2023-05-16 14:04
In 2016 I wrote a blog article called “Moving On”. In it I talked about the emotions a foster-carer might go through when a child leaves their care. My conclusion was basically:… Read More
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Ranting, current-affairs, working in the computer games industry, chocolate biscuits and misanthropy. Plus the occasional bout of gratuitous full-frontal nudity.
2023-05-11 16:32
For the last few months, we’ve been greeted most mornings by a little Puddle of Joy in the middle of our living room. If we’re really lucky, the Puddle of Joy is complimented wit… Read More
2020-08-07 08:40
Yesterday evening, I travelled across to the far side of town to pick up a takeaway. My wife is away camping with our youngest, so my two older children and I are using it as an excuse to ea… Read More
2017-12-09 17:15
There can sometimes be a clash of family traditions when you get married. Nothing major: just those things that your family has always done one way, and them another. For my wife and I, ther… Read More
2017-07-06 20:44
Last Sunday was Father’s Day in the UK. It’s one of those days that gives me conflicted opinions. On the one hand: it feels like it may only exist to supplement sales of triangul… Read More
2017-04-02 10:39
It’s Sunday morning, and the sun is shining in my corner of quiet, middle-class suburbia. The car needs washing; and as a lazy middle-aged, middle-class suburban man, I take the car to… Read More
2017-02-06 05:34
About four years ago, I had some sort of brain-fart. That’s my term for it, in case you’re not a medical person and weren’t sure. It’s not any technical term presente… Read More
2017-02-05 12:06
Imagine you’re the IT administrator for an office. You keep the firewall running, maintain the servers, keep the printers topped-up with ink and paper, help the staff with their softwa… Read More
2016-12-31 14:06
I’ve discovered there’s something people say when you tell them you foster: “Good for you! I could never do it because I’d love them too much to let them go.”… Read More
2016-11-21 21:32
The role of a parent seems full of contradictions. For example: we often chastise our children for “behaving childishly” when actually … sometimes we’d give anything… Read More
2016-11-13 18:10
About eighteen months ago, my wife and I decided to train as foster carers. We’d been considering it for … well, it’s hard to say. Now I think about it, it’s probabl… Read More
2016-11-07 15:55
Every family goes through some tough times. Those times that can either make you stronger, or split you apart. Those situations that bring out any simmering tensions long buried; almost forg… Read More
2016-04-21 20:03
(Wrote this after it happened months ago, but was unsure what to do with it. But I’m in a “publish and be damned” mood today because I’ve been drinking, so here it is… Read More
2016-02-18 00:00
Today, Amazon’s targeted advertising saw fit to recommend some fantasy eBooks to me. Their huge servers churned through gigabytes of data, beamed data between satellites in outer space… Read More
2015-11-02 22:28
For the first twenty-five years of my life, I was stone-cold sober. Went through all my college and university days and didn’t touch a drop. Didn’t like the taste; didn’t s… Read More
2015-04-19 15:58
When did “geek” become fashionable? My entire life I have known that I was a geek. From the early days of school the differences were apparent – at lunch, I was in the comp… Read More
2015-03-27 22:41
People’s reactions to celebrity deaths bother me. Usually it’s an actor – often one that perhaps hasn’t been around much anyway, due to declining health. Then their p… Read More
2015-02-11 20:22
Last week I went back to school. Well, college – just for a morning. And that was enough. A fortnight before I was asked if I’d consider being a “guest lecturer” (whi… Read More
2015-01-26 16:15
Today, I would like to talk about things that still keep clinging to life – even when all the smart money says they should have died years ago. But rather than making this a Buzzfeed a… Read More
2014-12-20 12:23
Before leaving the office for Christmas, I have duly (as a professional and courteous co-worker) set my out-of-office message, in case anyone needs to get hold of me. I thought I might copy… Read More
2014-11-17 13:08
(This is a very programmer-centric article. To my loyal subscribers who were hoping for the usual filth: I can only apologise.) I’ve been a “professional” (ha-ha) programme… Read More
2014-10-24 19:09
For as long as I can remember, I’ve wanted to write a book. Though my bucket list is in a state of perpetual flux, “get a book published” has always remained at number one… Read More
2014-10-09 19:21
Pushing through the swinging doors and stepping inside, I allowed myself a moment in the doorway so that my eyes would adjust to the low light. An old and woodworm-ridden pianist played an o… Read More
2014-07-29 21:11
Every morning I catch the train to work. I know exactly where to stand so that when the train stops I’ll be right in front of a door. If there’s one thing we British know about… Read More
2014-06-27 14:00
(Excerpt from “Religion in the 21st and 22nd century” written by Louis B. Dipthong VII, and ‘borrowed’ by this blogger from the TARDIS glovebox whilst valeting it.) B… Read More
2014-05-13 07:57
You know those little things that annoy you, that you don’t want to admit to because they seem so petty? Nope, me neither. I moan about everything. But even I think this one is trivial… Read More
2014-04-07 11:27
Remember me telling you about the Faux-Goblet of DOOOOM! some weeks ago, and how I didn’t know what to do with it? Well, inspired by the Antiques Roadshow’s ability to use the wo… Read More
2014-04-01 19:43
Thanks to the joys of diabetes, I had a rotten night’s sleep last night – followed, as usual, by a corker of a hangover this morning. Not much to be done about it, other than to… Read More
2014-02-19 10:07
I’m a parent of two children at primary-school age, and I’m in my mid-thirties. That makes me still (just about) young enough to remember being that age, but now I have two of my… Read More
2014-02-04 10:01
My journey on the train this morning was lightened considerably by this little gem applied to my window: For the benefit of the blind, and for search engines, it reads: “Daily Mail Fre… Read More
2014-01-30 11:00
This morning I saw something amazing, and I need to tell you about it. The bus dropped me off at the train station, as it does on most mornings (when I get out of bed in time). As I ste… Read More
2014-01-23 11:43
“Have you noticed how many potholes there are at the moment?” “Yeah, it’s because of the weather. Freezing at night, then warming up during the day. Stresses the road… Read More
2014-01-16 20:20
We’ve been in our house for about fourteen months. We bought it for a fairly good price. It had apparently been on the market for over a year, a sale had already fallen through once, a… Read More
2013-11-30 11:12
Consider any computer game made within the last decade or so. It doesn’t matter how well it was received, or how much money it made. Whether it was good or bad, one thing is certa… Read More
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