Humor

A brief conversation with the guy in the elevator

Lockdown: Week 8

“Come on, Jason! You’ve got this! 2k to go!” A muscular man in a Leeds half-marathon 2013 t-shirt was shouting to his mate who…

Lockdown: Week 7

Last Wednesday morning I dropped my phone on the baby’s head. After a long battle, I’d finally got him to sleep on my chest and…

Lockdown: Week 6

I do my biggest chunk of work between 1–4 pm each day. This coincides with the lads’ naps (kind of) and allows Louise to keep up…

Go Corona. Corona Go.

Thanks to Covid-19, I’ve been writing a “self-isolation diary” to preserve bits…

I Put a Comma in my Career, and the Sentence Turned

Lockdown: Week 5

“Your baby is crying again, sir?” the shopkeeper said. He was sat on a wall, smoking…

Lockdown: Week 4

10 years ago, Louise and I went on holiday to Lanzarote. On the day of our flight home, the Eyjafjallajökull volcano in Iceland…

#DieHardRomantic

When you’re slutty but incompetent but also wildly optimistic :