Category: old blogging

Sign seen in cafe window in Chichester today:

Fresh baguettes prepared INSTANTLY while-u-wait

hmmm. I often seem to be waiting for something to happen instantly.

Minimal blogging so far today due to workload – I haven’t even been able to come up with a way to incorporate today’s word of the day.
As an aside, if anyone lives near a branch of IKEA or is likely to be visiting said store, and could do me a favour that would save me a 100-mile round trip just to get two light bulbs, I’d like to hear from you.
In other news, you’ll notice that I’ve finally got round to using my proper email address – please update your address books.

I am noted for not taking good advice. Stuff like “look both ways before crossing the street” or “you really shouldn’t get together with her, it’ll be bad news”. For some time, the advice-that-has-not-been-taken at the head of this site has been:

“If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. Then quit. No use being a damn fool about it.”
– W.C.Fields

Some advice which I received from Sarah last night was this (with apologies for paraphrasing):

Sometimes it pays to think less and act more. You won’t find out unless you actually do it.

But my favourite newly received advice that I will not take is this:

“Never play cards with a man called Doc. Never eat at a place called Mom’s. Never sleep with a woman whose troubles are worse than your own.”
-Nelson Algren, A Walk On The Wild Side

Do you have any advice not to take?

Blogger and Trellix sign deal. A secure future for Blogger? Let’s hope so. But let’s also see what it means for users – looks like BlogSpot might be scheduled for demise, and I wouldn’t mind betting that a fee for Blogger usage might be on the cards. But then, as I have said before, that would not be unfair.

I’m relieved. Apparently, it isn’t me. At least, not entirely. So I think I’ll step back a bit and concentrate on work, reading my novel, fighting the new modem at home and cooking a lovely dinner for myself tonight – when in doubt, always go for good food. And a long soak in the bath. And an early night. All these things should keep me occupied: more occupied = less thinking = a good thing, probably.

congratulations to Grayblog visitor number 10,000 (a Mac user) who has just passed through, having been referred by the updated GBlogs list. Your reward is a firm handshake which you can collect next time you pass through Chichester.
I’m not sure what is more scary – the fact that this site has had ten thousand visitors since I started on the original version (exactly seven months ago today), or the fact that I’m so fascinated by my visitor stats.

Vaughan links the world. Once again, Vaughan shows us all how it should be done. I particularly like the Desert Island Clicks idea, although I don’t think I’ll make a submission as it might just give too much away.

have updated the about page to include mention of the pulchritudinous Tam, following complaints that she had been omitted.

it’s too quiet this morning.
I don’t like it.
Something is wrong, and I think it may be me.

thought for tonight: things always look better in the morning.
so, subject to being able to sleep, I’m going to bed in the hope that I can fast-track to morningspace.