Authors preamble. Collateral damage from continued workplace restructuring has left me with a somewhat swelling mailing list. As colleagues have left I have diligently signed them up for my almost daily digest. Now I am leaving I have started to add people who are staying behind. For new readers who were not around before my […]
To be a person not named Frank being frank, writing my novel has not progressed at all. To borrow some management speak it is still in an early stage of development. Today I saw a quote which summed up my novel writing so far. “ I’m writing a book. I’ve got the page numbers done.” […]
Not much happening in my real life at the moment so it is time to muse upon my digital one. Twitter seems to be catching on. I had an interesting sounding person add me on the weekend. His/Her handle is TheRudeTypist. Naturally I felt a strange compulsion to find out who this rude typist is. […]
Do you periodically google yourself? I do. Unfortunately I have some name sakes who went to war and the Olympics. Kind of hard to compete with that at the moment. However I did notice today if I google “Daniel McConnell writing” this very blog comes up at the very top. So that is cause for […]
A curious side effect of commuting this time of year is an increased feeling of youth. Let me explain. The increasingly cooler climate has made slipping a hoodie over my business attire mandatory. Hoodies are marvellous devices and I fondly associate them with younger days traveling to school. Which takes me to my next point. […]
Moot: That falling asleep whilst watching a movie or show lying down is a perfectly normal thing to do and shouldn’t be frowned upon. Defense:I enjoy watching movies and TV shows. Sometimes when I am feeling incredibly relaxed I watch them in a horizontal position. Sometimes after about thirty minutes a deliciously sleepy feeling passes […]
I caught the train to work today which was a first. Train rides home are usually boring affairs. The train was quite busy and I had to stand near the door. Compounding the experience I had left my headphones at home. At the next stop a decidedly average looking man jumped on board who was […]
Do not look away. This is a serious diatribe on matters not of a ballistic nature. Years of ground breaking research have left me ready to share with you the secrets of the toilet test and what it means to you. Nocturnal pleasure seekers know of the toilet test. They might not know they know […]
Ask any fervent fantasy book fan of a guilty reading pleasure and it is probably reading the section of the book right before the heroes embark on a quest. Typically the party members are listed with gloriously decadent descriptions of clothing, accessories and weapons. I did actually pen something before our last trip but to […]
A couple of years ago, with a wry smile I coined the phrase partner phone envy. My wife had purchased a new phone and it was more feature complete and looked smarter than mine. Being a keen gadgeteer I was aggrieved and manipulated my finances so I could purchase a newer swisher phone. Fast forward […]