Bernard the All-Powerful, or Bernie as his friends would call him, was a gentle soul. When you lived for thousands of years, it was difficult to take anything or anyone too seriously – including yourself. Sure, he went power hungry a few centuries ago, but…
In his latest adventure in the Glass Realm, Pyro finally had a face to put to the havoc. The spinning, orange culprit, endearingly dubbed ‘Clash Bandicrate’, was just as baffling in person as his handiwork suggested. His singular vocabulary, a constant, enthusiastic “Woah!”, surprisingly conveyed…
My dad is always tampering with my things. He thinks I’m reckless, and that I purposely put myself in bad situations. He’s not wrong, but the situations are never as bad as he says they are. In fact, he needs to take a chill pill…
Something’s changed with my girlfriend. I was saying in my last post three days ago that she said our relationship wasn’t working and that it’s because I’m disinterested in her. Well, I haven’t done anything different since we had that conversation because I’m waiting to…
Keeping up with my kids used to be easy – until I started getting serious pain in my feet. Now I can barely walk around with them at the park. I used to give them piggybacks almost every day and I’ve had to stop, which…
Do you ever look at something and just wonder, “what the heck is that?” I had that experience today when I was looking through the phone book for a plumber to help me with my drainage issues. I was on page one hundred and thirteen…
We reached the airport after about an hour of driving on the busy freeway, ready to transport the world’s last flowers back to Melbourne. Veronica took the lead, heading toward the front doors. A security guard stopped us there, then gave me a hard time…
I’ve made a bet with my friends and I really want to win it. For some reason, they think that solar energy isn’t strong enough to power a whole house, let alone to fry an egg. They think solar energy is a myth. They think…
My fiance is the type of person that likes to poke holes in everything. Other than with me and our relationship, he is never satisfied. I don’t know what it is, but he just likes to find faults in everything. If I’m being honest, it…
Oh, I do like to be beside the seaside… tra-la-la, tra-la-la. That’s my internal monologue each morning as I head down the beach. At least, that’s my usual routine, which has been somewhat disrupted of late by the fact that my mother is staying at…