Wake me up when April ends

  • Playing Giant Jenga on a Travelator

    This one came to me at 3am this morning. I am not entirely certain if it was one of those crazy dreams - I guess we’ll find out if it makes any sense at the end!

    The hypothesis: Life is not like a box of chocolates but instead is like “Playing Giant Jenga on a Travelator”

    Before we start, I feel like we need a glossary:

    - Giant Jenga - a game usually played in modern pubs - it consists of having to meticulously…

  • The Void

    Well just a few more days to go until the end of the dreaded month of April. All in all, it has been been a good month. No major health concerns, much less vivid reminders of the horrors of cancer treatments, basically it has been everything I ever dreamed of.

    Still, time rolls on and I remain blissfully uncomfortable. I won’t bore you with the details but I can’t stop myself trying to find the answer to the unanswerable…

  • Memories

    So I will apologise in advance, this post may get removed by admin for breaching advertising guidelines (which actually means you won’t be reading this, so I am not sure why I am apologising....!)

    Anyway, this time I want to talk about Panini World Cup stickers. Now, ok, I hear you say, but Greg, your profile suggests you are 39 years old - what, did you really do that badly at school - is that why you are doing…

  • A few starters for ten

    It was the month I was told I had myeloma


    It was the month I nearly died post stem cell transplant


    It is the month when everything starts to grow -not good when you are in remission from an incurable cancer


    It is nearing the end of the football season - and my team is getting relegated


    You can’t relax in the evenings because it is sodding light outside which makes you feel you should be…