Category: Real Life
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Chamaeleon: A Rogue Planet
You don’t really think of the early Seventeenth Century and connect it to a multi national corporation. Well, I don’t, and I find myself thinking of the early Seventeenth Century quite a lot! However, back in the day, there were one or two multi national corporations in existence. The British had the East India Trading…
Tom
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The Reason
You may have noticed that for the last week or so, I’ve been posting the occasional one-hundred word post, which kind of tell a tale of sorts. This post is slightly longer than a hundred words (actually, it’s considerably longer); and you may have read one or two posts that were shorter or longer by a…
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The Plummet
Hoisted what seemed like thousands of feet in the air, we dangled; me and my two lady friends, one on each side. I had no control over what was to happen next, it was up to one of them. They had the power to release us… to free us… to make us drop. I just…
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Existence
The room was quiet. The lighting was good; the TV off. Papers needed to be sorted… older ones destroyed, newer ones filed. That was where the problem was. The filing. Not my filing; THE filing. The music system, unplugged, powered up. White noise, increasing in volume, filled the room. If I wasn’t mistaken, I could…
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The Comet
The sky was clear, not a cloud in sight. It was also warm; odd, considering the time of the year. I couldn’t sleep, hence noticing the clarity and temperature. I looked out of the window and everywhere looked the same. Darkness; shadows; but with a clear view. My attention was drawn to something… a flicker…