The first car I ever owned was an MG Metro 1.3 with a pull-out choke. I learned to drive in a Metro so getting one of those seemed like a natural move to me. I liked the fact it looked a bit more sporty for a first car and I bought it before I even…
Category: Daily Musings
For everyday thoughts and reflections.
Famous Characters From Actors to Magicians That Are Fascinating
People that are characters fascinate me. You can keep all your bean counters and people who don’t prod things at the edges to see what will bend. Here are some people who spring to mind that have done or do fascinate me and you probably won’t know most of them: Joe Rollino – He…
Feeling Fruity: Dean’s Personal Video Archives
After the past two mammoth entries on this blog, I thought I would break things up a bit with a (some would say comedy) video I made a few years ago, which was all about fruit (or was it?). I often used to piss about making silly little videos like this and I’m thinking about…
AOL Instant Messenger: The Addictive Sound of That AOL IM Door Opening
I never had AOL as an internet service provider. I was on something one of my friends referred to as “Cowboy & Wireless”. I think back in the early 2000s users of AOL got AOL Instant Messenger bundled up with it to use as a real-time direct messenging service over the internet. Back then all…
Love@Lycos Dating Stories: My 2003 Online Dating Experience
This is my memory of a bright time that I think should have panned out differently, at least from my point of view. Shared with affection and respect. It’s a long one (as the bishop once said to the actress) so before you read it I suggest you grab a beverage and hold onto your…
Tomorrow Isn’t Promised, Especially In The Twilight Zone
Before I segue into what I want to talk about today, I would also like to say that I am going to be writing some shorter posts. With that out of the way, let’s move into the Twilight Zone, or rather… who created it. For a series that came along as early as 1958, it…
Uninspiring Cheese Box Cars
Have you ever noticed most of the cars they make now all look the same? If you took the badge off many of them, you wouldn’t even know who made them. It wasn’t always like this. Back in the day they had hot hatches like the iconic Mark 1 Volkswagen Golf GTI and the Peugeot…
The One Where Your Friend Comes Back From The Afterlife
When you’re a kid there comes a point in your life when you get around to calling someone your best friend. I’m not sure how this thing is decided or what the points system is but eventually it somehow happens. In my life I had my first ‘best friend’ when I was 7 and I’d…
You’re Not A Bodybuilder If You Don’t Train Legs
Ever since Instagram/Social Media encouraged narcissism, the whole “I go to the gym” thing has taken on an entirely different meaning. Health and a degree of vanity has been replaced with audience perception and bucket loads of vanity. These days, health rarely makes it to a podium finish unless it has a side effect of…
Freshly Spilled Ink Is Now On X.Com
Wow it’s all happening isn’t it. One minute this is a brand new blog and the next it’s got its own X account. By X of course I mean Twitter. Nobody really thinks of it as X, that would be just silly. Anyway, this is my X (Twitter really) profile so you can follow me…