Apocalypse Now – A Toddler Road Trip To The Heart Of Darkness
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by markfielding2009
5M ago
"The person you are matters more than the place to which you go; for that reason we should not make the mind a bondsman to any one place. Live in this belief: I am not born for any one corner of the universe, this whole world is my country." Seneca Tweet FADE IN:   EXT. APOCALYPSE GARDENS – DAYTrees and grass being VIEWED through the veil of time or a dream. Coloured smoke wafts through the scene: a kaleidoscope, a rainbow. 8mm family video footage, stuttering frames of children running around a garden, dancing under water sprinklers. Music begins quietly, suggestive of the era, of ..read more
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A Christmas Carol
Apocalypse Daddy
by markfielding2009
5M ago
Stave I – The Ghost of Christmas Past I awoke with a sharp shock, the bell on the church tower not much further thus from our house peeling unusually. Not that the distinct ring of the bell was not of the habit I was used to, but, rather the timing was off. As I lay in the darkness listening for the tell-tale sign of the hour from which I had broken my slumber, the strangest arrival did forestall me. The bell did not ring for the hours between three and six, which would be my first thought due to the light, or lack thereof, which did not shine through the lace curtains. No dear reader, the bel ..read more
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Stoic Epictetus
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by markfielding2009
10M ago
"Progress is not achieved by luck or accident, but by working on yourself daily.” Epictetus Tweet Like you, I want to be a better father to my, at times, let’s be honest, really fucking annoying children. I want to be more productive so I can earn more money. To buy pasta and cars and plastic toys imported from China.  To elevate the chances of success, I called Tim Ferris who called Robin Sharma who created an early morning routine of journaling, meditation, exercise and family time for me. He was adamant it start at 5 a.m. club. My daughter is worth an early morning wake up call ..read more
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Day 32: The Shining
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by markfielding2009
11M ago
"Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel." Socrates Tweet …What feels like three million years ago… Sun glinted off the roof of the racing green 1998 V.W. Mark 2 Golf as it sped along the mountain road, gaining height as its wounded engine battled the decrease in oxygen. The speedometer was broken but the wailing of the cylinders told its own story. The road was a serpent, snaking up towards the towering Apocalypse Apartments. It was empty, except for the shadows. “Daddy,” Alice said from the back of the car, pulling on her seat belt. “Ear Drum.” Apocalypse Dad ..read more
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Day 31: Running Sideways, Trains And Strawberries
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by markfielding2009
11M ago
“We must undergo a hard winter training and not rush into things for which we haven’t prepared.” Epictetus Tweet A maniacal twenty four hours. I don’t remember a lot of it. Probably for the best. Hazy. Sleepless. Loud. Children trying to break the sound barrier. The neighbours got involved. Flashing lights. Sirens. Strange noises from the future. A thousand toys, batteries charged, flashing, beeping, singing, shouting in unison, pleading to be played with. Homo Sapiens. Programmed to run, pick berries from tundra flora, chase or be chased, kill or be killed. The subconscious reptilian b ..read more
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Day 30: Wasps Are Naughty Bees And The 8 Rules Of Apocalypse Daddy
Apocalypse Daddy
by markfielding2009
11M ago
"Time is like a river made up of the events which happen, and a violent stream; for as soon as a thing has been seen, it is carried away, and another comes in its place, and this will be carried away too." Marcus Aurelius Tweet It was one of those days. Like the other thirty, only completely different. It was new, and soon it would flicker and die, like Blockbuster video. Or a high street book shop. Reaction was the only way forward, the sole path to bending the hand of the universe. Home school was beginning to feel like the last day of school. Skipping. Skipping. Skipping. Replace the ..read more
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Day 29: Investing In Oil And Dreams Are So You Don’t Get Bored
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by markfielding2009
11M ago
“Do not indulge in dreams of having what you have not, but reckon up the chief of the blessings you do possess, and then thankfully remember how you would crave for them if they were not yours.” Marcus Aurelius Tweet Listening to that Tony Robbins motivational tape was an ugly idea. I’d found an old TDK-90 whilst clearing out the basement. As a result, to seize the day, I’d woken up at four o’clock in the morning. I had a cold shower, hyperventilated and did three-hundred pull ups from the roof. The balance was in my favour. Oil was trading at less than zero. I called Saudi Arabia and a ..read more
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Day 28: Rear Window Parenting Paranoia, Part 2
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by markfielding2009
11M ago
"The greatest remedy for anger is delay." Seneca Tweet FADE IN INT. LIVING ROOM – MORNING The Apocalypse Family sit around the breakfast table. ALICE is having ice-cream and jelly for breakfast, APOCALYPSE MOMMY is drinking coffee and looking at APOCALYPSE DADDY with an expression somewhere between worry and confusion. LUCA is not at the table, he is asleep on the floor under the table. APOCALYPSE MOMMY Let me get this straight, you’ve been watching the neighbours for three days straight and you now think one of them has committed a murder? ALICE I like breakfast, it’s all nice, I can h ..read more
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Day 27: Speaking With Dandelions In Latin
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by markfielding2009
11M ago
“The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way.” Marcus Aurelius Tweet We’d been up late the night before watching SpaceX satellites make their way across the darkness of the Earth’s lower atmosphere at eleven thousand kilometres per hour. Sixty beads of terrestrial technology beyond our comprehension had entranced our imagination. “Are they stars, Daddy?” Alice said as we gazed up at the soon to be night sky. “Or are they Venus?” “They look like stars, don’t they?” I said. “But not everything that twinkles in the sky is a star. They’re satellites.” Sh ..read more
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Day 26: Daddy, When Is The Next Frozen Out?
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by markfielding2009
11M ago
"Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present." Marcus Aurelius Tweet The year is 2120. Day 36,500. Twenty thousand miles up in the Earth’s lower geosynchronous orbit, Apocalypse Daddy is sitting on a sofa in the living room of the Apocalypse Space Station. The ambient air is silently disturbed as the door slides open. Alice walks into the room, flips the gravity off and Apocalypse Daddy, Alice and Luca – who has been crawling around unnoticed – float gracefully into the air. Alice and Luca la ..read more
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