telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/lawandorder/6453268/Council-bans-parents-from-play-areas.html

Parents, not allowed to supervise, assist or play with their own children unless they have a CRB check.

Bonkers!

Lego Bible Stories

http://www.thebricktestament.com

I have just learned about about the brick testament. Yet to visit the site but i'll bet it is fun.

telegraph.co.uk/education/6239566/Ofsted-childminding-rules-to-be-reviewed.html

Finally! It may only be a little step but this is one of the 1st examples of these rule making idiots reviewing policies due to their nature of making things harder for the average joe to do a simple task and breaking what should be the number one rule of all law & policy making procedures, 'common sense'.

Global Warming, Oil & Industry

It is becoming ever more obvious that our oil hungry industry is breaking the planet. Global Warming is a daliy phraise & ever more of the population are accepting the fact that something needs to be done & that climate change experts are not modern hippies.

One problem I see is that there is little financial profit in doing something about the problem. Many are willing to come up with ideas but few are willing to invest to make the ideas a reaity.

An observation I just made, having watched a documentry recently about how we are going to have to change our lifestyle and farming habbits due to a non infinite source of oil, is that our use of oil is a major cause of the climate problem.

So if global warming is a problem & eco experts are predicting that we need to reduce our carbon emissions to prevent servere damage to our planet in 2-3 decades time
AND
if there isn't an infinite source of oil & experts are predicting that we will encounter major shortages within 2-3 decades then by default the problem is going to solve itself. What we need to do is make sure we are ready for the culture shock that follows.

All we need to do is make sure we are able to live a less oil dependant lifestyle. If we can do that now then we will have a much greater advantage when the time comes.

But all that said, and with all the daily evidence before us we are still reluctant to change because we don't know for sure, we can't see the future, and we are comfortable where we are.

Maybe one day climate change & global warming will be terms of the past and the in phrase will be culture/lifestyle change & global reforming.

Michael Jackson 'was' a legend

His music was loved by millions, it can allways be found on my music player. He was a great artist who was incredibly successfull.

But the emphasis is on the word 'was'. He was great. We all know he developed the nickname 'wacko jacko' as a result of his excentric behaviour. This behaviour has become his downfall.

MJ died earlier this year at only 50 years old & because of his fame the media has gone crazy. The legal authorities now have an obligation to answer the questions surounding his death, the media won't let it go until they are satisfied. So we all get regular updates in the news regarding the lasted developments.

Two things have become very clear. MJ's excentric behaviour probably coupled with his genuine medical condition has left him addicted to perscription drugs which he was taking excessivly, to the point that he would take drastic action to obtainhis drugs & that they were making him ill rather than better. The other thing is that there are a number of out there demanding justice for his death with a number of his doctors being in the fireing line.

My biggest fear is that the public's demand for justice will see someone locked up more harshly than they deserve. While a Dr has a responsibility to witholld medication to prevent excessive use if a patient 'uses other means' to obtain his drugs, effectivly going behind the Dr's back then it is out of their hands.

What I'm trying to say is that if MJ was using 'legal' drugs beyond their perscribed use and beyond the Dr's advice then his death is nobody's fault but his own. But many will not be satisfied with that conclusion because a 'legend' would not do that to himsef. It would be a disgrace. So under pressure from the public & media, the blame unjustly falls on someone else.

I need to update my blog.

It sounds so easy. Make a regular contribution to my blog forever and I will have some kind of record of what I did in years to come.

I used to keep a regular journal, I found it hard then and obviously at some point it became too hard to persue as I stopped. Am I too lazy? Am I not prepared to make the time? Or do I think I got nothing to say?

Take now for example. Other than this blurb I can't think or anything else to write about. Do I have to make my life sound interesting? If I want to have a record of my life and things that I did then I guess I need to write about it interesting or not.

Bad start to what should be something that works out great.

It all started a few weeks ago when my brother-in-law & I had to gang up on our mother-in-law (Jean) to convince her to sell her car for an automatic. Two clutches in fewer years was the over ruling factor.

So the search was on. Looking for a suitable car for Jean, naturally we look in the usual places at the usual sort of cars, main dealer focus or main dealer astra or peugoet 307 (too big).

We didn't want Jean to spend somuch that she gets a fnance deal (which meant staying away from main dealers) & we needed to convince her to down size from the scratched up mondeo. So there was a lot to consider. On top of that Jean, who loves her cars had to love it and find the seat comfortable.

