Do you remember Carl Lewis, the singer? You know. Carl Lewis. Singer. The performer Michael Jackson dreamed he could be. Singer of THE definitive version of the Star Spangled Banner. No? Maybe this will help[…]
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Category: Random Ramblings
Living in the (Anti) Social Media World
Social media addiction Relationships are perhaps the most important things that we have in our lives. Whatever challenges we face, whatever joys we experience, the ability to share them with the people that matter most[…]
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A Very Modern Messiah
In the beginning was the word, and the word was #SelfieSunday. Not the most inspirational of words with which to have launched a new messiah upon the world perhaps but hey, it’s the twenteens and[…]
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Letting the Light In – Facing Down Fear
I’m very lucky; because of my work I am regularly in a state of the art sports facility and it recently dawned on me that I really should be making use of the facilities to[…]
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On Tattoos & Transformation – The Meaning Beneath the Ink
In 2006 I was transformed; painfully, permanently. That was the year I suffered a mental breakdown and spent the majority of the year surrounded by the thick fog of depression. Emerging from the darkness after[…]
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Love, Laughter & Truth is 1!
Wow. It was one year ago today that I sat in a hotel in Tamworth and started to write. Life wasn’t great and I felt compelled to write about it so I started a blog.[…]
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We Will Build A Wall
We will build a wall, To protect what we hold dear; Build it high and build it strong, Keep at bay that which we fear. The wall will hide our weaknesses, Keep us safe from[…]
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The Flame
My light flickers, tired, subdued, The flame beaten down, its heat all but used; A whispered glow, subtle hints of what was, Retreats deeper within, its kindling lost. My core chills, fire to ice, Burning[…]
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How About a Hot Mug of ‘Man Up’ Son? – On Being a Man in 2016
During the course of any conversation with me you can expect to hear the sentence ‘I once read that…’ at least three times. If I’m reading a particularly interesting book this may increase to somewhere[…]
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