Credit Where Credit Is Due

An increasing number of magazines, and media services are robbing their writers of due credit and recognition. Pick your favourite online media service, and chances are, except for the top few writers who are the face of that brand, every other article will conveniently be missing…

Because love is also a little sadistic

Caught myself smiling this morning. Not because I was happy, but rather because I found myself thinking about a certain someone. A someone, who I wish to spare the terrible clichés. A someone, whose memory gives me joy and grief in equal measure.

Stages Of Grief And Their Effect On Your Political Affiliations

What makes you support a certain political party even when deep down you know they are full of shit? The Kubler-Ross model for grief says that great emotional trauma can cause us to act irrationally and every person must…

A Penny For Your Thoughts

Has it ever happened that to you, that you were sitting quietly in some corner, minding your own business, when suddenly someone walks up to you and goes, “What are you thinking about?” ?

The right to grief

I don’t know what is wrong with some people, but it is absolutely driving me crazy. There has been a trend lately that seems to suggest that unless I strongly feel about something that concerns me or my nation first, then I have no right feeling sorry for something outrageous and tragic…

Possession

You are mine, as I am yours.

In spirit and in thought.

I will never have you, even with you wanting it.

I will never be with you, even if I wanted to.

Chasing Shadows

Have you ever revisited some place, or done something, that you as a child have had a very vivid memory of? A trip with your family to some far off place, or simply the memory of you watching a TV show still painted fresh in your mind?

A Little Short On Time

Lately I have been finding myself a little too busy for my liking. Being caught up in work all day is simply exhausting, and carrying work home has become a habit. Working with the kind of people that I am, ensures that from the moment I wake up I have a hundred different things to look…

Questions

Have you ever had to ask yourself a difficult question? One where you were not allowed to lie, deflect or justify? It is moments like these when you discover just how cruel you can truly be. It is scary, well almost, how quickly you can proclaim yourself guilty. All the facts are already present before you…