JANUARY 2012
In which The Author muses on the Fourth Dimension
124 MEET THE PARENTS
In which The Author confronts his inner demons (and angels)
In which The Author dreams of a life less ordinary
126 BEHIND THE MASK
In which The Author conceals and reveals simultaneously
In which The Author meets another pillar of society
128 NO FUTURE
In which The Author comes unstuck in Time
129 SIBLING RIVALRY
In which The Author plays second fiddle
FEBRUARY 2012
130 MEMORY DUMP
In which The Author reflects on some unreliable memoirs
131 BATCH PROCESSING
In which The Author comes up with a scheme to cut NHS waiting lists
In which The Author gets lost in translation
133 TIME CRASH
In which The Author witnesses a Spacetime Singularity at first hand
In which The Author needs some technical support
In which The Author becomes Technical Support
MARCH 2012
136 IDENTITY CRISIS
In which The Author ponders an existential question
In which The Author’s subconscious plays mind games again
In which The Author has a note from his mother
In which The Author wishes he’d taken the blue pill
In which The Author stands up
APRIL 2012
In which The Author goes late-night swimming
In which The Author investigates a modern-day mystery
In which The Author ponders another geographical question
In which The Author writes an open letter to his student friends
145 PORTION CONTROL
In which The Author exercises some self-restraint
MAY 2012
146 CHANCE MEETING
In which The Author stirs up some traumatic memories in a virtual stranger
In which The Author’s self-imposed confinement reaches the seven day mark
148 LOGORRHOEA
In which The Author uses The Chambers Dictionary and not Webster’s
In which The Author’s subconscious goes exploring again
In which The Author does someone else’s job
151 PICTURE THIS
In which The Author wonders ‘what happens next?’
In which The Author doesn’t see a historic event
In which The Author narrowly avoids being upgraded
In which The Author carries out his first ever cull
JUNE 2012
In which The Author considers one of psychology’s great unanswered questions
In which The Author recalls some good advice
In which The Author engages in online dating
158 UP THE AMAZON …
In which The Author encounters yet more customer disservice
In which The Author and his friends get older
JULY 2012
In which The Author meets a ‘native speaker’ of English
161 A LITTLE RESPECT
In which The Author doesn’t want to be in your gang
162 OMNISCIENCE
In which The Author finds his Time Machine
In which The Author revisits some of his favourite films
AUGUST 2012
In which The Author loses another friend
In which The Author takes a drunkard’s walk down his psychick pathways
In which The Author starts to go off the 21st Century
In which The Author chooses a side
In which The Author and his friends have some mischief
169 LONDON ORBITAL
In which The Author has an adventure for sixty pence
SEPTEMBER 2012
In which The Author does some fieldwork
In which The Author learns a new word
172 DEATH WARRANTS
In which The Author and his friends have a mammoth day out
173 WINTER DRAWS ON
In which The Author wraps up warm
OCTOBER 2012
In which The Author reads his ‘local’ ‘news’paper
In which The Author revisits some old haunts
176 A FAREY TALE
In which The Author explores the mysteries of time, space and money
NOVEMBER 2012
177 WHERE I GO IN MY DREAMS (Part 9)
In which The Author’s dream world extends
In which The Author visits another parallel universe
179 FOR THE FALLEN
In which The Author goes in search of the Truth
A Journey in Several Movements, in which The Author ventures into uncharted territory
181 WALKING THE DOG
In which The Author’s old friend comes sniffing around again
DECEMBER 2012
In which The Author keeps a straight face
183 COMIC CUTS
In which The Author watches a demonstration of paper-folding
In which The Author’s rational side reasserts itself for a while
In which The Author contacts the BBC
In which The Author learns the true meaning of Christmas
In which The Author finds himself on the road to nowhere
An Autobiography in Random Chapters 