Ramblings

The podcast revolution has been fantastic for listeners, one of my favourites is Reid This Reid That by the ‘play’ cousins Jacque Reid and Joy-Ann Reid

When your usual muscle memory gets disrupted, all sorts of things happen

BBC Radio presenter, Londoner, Millwall fan, and yet still manages to cause offense. Danny Baker provides black people with yet another example of why the conversation about racism is so one sided.

The badass assasin 7 years in the making achieved the impossible. How can people call Ayra Stark a mary sue, when ultimately it was the Night King’s own fault he lost the Battle of Winterfell!

HAHAHUGOSHORTCODE-0xc000aaa000-1-HBHB I think it’s easier for us who grew up with two present parents, especially within a patriarchal society, to scapegoat absent fathers as the reason why kids get into problems early and stay having issues for a long time afterwards. It makes me wonder how families where only the mother is present feel, as they are both blamed and at the same time their contribution towards their own children’s upbringing negated. ...

It’s not often you see your own emotions aired but the similarity in Afua Hirsch’s Brit(ish): On Race, Identity and Belonging, to my own experience as an African Caribbean Brit, returning to the land of my parents birth was striking

I like this image supposedly from a Mercedes Benz advert. I don’t remember the ad, I saw this image first on a HD wallpaper website. It’s a marvellous visual feast of colour exploding on the right hand side and simplicity and control on the left. It appeals because it is two sides that every one has (obviously) and we should remember that regardless of what anyone else says, we are all humans and by nature complex beings. ...

She stared at me, I stared back, but neither of us was startled by the other. The stares were out of curiosity, then as suddenly as she appeared, she was gone.

This is a little gem of an idea, it’s not new, been around for donkey’s years, but the simplicity with which just doing this tiny thing, keeping a list, can change so much you may rue the opportunities missed before you took up the practice.

Careers is what I am talking about today. Had a conversation with a few mates last week about how many careers you can have in your lifetime. I figure everyone is entirely justified in having at least three. Of course, this can depend on how much you enjoy what you do, but if you don’t and you fancy a change, how many times can you switch lanes before you end up losing out on earnings (due to starting again), promotions, position etc. ...