Alen B Curtiss

  Come, let us talk, you and I, about long lost friends and days gone by…

Days Gone, of course, being the some-time-ago released Playstation game brought to us by Bend Studio.

“Ah, a review,” you say, nodding sagely while munching on some sort of sugary snack.

No, no, and thrice no, get that reviewery malarkey out of your head. Me ‘n’ you, we’re just talking, that’s all. That being said, this…

The UK’s New PM

Well then.

We here in the UK have yet another Prime Minister.

Oo, yey.

So let’s discuss the situation, shall we? Talk about the pros and cons, the ins and outs, the ifs and buts, the rights and wrongs.

………..

Yeah, you’re right, let’s not. There are far more important things to be getting on with.

Such as trying to stay cool on possibly Britain’s hottest day ever.

Stay cool out there, people.

As…

People are ****’s

So this lunchtime my neighbour took a tumble. You’ve met him before, in a previous post – Conversations With my Neighbour #1. He’s got health issues and so is a bit dodgy on his feet, and ending up going arse over tit is nothing new for him, unfortunately.

I didn’t see him fall as I was in the kitchen sorting my dinner out – chicken and mushroom pie with puff pastry, peas, new spuds, and gravy.…

Well, that’s it, it’s all over.

After 85 days – 85 days spent working hard, 85 days of sweating like King Sweat of Sweatsville, 85 days which included welcomed rest days and not so welcome days off being ill, and, most important of all, 85 days of improving my health and fitness – it’s over.

The end. O fim. La fin. La fine. Das ende. El fin.

After completing 718.30 kilometres out of my year end…

It’s been eight weeks since I started my personal St Lucia Challenge.

Eight weeks! [shocked-face emoji]

On one hand eight weeks doesn’t seem that long. On the other, however, it feels like a lifetime – a hard-breathing, running in sweat, body aching lifetime. Even so, I like it, you’ll hear no complaints from me.

For those few (everybody on the planet) who don’t know what I’m doing, here’s a…

Well here we are, at the end of the first month. Actually, to be more accurate, it’s the end of the first calendar month; in terms of the challenge itself it’s only the 24th day. It seemed like a good place for an update, though, so here it is.

First off, some links. The original tongue in cheek challenge can be found here. The revamped, totally serious challenge can be found here. A spreadsheet…

Reasons I don’t like Anthem

Apologies, it’s just yet another clickbait title, as there are no reasons I don’t like Anthem.

I like it. I like it a lot.

What’s that? You don’t like the fact you were dragged here under false pretences? You only came here seeking reassurances that your opinion it must be a trash game just because it’s EA is a valid one?

Well, tough.

“What about the problems people were having all weekend when…

Conversations With My Neighbour #01

It’s very early afternoon, and I’m sitting with my feet up, having a nice after-dinner cup of tea. The rest of the day looms before me like a gaping chasm waiting to be filled with activity. Well it can damn well wait, I’m too cosy-comfy doing what I’m doing. Which is nothing. I like it.

There’s a knock at the door. I can tell by the incessant rat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat which seems to go…

Two weeks in… #StLucia

Okay, okay, yes it’s another clickbaiting, slightly (very) misleading title that gives the impression the content is about something it’s not.

I couldn’t help myself.

Sorry.

Not sorry.

What the title actually means is that I’m two weeks into my St. Lucia challenge, and not that I spent two weeks in St. Lucia. Chance would be a fine thing. Still, a virtual journey there by cross trainer is better…

On my way…

So, here we are, a week into my St. Lucia Challenge (#StLuciaChallenge on Twitter). Well, not really a week as it’s Sunday today and I only started on Tuesday. So 6 days in. Well, not really 6 days, as I’ve had today and yesterday as rest days. So 4 days in.

But hey, 4 days is almost a week.

According to the spreadsheet I created (which you can view here at anytime to keep track of my progress)…

St. Lucia bound…

Well, okay, the title might be a tad misleading, as I’m not bound for St. Lucia at all. At least, not physically. I’ll elaborate shortly but first, for those who do not know who, or what, St. Lucia is, let me enlighten you.

Google is your friend, mate, so get to it… okay, okay, I’ll save you the bother. St. Lucia is a small island in the south eastern Caribbean. Part of the Windward Islands, St.…

Greetings, Earthlings!

So last night I started rewatching the Lord of the Rings movies, just because I couldn’t sleep and nothing else took my fancy. I was streaming the first of the trilogy on Amazon Prime Video, and before the movie started an advert for the Lego Harry Potter Express was shown. The combination of the two tales reminded me of a short, short story I wrote some time ago where I…

So okay, soon might be a tad optimistic. Coming whenever I get around to finishing and publishing it might be more to the point.

Anyway, whatever :smileyface:

Seeker

When the end came, it came without a sound. As silent as the grave. Not that graves were needed.

There were no earth-shattering roars as mushroom clouds bloomed on the horizon, vaporising entire cities in an instant.

There were no…

God of War Reviews – Are They All Relevant?

Yo. Hey. How you doin’? It’s been a while, huh? Well… tough. So today, kiddies, let’s talk about reviews. More specifically, game reviews. Even more specifically (specificallier? Maybe not), game reviews for the new God of War by Santa Monica Studio on the Sony PS4. There are plenty of them out there. No doubt you’ve seen your fair share if you’re into that kind of thing. There are the usual over…

For far too long I’ve been procrastinating about writing my own stories. The usual reason is that I’m too busy writing stuff for other people, and while this is somewhat true, it’s still just an excuse. “Those reasons why you can’t are just excuses. There is always a way. No excuses, get it done.” Those words are mine, tweeted a few days ago. I think it’s time I started following my own advice…

The doors of the bus clank open, inviting you to disembark. You hesitate, unsure whether this is really where you want to get off. A deep breath, a shrug of your shoulders, and you step out, to plummet hundreds of feet down towards the ground below. To your north, Loot Lake sparkles in the early morning sunlight. Greasy Grove lies to your west, close enough for you to be able to make out its…