A mildly productive waste of ten minutes every Friday.

Hang on, what's going on
here?

A weekly newsletter from a bloke who isn't an expert in anything. Something gets stuck in my head, I go and find out about it, then I write it down. Friday mornings.

Things worth looking into
How Much Is a Sofa Supposed to Cost?✦The Drawer Full of Cables We're Keeping for the War✦When Did a Pint Become a Financial Commitment?✦Having a Hobby Badly✦The Tubes of Goo Problem✦Why Is Everyone Suddenly Eating Protein?✦Why Does Everything Need an App?✦Your Car Is Making a Noise✦Do Expensive Socks Actually Do Anything?✦How Did Seeing Your Mates Become So Much Admin?✦
The name isn't a metaphor

What goes on in a ManBrain

A weekly inventory of the useful, useless and oddly specific things taking up room in there.

Exhibit A

The brain in question

Average male brain. Infinite storage for song lyrics and the 2004 league table. None whatsoever for which spray goes on which surface.

This all comes from inside it. Sorry.

  1. Small things, taken far too seriously

    Meat on a fire. Reversing onto the drive in one go. The things nobody else is giving enough attention.

  2. Questions nobody answers

    Why is everyone eating protein? You wonder for eight seconds. I’m the idiot who goes and finds out.

  3. No self-improvement agenda

    You’re not a project. No 5am routine. No ten-step system. Worst case, you learn what APR means.

  4. Ten minutes on Friday

    About one coffee, or one visit to the only room with a lock on the door. Then it leaves you alone.

  5. Worth sending to a mate

    There’s usually a bit you’ll forward with no message attached. Just the link. He’ll get it.

Recent issues

ManBrain. Every Friday morning.

Whatever my brain got stuck on that week, written down while it was still interesting. Plus a short thing I looked up and a question for you. Ten minutes with a coffee, then it leaves you alone till Friday.

Tiny robot check. Usually over before you notice.

Free, and one click to leave. No hard feelings either way.