The idea came to me, can still get a used car from a dealer with the safety of a warenty from an independant salesman. Obviously over the years they have develpoed a bad name but with more laws to protect us now it makes it harder for them to do us a bad deal, so as long as we don't get sucked into a hard sell I was convinced this was the way to go.

A quick search on autotrader gave some examples of the right type of car for Jean. Then I saw it, Mercedes-Bens A-Class. Who would have thought it? Not me! But as I loked at it it made so much sense. A smaller car, auto, well built, quality, posh brand, ages slower and the thing that got me was its height. The seat position of the A-class it a little heigher than normal saloons, for Jean it would make it a lot easier to get in & out of.

So we set off. Looking at various cars & I took her to sit in an A-class which she liked. The 1st one we looked at was a manual which was out of the question but we found one a bit further away which was an auto & within her price range. I couldn't convince her togo home and think about it. She wanted to put a deposit down there & then. So we brought the car and arranged to pick it up next week.

This is where the fun started!

I didn't want Jean to drive home through unfamilliar towns in a new car unacompanied, so we got dropped off ith the intention that I drive it home and then Jean can take control from there. So once we brought the car we got into it to have a play and we got on the phone to insure it. Probably due to downsizing to save money, like so many companies are doing at the moment, we ended up taking about an hour to get it sorted. Not normally tomuch of a problem but when you got the aircon on in your car without the engine running it is. Needless to say that no sooner had we sorted the insurance out and the owner of the garage bode us good night to go home. Just as we watch him pull away I attempt to do the same with no joy and the discovery of a flat battery! What bad luck.

We hadn't even started the engine of Jean's new car and we were already calling the RAC out! Our lift had long gone by this point. I couldn't think of a better way to spend my friday night than sat in a broken down car with my mother-in-law!

Fortunately getting the car going was sorted in no time by the RAC and we were of on our way, finally.

I am pleased to report that since then we havehad no further incidents other than the usual teathing problems that come with familiarising ourselves with a new car. And even more importantly, I have been out with Jean a few times now to help build her confidence in the new car and I believe her driving has improved as a result.

So like I said, hopefully this will workout great.

Running 10k

A while back Rachel registered with some frineds to run a 5k event for charity. Since her friends have struggled to keep up. Rachel then registered to run 10k events. So far she has completed two and now I am scheduled to run with her in september.

The running, I believe, is fantastic exercise. We were introduced to the cross trainer when we went to the gym. But i found that it was not tiring me out so I moved to the treadmill. I then encouraged Rachel to give it a go and she was with me. Since then she has been very pro running.

One of the bigest problems though is our schedules. We only seemed to find time to run in the couple of weeks before an event. In the weeks in between running was not a priority over other work.

We quit the gym a while back cos we were not using it very much and were wasting our money. It costs nothing to run on the street. But even running on the street requires a great effort.

We recently invested n a treadmill. The idea behind it was that we could run anytime, whatever the weather, without the other. And it would be easier to run daily.

I did my 1st last night. Running is running and it was a great workout for me. My main observation was that time and distance seem different on a treadmill than when you are out. I ran a constant 8.5km/h with a sprint at the end and ran 5k in 35 mins. I was honestly dissapointed because i believed when we did our circuit in the neighbourhood we did it quicker than that!

For example, Rachels last 10 time was 1:15 which means an average pace of 8km/h. Her recent run on the treadmill was 30mins at 8km/h which she said was tough.

So if it is tougher on the treadmill, the hope we have is that when we do our next event we will find it easier than we are used to.

We shall see.

Happy Anniversary

As an aniversary gift from my mother-in-law we recieved a tent with some camping gear. Expensive holidays are something we can not affort right now. When we went to wales last we did discuss the idea of camping.

Now that we have develpoed the taste for the outdoors I can imagine using the tent and other equipent a joy. Rachel is obviously looking fwd to it as it was her that managed to convince her mum to treat us to these goodies.

So here is a pic of our tent in the garden. We were advised to put it up to familiarise ourselves with it, which is just as well as we made many errors and would have looked very daft behaving the way we did on any campsite. And also to condition the material. Hosing it was recommended, but we didn't even need to do that. Withing an hour of our excelent work, the heavens opened. We were expecting the rian.

