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• British Response to Incidents

  

  Yesterday part of London was on lock down following a flurry of reports of shots being fired. There was mass panic as people fled for their safety. Read more

  Posted on 25 November 2017 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Bringing the Galaxy to Heel in Star Traders: Frontiers

  

  I've been playing a huge amount of Star Traders: Frontiers these last few days, so thought I'd do a blog about it. Star Traders: Frontiers is the latest game... Read more

  Posted on 19 November 2017 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Pokey Hole: The Game

  

  What is the below? It's a box. With holes in it. My son summoned me one morning this week, saying "Daddy, come, I've got a game for us to play!" And the game wa... Read more

  Posted on 17 November 2017 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Create A Buzz

  

  A standard crowdfunding strategy is to create a buzz in social media before your campaign goes live, so that people are excited and looking forward to it. I'll... Read more

  Posted on 16 November 2017 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Farewell My Dear Sennheiser

  

  This is my Sennheiser PC 350 headset. And it's broken. Without doubt the Sennheiser headset has been the best of all the headsets I've owned over the years, if... Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2017 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• PPI - I Can't Wait

  

  I'm getting warnings about the upcoming PPI deadline - which is now a mere 22 months away. For those perhaps not in the UK (I've no idea if this is an... Read more

  Posted on 05 November 2017 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Operation Tooth Extraction

  

  My son lost one of his teeth the other day (not like in a fight or anything, he's 7 and his baby teeth are coming out to be replaced with his adult teeth), and... Read more

  Posted on 28 October 2017 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Morning After The Prosecco

  

  The photo above is of my breakfast today, it's hungarian pancake (with a piece of devolay) with salad and garlic sauce from one of our favourite places,... Read more

  Posted on 21 October 2017 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Your Location Is Currently In Use

  

  Periodically a little icon appears in the system tray in the bottom right corner of the screen on my desktop Windows-running PC. Read more

  Posted on 15 October 2017 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Bookshops, Books, and Their Awesomeness

  

  Today apparently it's Bookshop Day (so Twitter tells me, anyway), which gives me a perfect opportunity to blog about one of my favourite things - books! I've... Read more

  Posted on 07 October 2017 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Spain

  

  As a rule I dislike blogging about anything too serious. If I don't have a sufficient grasp of the information about a topic I would generally endeavour to avoi... Read more

  Posted on 01 October 2017 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Nowt to Blog About...

  

  I don't remember taking this photo... It's been ages since I blogged. Far too long. But, I don't have anything to blog about. Or so I think, anyway. Let's try... Read more

  Posted on 24 September 2017 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Suspicions (warning - Contains Swearing...)

  

  Today's blog is focussed upon the bathroom. First, I discovered when fumbling for the wrong bottle that the Harpic bleach has been located immediately next to... Read more

  Posted on 12 September 2017 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Big Bus Day

  

  So today I didn't have anything in particular planned (which is generally the way I like life!), and I did a bit of a Google to see what was on in Hull today. Read more

  Posted on 09 September 2017 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Broken Dream

  

  Happy Saturday! I'm really sad to say that my dream is broken. I think my son dropped it. The dream light isn't the only thing that's broken, I also discovered... Read more

  Posted on 02 September 2017 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• On The Road...

  

  So, I was driving the other day, and passed a lorry, which I noted with interest advertised the company (who owned the lorry I presume) as being the worlds'... Read more

  Posted on 30 August 2017 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• AstroNest - Nest of the Best!

  

  AstroNest: The Beginning is a mobile space strategy/combat game by AN Games, a company of games developers in Korea. In a nutshell, you run your own task force... Read more

  Posted on 23 August 2017 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Calming Down An Angry Balloon #parenting

  

  First task of the day - trying to calm down an angry balloon. Angry balloon, complete with washing up that I ought to have put away by now. Unfortunately,... Read more

  Posted on 18 August 2017 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Sequel - Just THREE Questions!

  

  Following up my last blog post, where I ranted about being asked "just two questions" by a person in telesales, I was rung up the other day - at dinner time - b... Read more

  Posted on 13 August 2017 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Just Two Questions...

  

  I got a phone call on my mobile at work the other day. I didn't recognise the number, but I use my mobile phone for both work and personal calls, so I took the... Read more

  Posted on 06 August 2017 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION