so that he may live out his whole life … Continue reading Ronan’s play →

Do they want to be here? The answer is in the body language, the attention to detail, and the conversations. There is no carrot or stick big enough to motivate someone who has decided they don't want to be here. There is no stopping someone who is right where they want to be and determined … Continue reading Productive eagerness →

Getting praise for a good idea is addictive. It's so addictive that you can quickly slip into the very annoying behaviour of unsolicited advice. Desperate to recapture that magical moment of seeing your idea well received you start to overstep your mark. All of a sudden you're giving relationship advice to a couple barely know … Continue reading Chasing idea praise →

You often see sitcoms utilize the meddlesome character to move plot along but I think it comes at too great a cost. If you do it enough times the audience starts to hate that character. Why can't they just mind their own business? It's almost like the writer is hoping we'll see that they mean … Continue reading The meddlesome character →

There are those who become infuriated with referees and blame losses all on them. And then there are those who know it's all part of the game and that you don't need to go that far back to find a time when your team benefitted from a controversial refereeing decision.

When I was in secondary school it was repeatedly hammered into me how special it was to play rugby for my school. And I drunk the Kool aid. I was sold. It felt like the biggest honour in my life getting to represent my school on the rugby pitch. Since then I've lived a bit … Continue reading Special cause →

https://youtube.com/shorts/A8tVgLNWHYM?si=UEvMIhtui2mOOd0M This is Darcy Graham, he's a Scottish winger who is limping off the pitch after just 16 minutes.And you might ask why is he crying? Why does Finn Russell feel the need to come over and console him? Some writers dubbed that game as a dead rubber, as a blatant money making scheme, and … Continue reading Darcy’s devastated →

"Tabatha, what's going on with that chap over there?" Richard pointed in the direction of a young man on the edge of the dancefloor who seemed to be having a tiny seizure. "Ah that's Tyreek. He was adopted you see, and apparently the best break dancer in his council estate. But since he moved into … Continue reading Instincts v conditioning →