Archive for the ‘W.G. Mullins’ Category

Gold, Silver and Bronze Growing up being exposed to as much Hollywood propaganda as I have, it comes as little surprise that when it comes to women, I am pretty superficial.  If all the years I spent watching Beverly Hills 90210 has taught me anything, it’s that good looking people have all the fun, interesting [...]

  The Life Force Vampire In my life I have met thousands of random people. Some of them have been my life- long best friends, some have been random one off encounters or lovers and some have even been sworn enemies. In the midst of my near 33 years on this planet I have encountered [...]

  The Greatest Goal Ever Scored I’m not really one for sports. That is to say I love watching them and I count football (or soccer for you Yanks) and Formula One as my main hobbies. However since I’ve never really had the opportunity to drive an F1 car, the only real sporting activities I’ve [...]

The internet and social networking sites have given rise to a new, dangerous and worrying trend. I am of course talking about the armature poet. Not content with littering their own “Dear Diaries” with their personal feelings and dreamscapes, they now feel the need… No, the desire to share with the world the amazing poetic [...]

The Hard Sell   Over the course of my life I have held various positions of employment, with wildly varying degrees of success.  Apart from one job the average time I spent in any one place of employment was around 3 months.  This should tell you everything you need to know about my attention span, [...]

The Pitfalls of Dating In Your Thirties   Oh cruel fate, thy name is the Devil and thy soul be black.   Or to put it another way, being single in your thirties kind of sucks.  From whatever destination you have travelled to arrive at this point, be it divorce, failed relationships, not meeting the [...]

Ghosts of Halloween Past When we enter late October I am often reminded of the years gone by when this time of year would have seen me slaving over a hand made costume or screen accurate accessories.  Halloween is a strange holiday.  It’s a fun, exciting time that is also incredibly difficult to enjoy.  You [...]

Load Bearing Structure By W.G. Mullins “You’re going to love my friend”. These few simple words, so innocent in themselves are more often or not a prelude to disappointment and false hope.  When you are told by a woman that you’re going to like her friend, more often or not what she really means is [...]