As you can see it is plenty big and will serve us well, hopefully, for many years. Now all we need is for this weather to hold out through the summer and a convenient weekend.

Automated Checkouts!

Something we are seeing more and more of in ourshops is automated checkout machines (or tills). I can accept a big supermarket using them, thats fine. But I was surprised to see them at a home furnishings store Ikea and more surprised of late to see them in B&Q.

My question is, is there really that much of a saving in the purchase, running & maintenance of one of these machines when compared to a manual till and an employee on near min wage?

When jobs are hard to come by why are hundreds being lost up and down the country to these machines?

Tribute To Rachel

The last 2-3 months have been crazy for Rachel. She has had a lot on her plate to deal with. She has had to work extra hard to get ahead with work so she can go away for a week with me, then again about a month later with her mum. At the same time work has laid on extra work. Week nights have either been filled with late shifts or church meetings. She has had two sittings to do and done her best to keep fit to run her best 10k to date too.

It has been the worst (busiest) busy period I have seen her go through in the (almost) 4 years we have been married. While there are still jobs to be done, I am pleased she has come out of this an look fwd to moving fwd together rather than chasing jobs.

Well done rachel x

Mt Snowdon - 30th May

On the 30th May I arranged to go up snowdon with anybody from my church that was interested. 13 of us turned up on the day. The weather was hot and clear. It was amazing.

This is my little group, varying in age from 40ish to 8yrs. Our ability and levels of fitness varied and although it took a while (over 4 hours) and there were a lot of rests we all made it to the top.

This was my second climb up snowdon. The 1st time I went I took my wife Rachel. It was just 4 weeks earlier (2nd May). I wanted to climb Snodon as a challenge and as a form of exercise. I took my wife with me to learn what I was inviting people to latter in the month and in an effort to be prepared. I had hoped that other would see my vision the the good to come from such an activity. Many were excited to joiin me as I announced my plans. I was a little dissapointed with the number that turned out but do believe that those who came appreciated it and enjoyed the day.

Each time I went up I was surprised,not at the number of other people who were climbing that day, but the variety of people. There were people who were prepared with all the kit and there were people who had turned up in jeans and trainers. No matter what preparation was put in it would seem the vast majority of people made it to the top. What I really enjoyed seeing though was families and elderly people couples and single individuals. There was an obvious difference between those that walk regularly and those that don't and it really impressed me as to how many of these families make this sort of treck regularly.

I want to do that. I want to be the sort of person who can regularly go out and just walk. I need not list the advantages to walking/hiking. Both myself and Rachel felt bad about not discovering this sooner.

I encourage all to take up walking and make it something you do often.

Here is another one that makes my blood boil.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/5499365/Miss-California-USA-stripped-of-crown-after-gay-marriage-controversy.html

The runner up to Miss USA, Miss California, stripped of title, ultimately for standing up to what is right.

She was asked in the USA competition her opinion on same sex marriage. Her reply something like "no offence to anybody, but I thing marriage should be between a man and a woman, that what I was taught in my family".

As you would expect there were boos and cheers from the audience. However the sort of people the stage these events like this Perez Hilton guy didn't like what he heard because "the wicked take the truth to be hard". Sometimes the truth hurts. He and others claimed to have felt alienated by her comments.

My opinion is 'so what?' she started by saying she meant no offence by her comments and if you going to ask a controversial question what sort of answer do you expect?

What would have happened if she said she supported same sex marriage, someone else would have felt alienated by her comments, in that instance it would have been the good people. And that would have been wrong.

I say congratulations Miss California and shame on you Perez and all that are on his side.

I just cant stand to see those with correct and right values persecuted, by those living sinful lives. It is a very bad and worrying sign of the times.

In my opinion.

Todays 7 sins according to Joseph Rowntree Foundation

www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/5502975/Seven-evils-that-blight-society-named-by-Joseph-Rowntree-Foundation.html



Why has it taken till 2009 to find this out? And now that these findings have been circulated in the national newspapers is anything going to be done about it?

If you are of my faith you would no doubt agree with many of these points and even suggest you have known this for years and personally you don't struggle with them. I suspect anybody actively practicing a faith might say the same.

Selflessness, good family principles including love, responsibility to teach our children and respect to parents, a law of health that advises against the use of any addictive substance including tobacco, unperscribed drugs and alcohol, aviodance of gambling and a purpose to life that means a lot more than the accumilation of money and worldly goods are all things that are regularly taught in the faith I belong to.

