Just a little health update to the aether. I, like so many other people in this world, have lived my entire life with this... shadow, following me around, reminding me that I'm weak, pathetic, puny. Just

British. BUT NOT ENGLISH!!?? Kinda. I went with AncestryDNA, mostly for health reasons. My mum and dad both have rather concerning, hereditary heart conditions, and I myself was born with some kind of

Ok, I have to pop by to write about the footy. Can't resist. This will possibly age extremely badly and quickly, but it feels like football's coming home in a way that it never felt before. There is something

Today was graduation at my school once again and honestly, I barely knew any of them this time around. I mean, I knew a handful but none of them were in my classes this year since they basically did them

Man, shit is going down in the UK, it's crazy. I hope my opinions here don't get me fired from a job 12 years from now. In Northern Ireland, a middle-aged man was, on camera, stabbed, hacked, and semi-beheaded

I came across this software as a solution to my note taking, something I didn't really do and so didn't really need a solution to. But I like to try new things and, well, it has certainly taken over large

Ok this is a long one. I won't be offended if nobody reads it lol. It's been politically interesting in Britain over the last few weeks/months. Really quite unprecedented. Never in history has a LOT of

OK... ok, look at this list of countries and tell me what they have in common: Guatemala Belarus DR Congo Serbia Venezuela Costa Rica Panama Luxembourg Tunisia Zimbabwe Cambodia Iceland Niger Go on, take

I'm no an open borders loon by any stretch of the imagination. Strong borders are a fundamental, existential need for any country. That being said, I am sad at the consequences of any borders at all. On

At a population level, grip strength is a surprisingly accurate predictor of all-cause mortality. That includes things like depression and diabetes, let alone bone breaks and heart disease. Some major

It occurred to me that I am not actually a very well-travelled person. The vast majority of the world, I've never been to. I just live abroad and kinda stick to my area away from home. Within countries,

This is certainly one for the Dull Club. Join me there! Yeah so I've kind of maxxed out what I can do at home in terms of raw muscular strength/size compared to the weights (and soon, bands) I have available.

I know everyone else thinks that, but in my case, it's actually true. I decided to share the 10 songs at the top of my main playlist, which are just in order of when I favourited them, not by preference.

I've been pondering this for a while now. For a long period, I refused to call myself left or right because living in China, that simple dichotomy makes very little sense. So when I look back to England

Join the Dull Club if you are an interesting person and feel like nobody agrees! As I just typed on a snap seconds ago: Had my unhealthiest food day yesterday. 3 meals. 3,300 calories - pure junk food.

I used to find it quite an appealing idea to watch my government debate one another on various important issues. This now false belief that these elite of the elite, experts in their fields, passionate

Though not a particularly profound statement: Follow the money has always stuck with me since the time I first heard it. In context, it's essentially pointing out that whatever heroic or just cause is

As usual this time of year, it's when a billion people travel all at once, largely to their hometowns, as people in China are in large parts 'Migrant workers' in their own country. I was no exception,

Might do more. This is not some promotional 'Don't worry, look how much confidence I have!!' I actually lack any confidence. I suspect this is as high as we will see for the foreseeable, if ever. Not

My current workout life is going well. I've actually reduce my bench press from 50 down to about 45 because I got myself a new bar which is a bit wider, and it turns out having the proper width grip is