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How did I end up with a Blog?

Posted on7 December 20227 December 2022Leave a comment

Yesterday I paid the invoice for the hosting of this site and the domains that go with it. That’s what prompted me to finally complete that post on streaming services that I started writing back in February. It’s not expensive, but I guess some would see it as unusual for someone like me—just a normal bloke with nothing to sell or anything like that—to pay for a website when there are so many free options out there. Particularly when I’m not exactly a regular poster. It’s not like I’m writing a new entry every day or even every week. Read More …

Returning to the Blog

Posted on12 May 202112 May 2021Leave a comment

My last post here was August last year, following the utter cock-up that the government made of the A-level results. My intention in starting this blog wasn’t really to spend all my time having a go at the failing government—which is good because that be a full-time job such are their failures—but instead it was supposed to be a place to express the thoughts, questions & ideas that swim around in my noggin at a bit more length than Twitter allows. Read More …

Stop the 404 – I Want to Get On

Posted on15 May 202010 June 2020Leave a comment

It’s quite late and I’m just about satisfied with how the blog looks – for now. I need to design some headers and then I think I’ll be there. And maybe a different background image. I’ve got a few other themes installed too that I’ll want to take a look at. But for, now, I Read More …

The Power of Proper Tags

Posted on8 July 201422 February 2022Leave a comment

Over on a different blog, I posted a piece on Ms Debbie Delamar, who claims to be the proud owner of Britain’s Biggest Fake Boobs. She’s been all over the media (or the gutter press, if you prefer) this past weekend. It wasn’t a particularly unusual post, in the sense that it was pretty much Read More …