I know the leaders of my church in the past have passed on some of these principles (which are not just teachings of Christ) to our countries government leaders.

It would be nice to think that this research was not carried out in vain.

Politics! BNP

I have not been in to politics as much as I have these last couple of months. What is being called 'the expenses scandal' caught my eye. I can't believe that despite a pay increase I find it harder now than before! And while i'm in this situation our servants are ripping us off to pay for a pretty nice lifestyle!

Thats not what I wanted to write about this evening though. I want to express my views regarding the BNP gaining power in a local election.

I can't believe it but at the same time I can. I can understand that there are a number of people out there who, because of the bad press all parties, and most MP's, have recieved of late and because of the sudden crumbling of Labour, don't have any faith in our politicians anymore. I can understand how this has been expressed in a lack of desire to vote foor any MP. And that seems to be what has happened.

The BNP did not recieve a significantly higher vote than normal, but the leading parties received a significantly lower vote which has led to the BNP gaining greater authority.

I don't much like the BNP, along with so many other. My reasons are mainly because of the racist undertones that the party seems to be riddled with and because they are so rude and offensive to others. A profesional organisation should control their toung a little more, hence they are branded facist. I do actually think some of there ideas are worth considering though. I may be criticised for saying it but you might agree too, you just don't know you do.

An example is the BNP policy to increase discipline in schools. A recent independant study revealed that many teachers would be in favour of bringing corporal punnishment back into schools. It never did my parents any long term harm or their parents. The youth of today lack this dicipline and consequently respect.

Anyway, a local council now finds itself at the mercy to the BNP. Many people are outraged. So have gone as far as to publicly protest. Others want to collect names on a protition to remove them. Yet the BNP, fairly and legally gained that position.

If people are complaining then they only have themselves to blame. They should have got out there and voted instead of assuming someone else is going to vote for the party of their choice. Because as we have seen this doesn't always happen.

I'm sure this will be a wake up call to all potential voters, not just in the affected council, but up and down the country. Let this be a lesson learned for all of us.

All we can do now is see if they are all talk or if their ideas really do or don't work. The only chance they have of being re-elected is if the implementaion of their policies really does work, and make a difference. But that is not likely, so they had better enjoy thier time while it is theirs.
In future, VOTE.

telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/religion/5477281/Atheist-cleaners-could-sue-Christian-care-homes-over-crucifixes-warn-bishops.html

Articles like the above make me so mad.

The headline suggests that an athiest would be able to sue a church for displaying religious symbols because he finds them offensive. This may be an extreme case and like wise could be flipped around where any offensive posters or banners ect could be considered a liable cause for prosecution, by anybody. How do you prove someone is lying about what they find offensive?

While I understand the government wants a safe environment for all of us, it is reaching a point where people are being left feeling angry and frustrated because of the ridiculousness of some of these rules.

What is even more frustrating is that there are numerous cases recorded in the media where the innocent have been left charged as guilty because of these rules.

The woman sueing McDonnalds because her coffee was hot and there was no warning on the cup to indicate this has been hailed as a classic case of how thses rules and laws are getting out of hand. The stupid thing about this story, and many others is that common sense does not prevail and the law stands supreeme and the 'crook' wins.

I heard a story about a church, in need of repair. By law the church is allowed to bill the comunity. I don't know why, but the church focused on a particular household and gave them the repair bill. Even though the family did not attend that church, were of a different faith and did not have the money to pay they were still forced to pay. The result was poverty for the family.

Laws are supposed to protect the public and bussiness alike from unjust behaviour, however we see more and more, the baddies looking for loopholes and abusing the system and more and more laws giving them rights leaving the innocent treated like a criminal.

This is both true for the political realm and 'Health & Safety'.

What is going on?

Love Lego

I couldn't resist. While searching for a spaceman pic for my previous post I came across this.

I loved playing with Lego as a kid, my 1st set was a police station. I got some Technic when I was a bit older too. I'm now an engineer. Surprise!

Lego, isn't what it wased to be. I see the stuff my little nephew has and some of it really isn't recognisable. I love the classic stuff and i'm sure many others do too.

Lego has almost become part of the star wars brand now and as such there is almost a cult following to the play toy. There are lego computer games and even some amazing lego videos on youtube done on both a profesional and amature level.

