Category: old blogging

yesterday was not a great day for various reasons, but a crumb of comfort was found in that I finally got two CDs I’ve had on order at MVC for a while – Goldfrapp’s Felt Mountain, which I think will be a grower, and Boards of Canada’s Music Has The Right To Children which is fantastic. I really wish I had bought this album when it first came out back in 1998, but I suppose the consolation is that there might be a new album soon.

the person or persons that insist(s) on communicating through the Atomz search function suggests that the new look to this site was inspired by the “angry fruit salad web design school”. catchy.

have carried out further minor adjustments to this design (altered the font for the menu subheadings in the navbar and changed the text of these posts to a slightly deeper shade of grey, both following feedback from readers). I don’t suppose for one minute that everybody likes this design (comments have ranged from the enthusiastic to the decidely lukewarm), but I’m happy with it. I wanted it to be simple, clean, fresh and quite simply, less dark than the old Grayblog.
And, whilst on the subject, I’ve reverted to calling this site Grayblog, for that is what it is (Graybo’s Blog) and also partly because everyone else continued to call it that!

I’m interested that my readership figures continue to be relatively high (relative to what they were before New Year) in spite of the fact that I am writing about “things” much less than I was even ten days ago. Not sure I can explain the stats, but I can attempt to explain the lack of writing on that subject – it’s not that I feel any less about it (I don’t – I feel pretty much the same), but chewing it over and over doesn’t really help, and almost certainly won’t change anything. So I’m still trying at the forward-looking, thinking-positive stuff, and, yes, I won’t make a secret of the fact that I’m looking for someone new to help me through all this. Pity that person! Comments/chat-ups welcome.

Feeling decidedly lacklustre this morning, in spite of the sun. Could be excess beer. Or even that I’ve caught whatever bug is going around (just about everyone except me has had it, so I suppose my time has come).

Incidentally, Robyn has a filthy cold, so go over there now and offer Lemsip and sympathy.

Our dear government launches propaganda.com – I’ll spare you the rant [….taxpayers’ money….waste….better spent in other ways…..]

further bug with redesigned site fixed – an archive problem. Thanks Robyn.

right – the weekend in summary:
Friday night – beers at the bar, in the company of Paul F, Kearn, DA, DAGS, Paul S, Tam, Sacha …amongst others. Followed by more beer at Paul S’s house.
Saturday – lunch in East Sussex in the company of some friends I know through work – Morven, Tony, Emma, Pierre-Andre, Jennie, Kev McG, Marina, Damian and Julia – followed by a very pleasant stroll around Ashdown Forest.
Saturday night – yup, more beers down the bar, this time featuring Polly (celebrating her birthday), Sarah, Sacha, Ian, Tam, Paul S, Kearn, Paul F, Jo, Andy, Michelle, Arron, Lynne and Fi. Again went back to Paul S’s house, and drank beer and chewed the rag with Fi. Very pleasant.
Sunday – lunch with DAGS and Michelle at the Hare and Hounds at Stoughton, followed by a stroll along one of my favourite short circular walks – about an hour, and not more than a mile and a half, but with easy walking and lovely views in the sunshine across the Downs.
Sunday night – worked on the redesign that you are now admiring, and then went to the bar for beer with Aris and (briefly) Bora and Paul F.
Tonight’s plan – a long soak in the bath followed by meeting up with Bora.

bizarre – I actually have an Iris field just outside that Vaughan could come and dig, if he so desired.