Geek Ergo Sum

The fact that anyone reads this blog always comes as a surprise to me, I originally started doing this because I wanted to keep some kind of journal but my handwriting is awful and I wanted to be...

https://geekergosum.com/2021/01/31/hello-is-it-me-youre-looking-for/

I never lie, I may omit details and facts that give the illusion of a falsification but I never lie.

https://geekergosum.com/2021/01/30/faking-honesty/

If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants. Issac Newton understood the importance of building upon the knowledge and wisdom of those that came before him. Mark Twain did...

https://geekergosum.com/2021/01/29/hand-me-down-parenting/

Online people's offense reaction is often on a hair-trigger, even the slightest deviation towards controversy is a pathway to angry internet confrontation.

https://geekergosum.com/2021/01/28/hiding-behind-a-screen/

I'm feeling pretty pleased with myself, normally my commitment span for any hobby is a couple of weeks top. Like many people I get it in my mind to do something and then my endeavor comes to a ha...

https://geekergosum.com/2021/01/27/habitual-writing/

If you want a final score then wait for Osiris to weigh up your life against the feather of Ma'at. Hopefully you won't be eaten by Amenti by your past errors.

https://geekergosum.com/2021/01/26/can-i-let-it-go/

I’m not generally one for poetry, it tends to read funny and takes a long time to get to the point (much like this blog). The language is also so flowery that I tend to get hay fever from readi...

https://geekergosum.com/2021/01/25/charge-of-the-light-brigade/

I want feel the burn not taste the beans. I remember being in a restaurant which proclaimed it served the 'Hottest Chilli in the Canary Islands' and decided that I need to investigate further. Th...

https://geekergosum.com/2021/01/24/feel-the-burn-or-ring-of-fire/

Mrs V was feeling a bit scared about the world, last year seemed to have been particularly crazy full of terrible events and even worse people. The beginnings of this year aren’t looking any be...

https://geekergosum.com/2021/01/23/faith-in-humanity/

Life is full of choices we are told, some of which are popular and some that are unpopular. These are not necessarily choices as it is likely you will pick the nicer, safer, easier one. Not even ...

https://geekergosum.com/2021/01/22/making-hard-decisions/

This morning I received an email from Goodreads telling me how close I was to reaching this year's target of reading 12 books, and if I did achieve it then I would get a special badge to place on...

https://geekergosum.com/2021/01/21/finishing-a-book/

I'm lucky that when it comes to arguments I'm pretty good. I have a competitive streak that skews the flight/fight response to all out war when it comes to a discussion or disagreement that means...

https://geekergosum.com/2021/01/20/the-fight-response/

I know too many people who get burnt time and again because they forgave some for their misdemeanours only to see a repeat of the original offence. They may have been fooled once but to be fooled...

https://geekergosum.com/2021/01/19/trying-to-hold-a-grudge/

I'm often complimented on my ability on a computer, but I have spent many hours over many years on them. Being able to do fancy things in Excel is not a superpower, it's practice.

https://geekergosum.com/2021/01/18/wanting-to-play-the-piano/

Minecraft almost nearly made me feel old, I had to resort to asking a ten-year old on advice setting up a private multiplayer environment for me and Mrs G to play on. Thankfully I could set up a ...

https://geekergosum.com/2021/01/17/addicted-to-minecrack/

The worst part of breaking up is thinking of what you could have said, that final comeback that would land the killer blow. to utter it you would need to reconnect and therefore break the number ...

https://geekergosum.com/2021/01/16/you-cant-win-at-breaking-up/

I’m going to be doing a parachute jump! There are fewer phrases I am likely to say than this, with possibly the exception to “I’m going to space”. I’ve been banned from doing cool, I me...

https://geekergosum.com/2021/01/15/can-i-do-anything-dangerous/

I’m not a good loser, it is why I don’t play multiplayer games all that often and don’t own a Scrabble board. The thought of not winning can make me a bit crabby and not a fun person to pla...

https://geekergosum.com/2021/01/14/playing-by-myself/

The evening routine for our kids seems to be getting longer. As they have got older we are having to introduce new facets to going to sleep to get them to co-operate, and it is starting to reach ...

https://geekergosum.com/2021/01/13/routines-with-children/

I used to be able to rock out like all the great fake guitarists; I was the British Kill3rzQu33nz or xxx2tasteexxx.

https://geekergosum.com/2021/01/12/rock-band-skills/

Children are both disgusting and awesome, and so are dads. When you mix dads and toddlers you increase the awesome as well as increasing the disgust. It is a potent and dangerous cocktail, and on...

https://geekergosum.com/2021/01/11/was-a-message-from-the-heart/

I'm moving jobs, again, and putting the financial well being of our household at risk. It may be the case that I'm getting a (significant) pay rise but I'm trading that for job security. I'm off ...

https://geekergosum.com/2021/01/10/worst-case-scenario-spiral/

This was as cheap and cheerful as airlines came when I was young, before the internet decided to drive flight operators into more obscene ways of making money like charging for using the toilets ...

https://geekergosum.com/2021/01/09/remembering-britannia-airlines/

We have had some light snow, and it is the end of civilisation. Needless to say the country's reaction is the same as it is every year.

https://geekergosum.com/2021/01/08/the-snowpocalypse-is-upoits-gone/

Winters in the UK are not fun, and I'm still never prepared for them even though I know it's been coming.

https://geekergosum.com/2021/01/07/dealing-with-the-british-weather/

I must be good at some things, if I was a complete failure I'm not sure I would be in such a good place in life. What if I wasn't so humble?

https://geekergosum.com/2021/01/06/i-have-my-skills/

I have scribblings and paintings aplenty, pasta and food pictures galore. You want glued boxes I got twenty, but who cares, I want more.

https://geekergosum.com/2021/01/05/how-valuable-is-a-childs-artwork/

Penmanship is not my strong point. In fact, it looks like a doctor who is being electrocuted. I can say in all honesty when they were teaching handwriting I was off, and I maintain that I am stil...

https://geekergosum.com/2021/01/04/a-life-of-bad-penmanship/

I am spending a long time on the stairs, not going up or down but trying to make an angry little man stay on one step. Looking at pictures of him from years past it is scary just how much he has ...

https://geekergosum.com/2021/01/03/wanting-more-parenting-time/

I am always confused why people determine that they will change their lives based upon the arbitrary date chosen to start a new calendar. Is there a difference to your willpower from the 31st Dec...

https://geekergosum.com/2021/01/02/breaking-your-resolutions/

If last year was just about survival this year should be about “thrival”. I was lucky and worked hard last year to build myself a base I could leap from. Whether it was running to improve my ...

https://geekergosum.com/2021/01/01/2021-goals/

I vaguely remember the dawn of the new millennium, I'm going to claim it was due to a heavy cold but being twenty at the time my memory degradation was more self-inflicted. I don't remember going...

https://geekergosum.com/2020/12/31/how-new-years-used-to-be/

At the beginning of each year I make my list of goals that I can discard by the time the Millennium Eye fireworks have finished. In a normal year I never seem to get close to meeting any personal...

https://geekergosum.com/2020/12/31/reviewing-my-2020-goals/