Category: Personal
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Winter Wonderland
As an advanced driver of some years and a worker in the driving training and assessment industry for 20 plus years I think it is safe to say I know a bit about driving. Here are some tips for driving in winter weather. Drive slowly and allow more time (Obvious I know) Try to avoid…
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Depeche Mode and a Black Celebration?
Today I bought the latest Depeche Mode album “Memento Mori”. Which apparently means something like “Remember we all die.” Suitably upbeat for a Depeche Mode Album certainly. I have bought every DM album on the day of release since Violator back in 1990. I had bought their music before that, but never on release. I…
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Area 51, music and an apology.
So hi, it’s been a while hasn’t it? I apologise to anyone that likes my work*, whether music or writing, it has to be frustrating for you to have to wait to see what I do next and when. Imagine then being inside my bonce? It is like a torrent of half-formed ideas and plans…
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Do I want to be a writer?
Hi, you may notice that I have not posted on here very much over the last few months. That has been deliberate, I have really been struggling with depression and anxiety. This has mostly been due to my pretty awful day job, but it is not really conducive to being creative after a full day…
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A Suitably Pompous Name
Sorry that I have not posted in a while. I have not been feeling that well, work is very stressful and I am suffering from anxiety and depression. It is not that I don’t want to make things, it is more that I can’t right now. The other weekend I decided to make some ambient…
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25 Funny tweets?
Trevor has a short update on fleeting Twitter notoriety.
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Haters, Trolls, Negativity and Call Centres
Haters, trolls oh my! On the internet of late, it has become very easy to believe that almost everyone on there is an absolute Twat Basket. We have all been living through the first pandemic in over a hundred years and added to that the partisan politics and rhetoric of people manipulating the internet for…
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What’s a Bob to do?
A guest post from Chunky Mango stalwart, Wobbly Bob.
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TV satire is not dead, but it is very very poorly.
I am going to do a couple of things that are out of character here, firstly I am going to be mostly serious and secondly I am going to defend satire shows like Spitting Image and HIGNFY. Sort of. The video above has been doing the rounds on social media and getting condemned by everyone…
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The New Normal?
Being normal just means filling time between birth and death says Trevor.
