One of my favourite computer games when growing up was a platform puzzle game called Fantasy World Dizzy, which I played on my Commodore 64. This was the first Dizzy game that I brought and although the fourth game in the series, it was listed aa Dizzy 3. This is because one of the previous … Continue reading RDP: Fantasy World Dizzy
Daily Prompt
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 … Continue reading RDP: For Our Good
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 … Continue reading RDP: Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers
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 … Continue reading RDP: Baker Man
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 … Continue reading RDP: The BSE Sandwich
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 … Continue reading RDP: You Need Hands
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 … Continue reading RDP: The Cross
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, … Continue reading RDP: Darkness Falls
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 … Continue reading YDWP: Aghast