We live in an astonishingly disposable society, and one that’s rapidly going digital to boot, making actual objects even more transitory. This week’s E3 reveals will one day be historical relics… for the few examples that survive beyond, say, a decade or two. Still, some objects do survive through history. What’s the oldest thing you own?

Very simple question — what did you want to be when you grew up? And did you achieve it? Are you in the process of achieving it, or did you take your life on a completely different tangent?

Board games. Whenever someone suggests playing one, I visibly groan. It’s not that I don’t like laying board games, it’s just the set up, the length of time they take to play. It all seems so tedious. But here’s the strange part — once I’m actually playing the games, I have a complete blast. Let’s talk about board games: our favourites, recommendations, etc. Let’s do this!

I want a dog. I want a dog really bad. When I was in Scotland living with my parents my Mum and Dad always had dogs. Lots of dogs. At one point we had eight dogs living inside our small house. It was insane. Now I live in an apartment and I can’t have a dog. I really don’t want a cat because I don’t like cats. They are psychopaths.

In this post I propose we talk about pets.