Journalistic clichés to avoid like the plague.
Note to self: rewrite before posting.
Gotta say, shipping the new GoPro in a plastic bag somewhat undermines the “plastic free packaging” messaging…
Life is too short to gift attention to unpleasant people
Something I should have worked out 30 years ago:
If someone whose work you like and enjoy turns out to be a complete tosser, let them and their work go. There are many lovely people out there doing great work who deserve your attention and money instead.
From a famous humorist who was the very first person who was just brutally unpleasant to me in my journalism career, to a former co-author who decided to interpret everything in bad faith, a lot of people have contributed to this insight. But now I’ve had it — and been using it for the past year or so — my world is a happier place.
The new Netflix CGI He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (the kid-friendly reboot not the Kevin Smith continuation series) is really quite a bit of fun, with some imaginative touches. My daughters are really enjoying it.
In less than two weeks, we’ve gone from “so hot in my study, I had seat beading on my face during courses” to “so cold I’m contemplating turning the heating on”.