Be prepared...
...unlike me. I currently drive a Ford Focus - about 10 years old. I like it. It exhibits more intelligence than any car I've driven previously, and, going by my recent experiences, more intelligence …
Lonely, alone and the tech bros
I'm a member of the Church of England and occasionally lead the people in my church in what are called 'Intercessionary Prayers' - sometimes also called the 'Prayers of the people'. These are prayers …
The joys of fishing tackle catalogue porn...
I've recently been watching a TV show featuring Paul Whitehouse and Bob Mortimer called'Mortimer and Whitehouse: Gone Fishing' . As is often the case with me, I'm late to the game and have found I hav…
There's something in my eye...
I have always been prone to crying through most of my adult life. I've never been one to boast of a stiff upper lip - I can hang on under certain circumstances but I will express my emotions when requ…
The long-lost book...
This isn't a post about a book that I've mislaid, or lent to someone and never got back. This is about a book that I should have written, but didn't. A few months ago I was sorting through some files …
Relevance
"The new year arrived and I realized i lived past my relevance…" A few weeks ago I came across the above quotation. Much to my embarrassment I didn't note where it came from, but I get the feeling tha…
Goodbye Facebook, it's been nice...
My Facebook header... Have you heard of 'Enshittification'? It's a concept created by Cory Doctorow, and it's summed up on Google as: ...the three-stage decline of online platforms: first attracting u…
Waiting for Blog Posts
OK - another few months have passed.... John Lennon is reputed to have said 'Life is what happens when you're making other plans'. There is also the old saying 'Man plans, God laughs'. And then there'…
Normal Service Will (Hopefully) Be Resumed…Soon!
Well… it’s been a while. In fact, it’s been quite a while. The last time I hit ‘Publish’ on here was back in 2018 — which now feels like several lifetimes ago. Since then, the world has had a habit of…
Warning - Inner work taking place...
“Your memory is a monster; you forget—it doesn't. It simply files things away. It keeps things for you, or hides things from you—and summons them to your recall with will of its own. You think you hav…