World Without End

I’m going to have to get a new computer, not sure how much to spend, how much to keep back as savings. Not a nice feeling. I always feel a bit sick when I spend money.
Given the enormous pretentious oblivion of my 20 years with major depression, given the sharpness of my long abandonment to emotional [...]

I feel helplessly bad for our nearest Big Issue seller, who’s out from 9 till 6 every day in the vicious cold. Tried to ask after her family, tell her about a job going in a cafe. Couldn’t make myself properly understood. My wife speaks a tiny bit of Romanian but not, apparently, enough. [...]

What are the ethics of clearance sales? As the economy spirals closer and closer to the drain, is it okay for me to go in and buy £150’s worth of stuff for £30 because they have to clear it? It doesn’t feel like it can be right. Even if I’m sympathetic. The only exonerating factor [...]