Lego is great! In my opinion.

No blame culture.

This story caught just my eye. Apparently Neil Armstrong claims he said "One small step for 'a' man, one giant leap for mankind". Neil is positive about this and believes the word could have been lost in static transmittion.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/scienceandtechnology/science/space/5441862/Neil-Armstrong-did-not-say-a-man-on-the-moon.html

So scientists have done a study, they have analized his speach patterns and all that and determined that he did not say 'a man' but simply what we have become familiar with, 'small step for man'.

My 1st reaction is simlly like it matters! 40 years ago, is this knowledge going to make a difference? No it really does not matter.

Is it possible that somebody has managed to fill their time doing a possibly perfectly plausible study which no matter what the outcome is completly inconsequential?

We see it more and more today, because nobody want to take responsibility.

Examples of this,
-: a briefly described items on ebay can not be complained about because the seller does not state either good or bad features.
-: a survey on a house today tends to state the obvious. There are signs of damp here, there is a crack in the wall there. Yet often you will not find it say there is damp in the wall and what appropriate action needs to be taken or the cracks in the wall are caused by subsidance and this needs fixing. If the survey company do then they could be found liable for prompting action that did not need to be dome of the other way round.
-: where I work, even though there are people paid to make decisions very few do

And so it seems to be the workplace and society in general. There are a lot of pepole who are unwilling to make a decision if there is much of a consequence to that decision.

In my opinion.

Rant: MP's Espenses

I can't bare it any longer, I've kept quiet long enouth, so even if I am ranting to myself it helps.

I just read the following story about an MP couple who have two homes and each one is claiming living expenses on each home, effectively living rent and mortgage free.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/mps-expenses/5322961/Andrew-MacKay-resigns-over-unacceptable-claims-MPs-expenses.html

While they may defend themselves by reminding us that this is legal it is still no excuse. I'm sure when the system was set up it was set up with guidelines. I'll bet that these guidelines have been relaxed over the years and as a result it has been abused.

Yes it is legal, but almost every MP is guilty of abusing the system and benifiting from it as much as possible. That is an act of disshonesty and greed.

These are the guy we write to when we have problems, sometimes asking for funding for projects, while our requests may not be granted, they will see to it that their expense request is!

As a side note isn't it interesting to see how 'the expense system' has broken bown over the years while at the same time 'the banking system' has done the same. Why was that? Greedy bankers willing to take greater risks? I think so. As a result we have an economy in recession with millions of households struggling. Sounds to me like something has gone seriously wrong.

I'm greatful for what has happened here, with the telegraph publishing this info, as this will hopefully put a stop to this sort of thing happening not just in parlament but possibly in other organisations also. I also hope that other investigations are carried out in other areas of businesses and so forth. The money saved by putting a stop to such greed could be massive and do so much good elsewhere.

Did it not occur to any of these MP's that their unnecessary claims could be pulling funding from other resources and potentially putting people out of work are depriving a comunity of a worthwile project.

"Thank for looking after me all you MP's (and bankers)!" Or should you be thanking me for lining your pockets?!"

You are supposed to be here to serve me, I'm not here to serve you. Lets remember that.

Job Situation.

As I read back through my blog I notice that I have not informed you of my job status. (Just in case there is anybody out there that is interested). As it turns out my Job is safe. I work for an agency and they find me work. If there is no work then the manpower they employ is no longer needed. While the project I was working on has pretty much come to an end I was moved onto another project. I am now working on an new aircraft for Bombardier and I am learning newskills and methods to work. I suspect I will be on this project for a while.

Some of the guys I was working with were not so lucky to be relocated onto another project and they have had to look for work elsewhere. Many of the guys I was working with believe I was kept on because while I am young I am still cheap. My agency can make more money out of me. This worries me a bit as I will be asking for regular reviews and there will be a point where I might be pushing my luck and my agency might choose to continue using someone else over me. Ultimately it is all about money, and I'm no different. Iwanna earn as much as possible.

This whole given notice thing has been a good experience for me, even though I never found myself out of work I did go through the motions. I updated my CV right away and posted it on many jobsites. I set up job alerts and have identified where I need to turn if this happens again. I have also identified the need to have some real savings so that we could survive for a while if needs be. And I learned that I had help out there through family and friends in the form of advice, prayer and fasting.

I got old in 2009!

