Self-Confidence

What things can you do confidently? I can touch type fairly well but not so accurately. I can speak Japanese but only to a limited capacity with confidence. I’m pretty confident I can spruce up a car to a point where it looks shiny and new. I’m very confident I can help people teach themselvesContinue reading “Self-Confidence”

Delusional Thinking

What are you afraid of? What do you refuse to think about? How far are you willing to go? ✨ There are many things which we refuse to address: the fact that we will never improve our standard of living; the depth with which we hate the way people treat us; the horrific increments ofContinue reading “Delusional Thinking”

Women of Failure

Once upon a time, a fellow wanted to increase cigarette sales and couldn’t think of how to do it. He pondered this and percolated upon that. Sadly, he just could not create a solution. Until that is he came across some very wacky theories developed by those zany Germans in the 1850s called ‘psychology’. AsContinue reading “Women of Failure”

Conspicuous Absences

There are many traffic lights out so be very careful, the news reports say. No one bothers giving clear instructions based on something realistic, like, say, the rules of the road, when navigating intersections where the lights are out. Why on Earth not? Could it be that no one in Australia has the moral fortitudeContinue reading “Conspicuous Absences”

Around the Twist

Night fallen, skies sullen Pouring rain, battering winds Splashing tyres, wiping blades ☔️ Vroom! Vroom! Whisking around corners Zoom! Zoom! 🛣️ Empty roads, sluicing rain The mountain calls, twists and turns Leaves twisting, twirling in the wind 🍃 Pieces of tree blocking the road! Trees wrecked by the winds! Road blocked, no other way! 🙅Continue reading “Around the Twist”

Disaster Strikes!

In our exclusive this afternoon, insiders have revealed an entire nation has shit down! No fewer than 3 million people are teetering on the edge of starvation in Australia’s east as the ravaging remnants of Typhoon Alfresco dumps millimetres of rain with determinedly intermittent breezes across the coast. Not only have all the supermarkets shut,Continue reading “Disaster Strikes!”

Spoonfeeding

Before I tell youwhat I’m gonna tell youI’m gonna tell youall aboutwhat I’m gonna tell you You won’t listen to anythingcoz you’ll be thinking of what to say about what I’m saying aboutand you’ll tell mewhat I’m not saying So while I’m listening to youtelling me what I’m talkingabouttelling me what I’m talking about YouContinue reading “Spoonfeeding”

Past Tense

My family started in 1066, and were placed next to the Welsh boarder. My ancestors spent most generations able to speak Celtic Welsh and the family was established by the Normans who spoke French. The accents of English I speak arose in London in the late 1800s and one evolved through the 1900s in Brisbane.Continue reading “Past Tense”

A talk…

I wanna talk to you about respectI want us to have more respect in our interactionsYou have to show more respect Erm…Don’t you mean capitulationsilenceand deference? Asking about your gender ideology isn’t disrespect, it’s curiosity.I expect you, and you and you and you, to be able to answer my questionsthoughtfully. Talking about someone’s peculiar behaviourContinue reading “A talk…”