The Western Gate

Toing and Froing, Up 'n' Down in the Earth


Writing Prompt 22nd Feb ’24 ( What Bores Me?)

Daily writing prompt
What bores you?

Television, when there is nothing planned to watch, the endless cycling of TV remote channel hopping, and adverts everywhere, so I choose to go on YouTube for content tailored to my algorithm, and every few minutes, an advert, so I turn off.
Books written by people who write four pages of flowery and longwinded highbrow content when a simple sentence would do, not because its needed to clarify, but to display how wonderful they are, its an advert for their ego.
I put the book down and shuffle through a magazine, adverts of perfect people in perfect posture in pristine clothes with teeth as white as fresh laid snow and everyone around is happy in the photograph. Happy and perfect.

Adverts for the perfect gadget apparently I need in my life bores me. Corporate Image Bores Me. Perfection bores me.



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Wot’s this all about then Guv’nor ?;-
The Random musings of a nobody. “Dagenham Dave”, is slang for someone one stop short of Barking (mad), though more contemporarily refers to any wayfaring and carefree person. Dagenham is a town to the eastern side of London (Luds Dominium) that was first recorded in a Barking charter in 666a.d. as the town of Daeccanham. Daecca is an ancient man’s name meaning ‘bright’ or ‘famous’ . Ham is short for Hamlet.
Dave is short for David, Hebrew for ‘Beloved’, My Surname ‘Wenborn’ derives from old English meaning of the Winding Stream.

Contents:-
1/ Book Reviews.

They’re not reviews as such- to recommend or asway, I neither seek to promote nor condemn, more my personal reflections on the books I read. In that respect it’s a subjective thing.
2/ Short Stories and Tales

Short stories borne from imagination, dreams, thoughts and wanderings. Too large to be written in my journal of shadows.
3/ Full Books
Books that were once published elsewhere, I have full copyright on these, and of course given here freely.
4/ Magazines and Articles

Small snippets and articles that may or may not have appeared elsewhere, and information not included in Journal of shadows.
5/ Poetry

A small selection of poetry. Like song, I create as a means to an artistic diary.
6/ WordPress Challenges

Wordpress (where this website is hosted) offer up a daily prompt for people to answer, sometimes I do, sometimes I don’t.



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