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  • S01E05: Reminisce

    S01E05: Reminisce

    I’ve been wallowing in nostalgia this week. It started with a reminder from those Facebook ‘memories’ of my greatest social media moment back when I was at the ONS in 2014. I even got an anonymous mention in a couple of papers off the back of it. It is funny to look back and remember…

  • My melancholy

    It has been 10 weeks since I got hit by that car. 35 since I was struck down with COVID. Most of those weeks since suffering with Long COVID complications. 42 since I got back from Oslo and went into quarantine the first time. Mentally I feel like a shadow of myself. Physically there is…

  • 2021 ambitions

    2021 ambitions

    With the news of the Oxford vaccine getting the nod this morning I decided I might as well engage in looking forward a little bit and have a think about what I might like to achieve in 2021. Despite the great news regarding the vaccine I still think the best case scenario is that the…

  • 2021 wanderlust wishlist

    2021 wanderlust wishlist

    Even before the shit hit the fan this year I was already planning on taking some time out in 2021 and nothing that happened from March onwards has changed that ambition. I was on my knees in November 2019 teetering on the edge of another burnout and, while I managed to pull back from the…

  • A few of my favourite things (2020 edition)

    A few of my favourite things (2020 edition)

    These are things I read/watched/listened to that came out in 2020 (well became available here in 2020 on streaming services I guess!). No re-watches (Parenthood), re-reads (Powers), final seasons (the Good Place) or things I discovered long after everyone else (Parks and Rec). What a fucking year. Top 5 comics Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen –…