Yesterday I wrote about three men, one pitchfork and The Dragon and asked you to make a choice. If you’ve made it great, if not, go back, read the post and choose. The reason will become clear soon enough. Each man represents something. A form of motivation. Understanding what motivates you can go a long…
Author Archives: Gareth
Defying the Dragon, Why do it?
Here’s the deal. One day, you’re happily ensconced in your bucolic life. You milk the cows, sow the corn, harvest the corn, eat the corn, and the corn doesn’t try to shoot you. You’re happy and everyone in the village gets on with each other. Then, all of a sudden you see a dark shadow. …
Encounters with the Dragon – Episode VII – The Hypocrisy Edition
I can always tell when I’ve managed to do something that has scared the Dragon. (Of course, I can’t always tell what I’ve done to frighten him so). Whenever the Dragon starts to feel threatened, he pulls out a new trick, or dusts off an old one that hasn’t been used for a while. This…
Life lessons from everyone’s favourite Archeologist
I was worried that “life lessons from dodgy movies” was kind of a childish feature. So today I thought we’d inject it with a little gravitas, a professor, Henry Jones Jr, or more commonly, Indiana Jones. Yes, it’s still gravitas even if he calls himself the same name as his dog. Yes, this intrepid adventurer…
Life, the Universe and Dragons
For some reason, the Thursday post is a struggle. And it has been since I committed to posting every weekday. Thursday’s seem to be the day that I get most of my draft posts from. (This could have something to do with the fact that I write the Thursday post on Wednesday, which is my…
What’s Your Secret Identity?
It’ll come as no surprise to anyone who’s been following me for a while that I hate my day job (or bottomless pit of despair if you catch me on a really good day) It’s strange, I’m good at what I do, I quite like what I do, and yet, I have issues with the…
The Pinky and the Brain guide to World Domination
This post forms part of the great Cartoonival of Wisdom, an idea that was born out of a number of DM’s to Kathleen from Biznicillin. In an attempt to suck up to Johnny start a new internet meme, we decided to use the cartoonival to celebrate the 17th of August. (Because, if you’re going to…
Encounters with the Dragon – Episode VI – It’s all about the numbers
Like most bloggers, I’m obsessed about the numbers. I do try yo moderate this obsession by only allowing myself to check the long list of numbers once a week. I thought I’d share them with you, given that this is my 50th post. Let’s start with actual posting stats. I started the site by writing…
Never Compromise
Watchmen is an … interesting movie. It’s alternate history, with superheroes. And it’s fantastic. The one thing that really surprised me was how much I liked Roschach, especially given that he’s not a likeable character. And yet, he’s by far the best character in the movie. I suspect it has to do with the fact…
The power stance
You may or may not know this, but recently, I bought a guitar. (You may or may not care, whatever, that’s your right) (Also, this story may or may not have a point, who knows, I’ll try to swing it around, but I’m not promising anything). I was all excited, finally, I could learn to…
