It’s all in your head — People probably aren’t judging you in the way you think they are. Let me explain how I know this. I have recently taken up swimming and it has opened my eyes to a whole new world! Who has hair? I was neurotic about removing body hair before swimming. I generally wear trousers most…

Does your fur baby love this time of year? — Hi. I’m Bertie, sometimes known as Good Boy and Shutup. I live near a nice park in London. This is an odd time of year. Humans seem to go a bit mad for a few weeks. I think it’s the windy weather getting to them, making them all excitable. Visitors that don’t come in We…

It turns out they’re not as fond of you as you are of them — Sound system I should have the perfect life. A master of the classics like me, playing the best of the best to a connoisseur. Instead, I go, “Boom! tish, tish, crash! Boom! Boom Boom.” And now a wail, like a mating fox. What is this nonsense you are making me play? Even…

Butterflies don’t make butter so stop giving false hope — Butterflies Butterflies. Why are they called butterflies? They don’t eat butter or look like butter. They should be named flutterflies or flowerflies. Even big-wing-flies, but not butterflies. Moths If butterflies should be flutterflies, what about moths? Their name doesn’t really mean anything. It doesn’t describe them at all. Stupidflies would be a…

We would all like to retire on the profits from our writing, wouldn’t we? — Would you like to be able to make enough money to retire? Would you like to do that simply by writing on Medium? Think that’s impossible? You’re clearly not creative enough! Read on to see how it’s done. 5 top tips to help you retire on your Medium income Start as soon as you are born. Yes, that does pose some…

Give me a ‘no’ button! — Do I want to subscribe to your email list? No. But you won’t let me say no, will you? Oh no. You are so confident in your success that no isn’t an option! I can select ‘not now’ or ‘sign me up. But I don’t want to sign up. Ever. …

Feel for the people living with these names. — A name is simply a way to define one person from the other. A label. Nothing to be embarrassed or proud of. Not confusing or dangerous — just a way of knowing who is who. Isn’t it? Not all names! Read on to find the 5 most difficult male names…

We all love our cars, but do our cars love us? — How do modern cars feel about their owners? These four cars tell all!

Some songs could use a rewrite — Sometimes song lyrics can tell an important story or convey the singers deepest emotions. You can feel the singers heart breaking or the height of their elation through the lyrics. But some songs baffle me. They have me wondering whether the singer actually meant what they were singing. …