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An Odd Place To Be

I’m in an odd place right now.

There’s a very easy joke to make here about geography. I’m currently in the town I grew up in, Hornsea, in East Yorkshire. It is indeed an odd place, but these days I’m more sanguine about its backwater charms than I was a decade and a half ago, desperate to escape it at any cost. It’s a sleepy, somewhat neglected seaside resort and when it’s a fine day, you can have a fine day out here. Just don’t go waving your phone around. Or…books. Bad idea, wouldn’t end well. It’s that kind of place.

(You see how easy it is for me). (more…)

Party On! / What Now? / Ho Hum.

Mar 29th, 2012

by Mikeachim.

7 comments

Well, that’s that, then.

It’s last Friday. I’m stood waiting for the bus. Behind me is the University I’ve been working at for the last 3 years. As of 10 minutes ago, I don’t work there anymore. (more…)

State of Me (or, Me In A State) – May/June edition

May 22nd, 2011

by Mikeachim.

31 comments

So, Mike, how goes it?

What? Who…who are you?

I’m your imaginary audience!

Uh, I already have an imaginary audience. That’s the fuel that powers my ego. That’s the crutch that props up my personal blogging, allowing it to stagger and lurch erratically ever-onwards towards some…

Yes yes. Use less words. Listen! I may be imaginary, but I have a real question that needs a real answer.

Namely?

“What’s going on with you?” Because this is supposed to be a personal blog, but it’s Kindle this, authenticity that, trains, bad places….come on. Where’s you in all this? (more…)