The scales this morning recorded a place I don’t remember seeing for a VERY long time. Back in the 90’s I was measured as part of the Office for National Statistics rolling survey on Weight and Exercise. It was at my most active time physically but I was hardly fit, and the records show that I tipped…

Some days I think people will say anything to get me involved in a conversation. I understand the predilection with controversy online, and I have been accused on several occasions of being ‘deliberately provocative’ in my approach to certain topics. I can’t help but laugh at this whenever it is levelled in my direction. No, I’m…

Today is important for a person I probably consider as one of my ‘best’ friends. Ironically, we have met four, maybe five times tops. This ‘friendship’ was forged ostensibly in the crucible of internet gaming, and anyone worth their salt will tell you that’s a bloody stupid way to do anything. Except, in this case, it absolutely…

My car has gone in for its first major service since we bought it last year. The garage is literally around the corner from the house, so I drove it down there and walked back. It’s a really brisk day, and I rather enjoyed being out early on a non-School morning. It also shows just…

Once upon a time I’d write in large, unwieldy chunks. As time has gone on I’ve begin to grasp I lose a lot of subtlety by doing so. My biggest problem is detail: I get so wrapped up in the grand sweep of events that I fail to consider the minutiae, and that matters more than…

I am learning stuff as I go along, every single day. Sometimes it’s practical shit, like the new WP control panel or some bit of CSS that I need for Blogger. Then there are the moments when I grasp I don’t actually require separate hosting if I’m prepared to concede on a few items of vanity…

The beauty with the Internet is that you don’t have to press ‘Publish’ as soon as you have a great idea. There are mechanics in place to allow you to schedule stuff. They’ll also tell you that your posts should have original titles to make it easier for your readership to identify your subject matter.…

I get an immense amount of satisfaction deleting four plus years of my life where I realise I wasn’t being honest with myself. I blogged for a very long time out of a sense of misguided obligation. I know this now looking back on what I’ve done and how it panned out: as if you had…