Last week I posted a blog regarding my journey into the magical world of Dungeon and Dragons, how I found myself enticed into these imaginary realms of monsters and treasures and how this game changed me for the better. This blog however, is going to be a more step by step, a how to guide…
Travelling through South America has been one of the highlights of my life thus far. A happy accident that was never planned more than a couple weeks in advance. Although it has been on my lists to do, South America wasn’t high on my travel rankings. It was when I was nearing the end of…
I have been playing Dungeons and Dragons for the best part of 10 years now. Although the first couple of years were spend deciphering the DnD (A abbreviation of ‘Dungeons and Dragons) official books like the crusty old parchment from a ancient scroll only to come up with my own rules, loosely based on what…
Unfortunately the majority of my photographs taken in Nepal are lost to the digital winds of time, and the ones I do possess are printed and neatly placed in my photo album. So although the memories are as vivid as ever, the physical reminders of my time in this extraordinary country has mostly vanished. Although…
Spoilers obviously…. “Dad, wanna go see Dune?” I asked in the early hours of Monday morning. “What’s Dune?” He replied, with seemingly little interest. “You know, the SyFy movie about sand worms. The second one is out now”. That’s how my morning started out, little did I know, I was about to wittiness one of…
I was listening to a podcast by The Ancients the other day while at work scrubbing floors and changing beds. The podcast episode was about ancient dogs, specifically about how we came to domesticate dogs, what they were used for and how they were treated (I highly recommend listening in to the podcast). A passage…
“You have power over your mind, not outside events” – Marcus Aurelius Okay, maybe there is a little bit of a exaggeration here, but stoicism has changed the way I think forever, which in turn has changed the way I feel for good. About two years ago, I found myself in a really bad job,…
As a Plymothian, as a son, as a brother to two sister and as a human I think this topic is one that strikes deep into my morality. While working a shift at McDonalds in Plymouth, I witnessed twenty or more police cars bolting down the A38 into Plymouth city centre with their sirens blaring.…