Known for bringing weirdness into the mainstream, I did not die recently aged 78. However, known for doing the same only much better and...

I am an immigrant. My family in my host country are also immigrants. I refuse to use the arrogant term “ex-pat” to describe myself as...

It‘s the arse-end of Good Friday and I will resist offending the pious by writing that I feel as if I’ve been crucified. That would be an...

In 1998 I moved to Germany with a philosophy PhD. Philosophy went over my young head. 26 years on, I now have the maturity which I then...

In the closing scene of Martin Scorsese’s The Color Of Money, Paul Newman’s character makes a return to the professional pool tournaments...

The Drugs Do Work For as long as I have been stumbling around this mortal coil my aunt and uncle have shown me nothing but kindness....

Happy birthday to me! I have now joined the over-fifties, an unimaginable age for my teenage-self who thought not reaching the then...

….worshipers. There’s the clickbait title out of the way. So, you may wonder, what has the Hollywood superstar done to deserve my ire?...

This is a difficult story for me to tell. Perhaps I am prone to overthinking, worrying too much, but it really felt as if my whole world...

My grandmother used to throw cups of water out of the window at the neighbours cat when it came into her garden to “fertilise” her...

From my perch under the roof of Dusseldorf‘s football stadium I watch as the final scraps of the stage‘s cadaver are picked apart. 35...

It‘s been a while since I‘ve posted anything as I‘ve been preoccupied by the three Bs: first Beyoncé, then Bruce Springsteen and, in the...

So, as everyone under 20 seems to start a sentence (50 year-old Scott’s introductory “so” was edited out by me...

It comes with the waves. The tide creeps towards the shore, breakwaters futilely attempting to hold it back until the swell turns the...

AKA: Your Parents Fuck You Up Pt. 1: Mother The eternal question: What made me? Was I born this way or did my environment shape my...

Most people who aren’t called Benjamin Button will probably agree with me when I say that after a certain age birthdays are no cause for...

Part I https://www.activate-deactivation.com/post/fearing-fear Back when I still derived pleasure from hobbies I was a keen cyclist so...

Readers, it’s your lucky day! Finally a post which won’t leave you reaching for either a bucket, a packet of tissues or wishing you...

“The best part of beauty is that which no picture can express”. Francis Bacon, Philosopher 1561 - 1626 When perusing my pages you...

Today’s post was going to be very different. A rant-cum-dissection of the uselessness of feeling guilty has unexpectedly become a...