Comments for Enemies of Reason

Comment on Applying again by Iain

Iain — Sat, 30 Mar 2013 21:47:35 +0000

Keep your chip up – try not to get into a downward spiral because it’s horribly difficult to drag yourself out of it once you are. And remember that Bargain Hunt is great, and Channel 5 show a Looney Tunes cartoon at midday so it’s not all bad.

Comment on The letters you never get around to sending by Roger

Roger — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 11:01:44 +0000

Damn it you’ve made me cry.

You perhaps may not be a fan of Julie Burchill – she’s been trying so very hard for so very long to make that as hard as possible – but in her Desert Island Discs a few weeks ago she made much the same point about her own inability to return to her native Bristol even for a visit as the streets and the accents remind her too powerfully of the Mum and Dad she has lost.

And I feel exactly the same way about my home town of Croydon – even a third of a century later the ghosts are still there.

Thank you.

Comment on The letters you never get around to sending by Dave Hodgkinson

Dave Hodgkinson — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 12:43:19 +0000

Lost my mum in 1990, six weeks before her first granddaughter was born.

Mothers day seems so unfeeling all you smug people with parents.

Comment on The letters you never get around to sending by droid

droid — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 11:29:55 +0000

RIP

Comment on The letters you never get around to sending by Rogue_Leader

Rogue_Leader — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 06:54:51 +0000

I had to stop reading this.

Comment on The letters you never get around to sending by Sandy Calico

Sandy Calico — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 18:22:38 +0000

That’s a beautiful letter, Steve. Your mum sounds amazing. Sending you a virtual hug.

Comment on The letters you never get around to sending by Glenn

Glenn — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 17:44:46 +0000

Wow. Beautifully written. Honestly geared up reading that. My mum survived her battle with cancer but a lot of the feels you described rang so true.

Thank you for writing that.

Comment on The letters you never get around to sending by Neil

Neil — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 16:36:39 +0000

Incredible. This echoes so well my own feelings of losing a parent – also in 2000 – that it’s a huge victory for me that I managed not to burst into tears at work. Only just.

Will think of you this mother’s day, and thanks for helping me express and understand some of my own feelings better thanks to this post

Comment on Applying again by Max

Max — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 12:54:46 +0000

It probably will. I’ve done a lot of hiring for fairly difficult technical jobs and the vast majority of candidates were dull, uncreative and, well, a bit stupid. You’re obviously none of those things. There’s a fair amount of luck involved too so just keep calm and plug away at it.

Comment on Applying again by Roger

Roger — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 22:19:47 +0000

Wow.

I don’t know you other than through this blog but have been through the same shit – mostly unemployed for three years now with spells of freelancing like one I am on now but having huge problems getting focus back.

But you really just have to hang on and keep writing and arguing because otherwise the fuckers will have won.

And daytime TV is the worst thing you can inflict on yourself…