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If there’s one unifying theme to apoplectic.me, it’s love. And Python references. And transformation. In the wake of Stroke Bloke: Year One and my consideration of The Batman, I’ve been looking at some other origin stories. Like The Hulk and Dr. Manhattan of The Watchmen.
Continue reading The Strange Case Of Stroke Bloke
I I had a thought recently, that one of the benefits of blogging this blog is working in a space that I encourage friends and family to visit and is open the blogosphere forces a certain honesty on the blogger.
Continue reading Return To Sender
Have your ever found yourself suffering from a medical condition that you’d never given much thought before, and suddenly found that it’s everywhere?
-My dog’s got no nose. -How does it smell? -Like burnt toast. -You’re having a stroke. -Oh.
— Matt Kirshen (@mattkirshen) October 14, 2013
After last week’s hard stroke entry, a diversionary divertissement apoplectique….
Continue reading Stroke Bloke’s Divertissement Apoplectique
I’ve been a Batman fan for as long as I can remember. When I was a wee boy, I dressed up as the Caped Crusader to go to a Halloween party at scouts. I had the full mask, made of a black, felt-like material. When the Falklands War ended, the BBC interrupted the Adam West Batman movie that was showing with a newsflash. I was livid.
Continue reading Stroke Bloke: Year One
I’m writing this on my birthday, the day before it’s due to be posted. I’m 39. My dad said, last night, “They start to go quicker, don’t they?”
I responded, “Actually, this year’s been pretty eventful. I think that’s made it seem longer.”
But I’ve been at the age, for over twenty years now, that my birthday isn’t such a big deal. I’m enjoying this one, though. Beth made some fried halloumi for breakfast. I put some yoghurt in a couple of small bowls and made some tea. Even though it’s the ides of September, I can see a patch of blue in the sky, if I crane my neck.
.@bethmonahan Halloumi, yoghurt and insolvency. It’s a Greek-themed birthday!
— Ricky Brown (@ricky_ballboy) September 15, 2013
For all that, I may be looking forward to Strokiversary more. I haven’t celebrated one of those before. Well, maybe one, but it was rubbish.
Continue reading Invisible Ink