I might sound a bit odd but I have identified 2009 as the year I got old. So what makes me say this? There are the usual signs of ageing such as grey hairs apearing, the hair line receading or the thinning of hair on top or any combination of the three. There are other signs too which I will share with you.
1. Gardening: While I dont really enjoy it, I do take great pride in the work I have done. I also find myself in places like B&Q wondering the aisles looking at all the items available to me so that I can make my garden even more pretty.
2. Driving: I used to be a 'speed freak', driving as fast as I dare, stupid realy considering the pathetic cars I have owned. I can honestly say I have no desire drive like this anymore. I am far more laid back and my dream car is no longer a super sports car but the more family orientated estate or SUV.
3. Music & Radio: My radio station of choice for a long time has been Radio 1, but recently I have found myself turning over to either Radio 2 or anything else. Is todays pop music not appealing to me anymore or am I craving something different? I don't know but I am, through my own free will and choice listening to and appreciating different genras of music. I still love my dance, trance, electonic music but not all the time.
4. The Great Outdoors: It has taken me a long time to appreciate this and I am dissapointed in myself because of it. My wife and I have taken up running recently as a form of exercise. This has been driven by the fact that the gym is now too expensive, the race for life events are becoming increasingly popular & possibly the publicity Mt Killamanjaro recieved during the BBC's Comic Relief this year. My wife decided that it would be a great achievement to climb Mt Snowdon. So we did. We loved it. It was hard work and a great workout but we are now looking fwd to our next outdoor adventure. We have come to appreciate the joys and benifits of walking & hiking and have great respect for those who do this as a regular thing and especially for parents who encourage their children to do this with them.
5. I'm Grumpy: And not just a little bit, so much so that I have been labeled grumpy by those that are close to me. Two main reasons, I have a mortgage and am struggling with that, I was supposed to get easier but the way things are at the moment thats not happened, and my wife is my nemisis! We get along great but there are one or two thing that are really important to me that are not important to her. So while she needs to make an effort to meet my needs I need to make an effort to be more tollerant. Until then a lil frustration will seep out of my personality.

All of these things I noticed in the 1st half of 2009.

So much to say. Where do I begin.

So I created this blog about a week ago and I really can't decide how to approach this. I want to start with something great, but I could be waiting a long time.

So here it goes. A summary of my week. It was alright!

Actually that would be lying. If you were told you could be out of a job within 7 days you would be feeling pretty low. And indeed I was. For the whole of thursday (when I found out) I was fretting. What made it worse was that I left my beloved phone at home so couldn't inform my family. Since then I have fasted and prayed and although the situation has not changed I can honestly say I'm feeling a lot calmer. I have spent the weekend putting my CV out there and done what I can. So after all I can do I hope I will recieve some divine help.

I attended a p'hood meeting on Tuesday and was delighted to notice that some of the training given was exactly what I trained my small group on just a few days earlier. It was great because I took it as a small sign to suggest I'm on the right track.

I also figure Blogs are more interesting with images (even if they aren't too flattering) so here is an image of me and our cat Lucky. I pretend I don't really like her 'cos I would prefer a dog. Truth is she is a lil cuddley so I put up with her. She is Rachels cat, Raych has had her since she was a kitten 14 yrs ago. She has had all that time to get used to Raych and since I came on the scene and moved in with her Lucky has grown more fond of me! I think she fancies me! I can get away teasing her and she will still come back to me for affcetion. Rachel isn't that privilidged.

I'll leave it at this and will make an effort to post again tomorrow.

I've Cracked Mobile Blogging today.

Today, day 2 of my blogging antics, I have managed to figure out how to send a blog update from my mobile phone.

It really won't make much of an interesting read. However it does mean that I am on my way to becoming a top class blogger or Journalist of my own life.

Soon I will be ready to tell you all about me, where I am up to, what I am doing and what I am thinking.

It all starts here.

So here is where it starts.

My first post on my blog.

Why am I doing it? Board? Everyone else is? Cos I can? Diary? Way to keep my friends and family up to date?

Don't really know, however I do like the idea of being able to invite my friends and family here to find out whats going on with mine and my families life.

I suspect I will not only post a diary but I will probably also post my little rants too! I will prob put links up to news articles that I have (or don't have) an opinion on just to let off some steam. I have become grumpy in my rapidly approaching old age.

For now I will leave you with this intro while I go away now to find out how all this blogging stuff works.