Well, tomorrow it’s my birthday again (June 5th) and at 9:22 pm or so I’ll be 28 years old. I actually feel much more positive about this birthday than most previous ones, no doubt because a lot of Good Things have happened to me in the past year (which seems to have lasted longer than [...]
On Saturday morning, Lauren and I set out early and drove to the Palace of Holyrood House, parked the car, and walked over to Arthur’s Seat. It took us about 35 minutes or so to climb it (we apparently took a steeper route, since people have reported requiring 1-2 hours to ascend). Once we reached [...]
When I was born I was named Matthew Lindsay Gemmell. After my parents divorced when I was around 11, my mother changed my (and my brother’s) surname to her maiden name, Ridley, for reasons which are probably obvious enough and don’t have much bearing on this story.
I recently received a gift from Lauren: a Parker Reflex gel pen and a big pack of refill cartridges. I’ve been using Parkers for years now but have been without one for a few months, making do with disposable gel pens (which gets expensive, and just doesn’t feel the same). So why am I talking [...]
I think we can all agree that one of the problems with the internet is that there just aren’t enough blogs out there. Accordingly, I’ve created two more for the good of humanity. The first one (currently empty) is over at the Magic Aubergine site, and that’s where I’ll be posting status updates and such [...]
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