Year: 2008

Hey folks, I’ve been pondering a clean up of the blog roll. Not so much a cull, although it feels a bit like that, but to take out the links to blogs that aren’t being updated or I’m just not reading. There is only so much time in the day. It feels a bit like a snub, which is not what I intend, so that’s put me off a bit. No doubt I’ll rev up to it later in the month. The whole ‘quiet blog’ thing got me thinking. I was going to ask: what keeps people blogging? But there’s another side to that and that is: why do folk give up? Is it that it doesn’t reward them in […]

Hey peeps, Crikey the week’s gone fast; almost faster than a politician’s election promise. Christmas shopping. Christmas concerts and, of course, Christmas parties. My belly’s full, my waist line is slowly expanding and my feet are tender. Not that I’d like it any other way. Let the good times roll! 🙂 We, the Jones family, are in the chaos that is the Xmas party season. Still, nice to be popular though eh? I had the work do at the start of the week, the Chams do Thursday and we’re off tonight for drinks and nibbles at a friend’s house. I think we get Saturday off for good behaviour. The Good The do at Nottingham Chameleons was, if I may say […]

Howdy partners, Stuff There are some days when the urge to write, or perhaps more accurately – to blog, are very strong. Equally, there are other times when your mind is empty; empty of the desire to get something off your chest. That may be a point of view, a confession or on occasion, a rant. This week has been a quiet week. I don’t like drama, so life is good. May we all live in quiet times. 🙂 So, on with the braindump 🙂 Other stuff The other day I was reading through Jo’s Blog… which lead me to Diary of a Hope Fiend… which lead me to the Gender Analyser site. It’s one of those word analyser thingies […]

Hey there, Sometimes the Muse hits you. I was listening to Dakota by the Stereophonics and reading the lyrics at the same time. It’s a little pleasure I enjoy. I don’t get every word and I like to know what a vocal is. Songs affect me; not so much mood, although that happens, but more often as stimulation or even creativity. A lyric or even just a ‘vibe’ is all I need to hear and on occasion my mind picks up the idea and runs with it. The title for today’s post contains the lyric (as ever) and on hearing it I drifted off into a little world in my head. I’ve been going to Chameleons for some time and […]

Hiya, Earlier this week I found myself surfing through the links on the RSS feed. Some links seemed to be dead and after a quick reccy, I found and fixed the dead ones. If I’ve not been your way for a bit, that’s why! On a whim, I decided to have a good look through the news section on the Angels web site. While there two things caught my eye. One is the image in the Smoother Transition article (go and have a read if you like). The (drawn) image is of a keyboard and a pair of hands typing. The left hand is suitably macho with the grey suit jacket while the right hand sports longish polished red nails […]

Hey ppl, This week’s been a bit up and down. No, don’t worry, not down in a scary way 🙂 Life eh? Two things upset me this week: firstly there was the news of Baby P being killed by his parents. Lightning strikes twice in the local Social Services who missed a similar case a year or so ago. It’s easy to criticise when you’re not ‘in the system’ though. It’s not easy being a parent sometimes, but there’s a massive difference between losing your rag and yelling at them against the systematic physical abuse that poor kid suffered. I’ve mentioned anger in previous posts and this incident was no different. I could feel it building up in me, rising […]