Welcome to my world.

Hello and welcome to my first post. Been meaning to start a blog for a long time now, never seemed to get round to it. Thankfully my friend and mentor, writer Sam Adamson, stuck the proverbial boot up my backside and here we are. If you like the things I say here then that's down to his support and guidance. If you don't, sometimes it's hard to teach an old, (middle aged), dog new tricks!

Let me dive in by saying I'm nobody special. I'm not particularly attractive, I'm certainly not rich, I'm not especially talented, nor do my opinions hold any more weight than anyone else’s. I am relatively articulate and use writing as a release from the more mundane aspects of my life. Something you may get bored of hearing about as time goes on.

What follows will, I hope, be the quirky, occasionally, (I hope), humorous ramblings of an English, type 2 diabetes and bipolar disorder sufferer. I also happen to be unhappily married, (Let's not dwell on that.), father of three beautiful kids, cat owning, (Though I'm sure my cat Ozzy will dispute who owns who. In fact I'm sure when I feed him he's meowing 'Thank you, well trained human'.), pagan.

As for likes and dislikes, they are bound to pop up from time to time, ad nauseum. Should you choose to follow my blog you'll learn all about me warts and all. Not that I have any warts you understand.

I'll be pretty much be writing about anything that takes my demented fancy. Some things that will definitely come up are film, tv, book and album reviews, though not necessarily current. Health and health matters. Politics and religion, though not frequently I think. And anything else that pops up on my personal radar.

I would like people to suggest one subject a week, (It can be anything.), for me to sink my teeth into and I'll pick the most interesting and go for it.

I will from time to time use profanity. Only when I feel it's justified to drive home a point or to express genuine outrage, (I'm Bipolar, remember?), but any posts that contain such language will have a disclaimer at the beginning to warn you the reader.

Hope you enjoy the blog.

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