Kevin Molloy

I’m a big fan of G(etting) T(hings) D(one). I’ve tried most of the many methods out there. But somehow I’ve found myself in very strange place, in between four of five different methods of organising myself, and my time. I was pretty weirded out by this at first. I’m naturally the least organised person in [...]

I’ve been getting a bit confused over words recently. My I before E except after C rule found itself offended this morning by ‘science’ – not that I misspelt (or is that misspelled?) it, but I just sat there, and noticed its shiny defiance. Then I remembered that other bit of the chanted spelling rhyme [...]

I’ve noticed I use a lot of reported speech in my lyrics. And I start a lot of sentences with ‘and’, which I’ve always been told is terribly bad form. But I enjoy starting with a conjunction. As you are currently experiencing. I’m also a linguistic pedant – I’m working on reconciling my bad habits [...]

Perhaps against expectations, I’m quite a big fan of txt speak, and of emoticons… the little smiley faces, you know, you use them all the time, I’m sure The question is – did I just end-punctuate that sentence, or not? It looks more than a little odd to end on two characters that most of [...]

So, in with a bang, and an introduction.I’ve been thinking a lot about the amount of raw talent around me, in the form of friends, family, acquaintances, and just people I meet passingly at events, bars and on the bus. It used to be that I actively sought out intelligent people and conversation… it was [...]