2014?! How did we get here so fast? I swear sometimes I feel a little like a man frozen out of time, somewhat helplessly watching the world flash past, a slave to the unrelenting momentum of the clock that never ever misses a tick, or a toc.
My name is Sheikh, and I am NOT a terrorist
I know you have a job to do. I know it’s part of your job description to be a dour-faced, humourless uniform. But I don’t have to like you. Especially not after you stop me and give me the third degree, for no apparent reason. And me in particular. Why me? Do I LOOK like a bloody terrorist?
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If a job’s worth doing, it’s worth doing well – take some pride!
A broken kitchen cabinet drawer prompted a call to building maintenance the other day which resulted in the arrival of the ‘carpenter’ the next morning at our apartment.
Fixing the draw was a doddle, it was simply a case of replacing a broken screw that held the bracket into which said drawer slid. This he promptly did. Once he’d finished and was getting set to head off – one would assume to his next ‘mission,’ I pulled the old ‘woah there lad, whilst you here…’
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Exposure doesn’t pay my bills
Sometime ago I got what appeared to be a lovely complimentary message – ‘great article’ it began. That’s always a good start, because no matter how much experience we accrue, how jaded we get, or aloof we pretend to be, ultimately we creative types are always hungry for appreciation.
Then my great start to the day, switched to a blow in the soft bits: ‘Can we use it – we’ll give you credit for it!’
At least introduce yourself my ‘friend’
In real life if someone wants to be your friend, or even just wants to get to know you, the proper etiquette would be to introduce themselves. Why doesn’t that apply to Facebook?
What hope for automotive social media?
Sometimes someone says something so wrong with such conviction, that the only option you’re left with is to just pretend-agree, because to argue would simply see you expending huge amounts of unimpeachable logic at an impenetrable force field and leave you utterly Larry-David-exasperated.
World War Zzzzzz
The trailer looked pretty slick, and Brad Pitts presence gave it instant credibility, but World War Z is pretty much Will Smith’s I am Legend, meets Tom Cruise’s War of the Worlds.
Which still makes it eminently watchable, but be in no doubt, it’s just another zombie movie, albeit filmed with a big budget.
Parents think social media is good, children think it’s bad – huh?
Here are some interesting stats for you, sent to me in a release from Canon Middle East. More than two-thirds of all UAE parents view social media as a good thing, and reckon it’s useful for communications. On the other hand, a third of children surveyed believe that there are dangers inherent in its use.
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Man of Steel? Man of misery more like
Spoilers ahead – well Superman’s been spoilt for me, so why should you be saved? And you wouldn’t be, not by THIS Superman.
Star Trek Into Darkness, and further into continuity corruption!
Wouldn’t it have been cooler if instead of a stereotypical English-accented villain, Kirk and co had to contend with a super-powered brown guy which, without wanting to give too much away, technically they should have, in the new movie, Star Trek – Into Darkness?
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