Ash-Matic Does Feline-Distraction Syndrome
I like cats, but my affection for these aloof felines sometimes comes with negative consequences – and therefore I don’t always like that affection. For instance, as much as I love getting cat on...
Category: Blog posts
Ash-Matic Does Likes and Dislikes
I don’t like things. I’m a grumpy person, and so, I like not liking things. I get a sense of familiar reassurance when there is something I don’t like, a sense that everything is...
Ash-Matic Does Arachnophobia
I don’t like spiders. Nobody likes spiders. Let’s not kid outselves about this. Nobody. Those freaks who keep tarantulas in tanks? They don’t like spiders. They just want to know where that bastard is...
Ash-Matic Does Some Exercise
Okay, okay. I suppose that is a somewhat misleading title. Of course I’m not exercising. Don’t be silly. I’m in bed, drinking coffee. Maybe I should have called this post: Ash-Matic Thinks About Doing...
Ash-Matic Does Speech-Recognition
I’m a child of science-fiction. It was my father’s fault. Him and his bookshelves full of Asimov and Clarke and Wyndham and Wells, and to this day I still look forward to the myriad...
Ash-Matic Does Chore-Avoidance
Did I ever mention how prominently my ability to procrastinate features on my list of talents? It’s pretty high. Or it would be, if I’d gotten around to making that list. Right now, right...
Ash-Matic Does Dental Surgery
Some people like going to the dentist. I imagine these people call themselves dentistophiles. They’re the kind of person who likes hands in their mouth, and being told to open wider seventeen times consecutively....
Ash-Matic Does a DVD Film Review
Last night I watched a 2010 film called Buried. This is a Ryan Reynolds vehicle, only one without wheels. It’s more like a box, with Ryan Reynolds in it. I once took a course...
Ash-Matic Does Webmail
I have a couple of webmail accounts. There’s the one I use for Important Stuff, like applying for visas, clawing back erroneously paid tax, and saving lives – and the one I use for...
Ash-Matic Does Facial Hair
Girls have it good. Don’t you think girls have it good? You do. They do. Girls get to do certain special magical things that only girls get to do. And on top of all...