FOMO and FOHMO
As always, late to the picnic, but I recently encountered the acronymn FOMO. It's not a new type of washing powder, but short for Fear Of Missing Out. It's defined in Wikipedia as : Fear of missing o…
Tagged: psychology
Hope springs eternal...
One of my favourite films is 'The Shawshank Redemption'. There are a number of reasons for this - one is that I'm a big fan of the novella it's based on - 'Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption' …
Mid-life crisis? Don't mind if I DON'T...
I've recently concluded that I couldn't handle a mid-life crisis. Apart from the fact that I would have had to have had an arithmetically accurate mid-life crisis about 14 years ago, I just don't thin…
Where did all the time go?
— The other day I was sitting, drinking tea, thinking of nothing in particular when the following thought entered in to my head. "In less than 20 years you'll be 70 years old. When did THAT happen?" …
Whoops...no Apocalypse!
So, all you Olympic / Illuminati / Alien Conspiracy theorists....how's that 'The 2012 Olympics will herald the end of the world with nukes, interdimensional portals and alien invaders' idea hanging th…
How Danny Boyle accidentally saved the Coalition
On Friday, 16th November, 2012 the General Election results reflected what had been the mood of much of the country since July of that year; increased support and continued mandate for the Coalition G…
Oops Apocalypse....or.....GET A FRIGGIN' GRIP!
According to some folks, the Olympic Opening cermony on Friday night is going to go with a bang. Not figuratively, but literally. Apparently a bunch of ne'er do wells called the Illuminati are going…
I'll keep my dreams non-lucid, thanks!
I'm a dreamer....not in terms of Peace on Earth, winning the lottery, etc. but more in the line of trying to keep an eye on my own internal, nocturnal landscape. When I wake up, if I remember a dream…
Life is what happens....
...when you're making other plans. That's the way things work according, I believe, to John Lennon. I have to say that that's how it felt a week or so back when I realised I hadn't blogged for about …
A case of censorship and wrongful imprisonment?
This has absolutely nothing to do with Wikileaks. Or maybe it does. All stories like this have two sides, and it's inevitable that we only get to see one side of it - and perhaps therein lies the Wiki…