Sam Burns
@samrandomnumber.bsky.social
Playwright (Not the Worst Place, Paines Plough/Theatr Clwyd/Sherman Cymru 2014, Floor 13, Radio 4 afternoon drama, 2017). Kitchen assistant by day.
When I was a small child, I found the countertenors in the KIng's Singers rather scary, but as an adult I love them for being an ethereal window into the 17th century.
December 4, 2025 at 5:51 PM
When I was a small child, I found the countertenors in the KIng's Singers rather scary, but as an adult I love them for being an ethereal window into the 17th century.
Why does everyone need to go to the bathroom (next to my bedroom) during my weekly 45-minute video therapy session and then linger outside my door?
November 27, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Why does everyone need to go to the bathroom (next to my bedroom) during my weekly 45-minute video therapy session and then linger outside my door?
Got my first ever non-EU, non-burgandy-coloured passport today, and I do not like it.
November 21, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Got my first ever non-EU, non-burgandy-coloured passport today, and I do not like it.
I've just started CBT for anxiety after a seven-month wait and my current anxiety is mostly centred on CBT.
November 13, 2025 at 4:05 PM
I've just started CBT for anxiety after a seven-month wait and my current anxiety is mostly centred on CBT.
Hello Internet! I've finally been reconnected after a tedious five weeks and three days!
November 10, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Hello Internet! I've finally been reconnected after a tedious five weeks and three days!
I went to Ireland quite successfully.
October 22, 2025 at 8:35 PM
I went to Ireland quite successfully.
I'm the only person in Edinburgh Airport who knows where they're going and is keen to get there. Everyone else is turning in vague circles, humming distractedly, in the middle of all the walkways I need to use.
October 13, 2025 at 7:21 AM
I'm the only person in Edinburgh Airport who knows where they're going and is keen to get there. Everyone else is turning in vague circles, humming distractedly, in the middle of all the walkways I need to use.
I dreamt that the Bradley Whitford commander from The Handmaid's Tale moved in next door to me and he was a really good neighbour and I woke up feeling strange.
September 29, 2025 at 6:18 AM
I dreamt that the Bradley Whitford commander from The Handmaid's Tale moved in next door to me and he was a really good neighbour and I woke up feeling strange.
RIP Maru, the bestest cat on the internet.
September 17, 2025 at 6:23 PM
RIP Maru, the bestest cat on the internet.
Travelling from Galway to Dublin by train next month. The internet tells me that 'the journey is efficient and offers views of green fields and bogland'. I find this strangely charming.
September 13, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Travelling from Galway to Dublin by train next month. The internet tells me that 'the journey is efficient and offers views of green fields and bogland'. I find this strangely charming.
I caught up on Taskmaster and the two old men are definitely my early favourites, not least because they remind me of Barry and Humph. THE VISITORS HAVE BEEN.
September 13, 2025 at 12:00 PM
I caught up on Taskmaster and the two old men are definitely my early favourites, not least because they remind me of Barry and Humph. THE VISITORS HAVE BEEN.
My dad's got a cold so soundtrack-wise it's basically like living in a zombie apocalypse.
August 30, 2025 at 1:54 PM
My dad's got a cold so soundtrack-wise it's basically like living in a zombie apocalypse.
I wish that headline about zoo staff wanking off an orca would stop sidling past my field of vision every time time I scroll through the news.
August 24, 2025 at 6:49 PM
I wish that headline about zoo staff wanking off an orca would stop sidling past my field of vision every time time I scroll through the news.
Promising news until I ran into that word 'young', forever confused in commissioning circles as a synonym for 'new'.
Channel 5 revives BBC’s Play for Today to ‘help shape future of British drama’
Series aims to follow original in tackling ‘thornier issues’, and to support talent from lower-income backgrounds
www.theguardian.com
August 24, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Promising news until I ran into that word 'young', forever confused in commissioning circles as a synonym for 'new'.
I wish I could do something with my Saturdays other than desperately fighting all day to keep my eyelids open.
August 16, 2025 at 6:12 PM
I wish I could do something with my Saturdays other than desperately fighting all day to keep my eyelids open.
I think I want to purchase a three-piece suit.
August 10, 2025 at 2:22 PM
I think I want to purchase a three-piece suit.
Back online after 12 days without internet thanks to a fishing boat trawling up a cable near Orkney.
August 6, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Back online after 12 days without internet thanks to a fishing boat trawling up a cable near Orkney.
There's an endless cycle of Man About The House on the telly and I'm not very happy about it.
July 20, 2025 at 6:23 PM
There's an endless cycle of Man About The House on the telly and I'm not very happy about it.
Something's broken under the sink and is spewing out water and the stopcock is jammed, so I guess we just live the aquatic life from now on.
July 20, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Something's broken under the sink and is spewing out water and the stopcock is jammed, so I guess we just live the aquatic life from now on.
Back to work on Monday after three weeks off.
Any idea how we could stop Monday from happening?
Any idea how we could stop Monday from happening?
July 19, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Back to work on Monday after three weeks off.
Any idea how we could stop Monday from happening?
Any idea how we could stop Monday from happening?
Time for Loyd Grossman to shine again.
July 15, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Time for Loyd Grossman to shine again.
It's raining on my washing and I lack the motivation to act.
July 15, 2025 at 9:59 AM
It's raining on my washing and I lack the motivation to act.
Boston Legal is LA Law in Boston with Captain Kirk, of course I was going to like it.
July 13, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Boston Legal is LA Law in Boston with Captain Kirk, of course I was going to like it.
Now would be a great time to mow the lawn if I didn't have neighbours.
July 13, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Now would be a great time to mow the lawn if I didn't have neighbours.
I found an Opera Australia production of Patience on YouTube. Deep joy. Though Patience's accent is truly a tour of the British Isles and the Commonwealth.
July 12, 2025 at 8:28 PM
I found an Opera Australia production of Patience on YouTube. Deep joy. Though Patience's accent is truly a tour of the British Isles and the Commonwealth.