Category Archives: Alt. life:

Alt. life: Ghost

Posted on December 24, 2018 by

Christmas is coming. A time when suicides peak, apparently; a period when the lonely feel their isolation most keenly; and where the baser desires of greed, gluttony and selfishness rule supreme. What on earth would the Baby Jesus make of … Continue reading →

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Old Haunts

Posted on October 31, 2018 by

Hmmm… Halloween again; is it really a year since the last one? And wow! Half a year since I last added anything to Alt. life: – I’m slipping. Worse still, I usually do some sort of extended multi-part story to … Continue reading →

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Blogging Bytes: 12th April 2018

Posted on April 12, 2018 by

Roll up! Roll up! And be disappointed, dismayed and discontented. All the gloss and the glamour that was promised isn’t quite what we expected, and we’re left out of pocket, out of luck and out of time. But, hey that’s … Continue reading →

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Blogging Bytes: 16th October

Posted on October 16, 2017 by

It’s been a while since I paid a visit to the dark side, so it’s time to put that right. Coffee shops, and the people that frequent them: Ever sat at a table, enjoying a flat white and an almond … Continue reading →

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Blogging Bytes: 20 April 2017

Posted on April 20, 2017 by

It’s been ever so long since I’ve done one of these, but – as the bible says – a dog returns to it’s own vomit, so inevitably I’ve been drawn back to my dark side. Some people wonder where I … Continue reading →

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Blogging Bytes: 15 December

Posted on December 15, 2016 by

A cheerful little ditty that I came up with for no other reason than… Self-service checkouts! Is there anything more soul destroying, inherently evil and (probably) deliberately obdurate than this modern proof that society has finally started descending into entropic … Continue reading →

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Blogging Bytes: 14th July

Posted on July 14, 2016 by

There are plenty of people out there handing out ‘good advice’ for free. The trouble is, it can be difficult to work out what really is good advice, and worth following, because much of it is patently nonsense. The trouble … Continue reading →

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Blogging Bytes: 14th March

Posted on March 14, 2016 by

The UK is experiencing something of a biscuit crisis at the moment. Following the recent floods that managed to put the dark satanic wafer mills and great Northern digestive kilns out of action, humanitarian biscuit drops are apparently being flown in … Continue reading →

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Blogging Bytes: 31st October

Posted on October 31, 2015 by

Hey guys… Trick or treat? I guess you know which you’ll be getting from me! I can never resist an opportunity to delve into the darker recesses of my mind, and you’d be amazed what horrors lurk back there. Fortunately for … Continue reading →

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Blogging Bytes: 23rd September

Posted on September 23, 2015 by

It’s the same old story… Boy meets girl, they fall in something, boy loses his wits, girl keeps hers; along everything with else belonging to boy. Yep, just the same old story, with a Serenesque twist. It’s enough to put you off … Continue reading →

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