October 2009
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Competition.
It takes significantly more effort to engage the imagination of a thirty-something than it does of a twelve-year-old, that’s for sure.
That’s probably why I don’t play video games as much as I used to. Combine that with meatspace responsibilities such as work, the time constraints of other hobbies and pastimes and, of course, spending quality time with your significant other,...
Adulthood.
It’s time to join the ranks of the adult population, finally, 37 years on from the womb. I’m going to be a dad next year.
All that real-world stuff about being settled, security, finances, responsibility and stuff is staring me in the face like it never has before. Some people believe this to mean you have to change everything about your life - but I think you can work around it. No...
Accumulation.
It’s amazing the amount of assorted detritus you accumulate over the years. When I first moved out to the US in 2005, I pretty much threw almost everything I owned into a bunch of cardboard boxes, shipped them over here, then promptly forgot all about most of it.
So, today I decided to break open some of those boxes and sort through some of the stuff I’d gathered over the years. Wow....