by Paul Stephenson | Nov 9, 2020 | Blood on the Motorway, General, Politics, Self Publishing, Sunset Chronicles
I never particularly thought of myself as an optimist, certainly not as a young man. The world was terrible, and most of those who sailed in her. But that was a front, an affront to the reality crafted out of some strange notion that despair was the cooler option....
by Paul Stephenson | Mar 18, 2019 | Net hate, Parenting, Politics
Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash “Hi honey. How’s your new game?’‘It’s okay. My character fell out with their parents and couldn’t get any money so I killed myself.”“… You can do that?”“Yeah.”“Let me look at that.”Do you remember when the Internet seemed like a good...
by Paul Stephenson | Feb 25, 2019 | General, Politics
Photo by Aron Van de Pol on Unsplash Last year, I went through a pretty tumultuous time, wherein I left the place I’d worked for the best part of a decade, had to pick my family up and move them 250 miles away for the next job. That’s the modern way,...
by Paul Stephenson | Jan 14, 2019 | Books, Net joy, Politics, Writing, Writing Chronicles
Photo by Samuel Branch on Unsplash Something happened to me back in November that I can’t seem to shake. A simple interaction over on my weekly mailing list (sent every Tuesday to an elite group of my readers). It was back on the day of the American Midterm...
by Paul Stephenson | Dec 12, 2018 | General, Movies, Music, Podcasts, Politics, Reading
Photo by Mathyas Kurmann on Unsplash If last week’s post was all about taking stock (not drinking it, won’t be making that mistake again) then this one if much more fun, because it’s just a great big list of what I’ve enjoyed this year. Now, bearing in...
by Paul Stephenson | Nov 6, 2018 | Net hate, Politics, Writing
Everywhere you look right now, it feels like people are missing the point. I went to a fireworks night over the weekend, and the reasonably excellent display, having thundered through a bizarre playlist of music to underscore the whizzes and pops, ended on the Queen...
