The Day I Tried to Befriend a Traffic Cone
A drizzly Wednesday walk leads to an unexpected connection with a solitary traffic cone, a gift of a Werther’s Original, and a sudden council intervention.
Year: 2025
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How to Win at Board Games by Ruining Friendships
Board games: the perfect blend of fun, competition, and lifelong grudges. This laugh-out-loud guide shows you how to weaponise Monopoly, betray your allies in Risk, and ruin friendships over obscure Scrabble words — all in the name of victory.
The Neurotypical Vanishing Act: Or, How to Become Socially Radioactive in One Diagnosis
People don’t run from autism — they run from their own discomfort about it. This brutally honest and bitingly funny article explores what really happens after you say, “I’m autistic,” and the strange art of being quietly excluded.
The Passive-Aggressive Politics of Calendar Invites
A sharp look at the unspoken power plays behind workplace calendar invites. From 8:30am meetings to “optional” attendance, discover how your calendar is quietly judging you.
The Tyranny of Eye Contact: A Neurodivergent Field Guide
A neurodivergent take on the social minefield of eye contact, masking, and the unfortunate realities of looking anywhere but someone’s face—including, yes, accidental boob stares.
Leftovers and Lanyards: A Conference Catering Mystery
A deep-dive into the strange world of conference catering, where no one eats the wraps, everyone mysteriously ends up at McDonald’s, and four types of hummus slowly congeal in silence.
Motionless in the Dark: A Lavatorial Mystery
A darkly comic deep-dive into the bureaucratic injustice of toilet sensor lights turning off mid-poo, featuring one man’s cubicle crisis.
An Intermission, Brought to You by Dust and Quiet
Kerry Freeman bids a quietly surreal farewell (but not goodbye) to regular posting on untypicable, in a poetic reflection featuring dust, humming cupboards, and emotional biscuits.