RDP: For Our Good

I'm as mad as hell and I am not going to take it anymore!!! This was the catchphrase of the main antagonist (or is the character merely a macguffin?) in the media-satire film Network. Basically he is a newsreader who upon losing his job announces he is going to shoot himself live on air. As …

RDP: Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers

What does pass for normal these days? People talk about things going back to normal, but what is normal? Surely once something becomes routine and everyday it becomes the new normal... So life under locked down is the new normal. Sorry to break it to you, this is normal life for us for the time being, what …

RDP: Baker Man

With lockdown likely to continue for the not so distant future I have toyed with the idea of doing some baking to keep my mind active and to find work for idle thumbs. My initial thought was to do my favourite cake which is Cheesecake, but I figured that with potentially limited resources it might …

RDP: The BSE Sandwich

Ragtag Daily Prompt: Sandwich Way back when I was a Sandman in training and in Year 9 part of the curriculum was Home Economics which included cookery and Textiles lessons. Textiles taught us lads the essential sewing skills we would need to survive bachelorhood and what these essential lessons were turned out to be quite …

Fowc: The Unexpected

Fandango's One Word Challenge: Confession If you are puzzled as to how to extract  confession from someone, I have this handy visual guide to extreme forms of torture.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAxkcPoLYcQ

RDP: You Need Hands

Ragtag Daily Prompt: Hold My Hand Perhaps one of the few advantages of dating an asexual autistic girl, is that in the current crisis hand holding is strictly taboo and Heather is not one for being touchy feely, umless your are a dog, rabbit or Guinea Pig. So on that front she might be safer …

RDP: The Cross

"We are gathered here today to mark the passing of Lord Tanel, a fine upstanding employee of the Empire, a dedicated leader, and humble private Citizen," stated the Orator to the small but dedicated crowd. "As per request of the deceased there will be no eulogy, instead we shall commit his body to the stars …

RDP: Darkness Falls

Midnight! Midnight in the Underground! It sounds enthralling and exciting and, perhaps, even romantic. The truth is the opposite, midnight in the Underground is much the same as midday in the Underground with anxious commuters waiting for their train to arrive sooner rather that later. Liz was waiting patiently on the platform of Mornington Crescent, …

YDWP: Aghast

The last time I think I was truly aghast is long ago and buried in my memory I don't think it is worth digging up. But the last someone was truly aghast with me was a few Christmases ago, when a former work colleague kept nagging at me to keep tabs on her boyfriend. First …

YDWP: The Witch

"She doesn't look very powerful?" "No she doesn't and that is her secret of success." "But the other witches and wizards show themselves their power." "Amateurs and prima Donna's after the attention. She's the real deal, a harbringer of doom." "Why do you not do something about her?" "Balance, she keeps the others in check..." …