On falling for bizarre advertising

My vacuum cleaner transforms my house into a feel-good oasis. Apparently. That’s what packaging of the new vacuum bag said anyway. I think I need more convincing. *** The bag came with a sealed plastic packet of tiny gel balls, much like the ones that swell up to look like oversized frogspawn when you soak […]

On motivation.. (or lack of)

< something I wrote yesterday > “I work in a motivation vacuum. Any motivation I ever had, even what was stored in reserve, is sucked out of my being as soon as I walk through the doors. No matter how inspiring the weekend, how urgent the task at hand, the nagging and stropping of my […]