Tickling my son, chasing my son, generally just being silly with my son, illicits his laugh and my heart swells with joy and love. The back and forth banter between my wife and I. Pronouncing bagel BAHgel. Mash Potato. Coffee at the perfect temperature, not too hot to scald, but hot enough to feel going down....

A song that reminds you of a particular friend. I’ve known this person since I was 15. I met her through a mutual friend. We are still friends today and have been through the full gamut of life experiences. Ohh and for a while we were married. Louise and I met as teenagers, married at 21, and have now been divorced...

A song that reminds you of one of your favorite places. I had been there many years ago, I think. My childhood was largely built around parks and gardens, walks in forests and shopping centres. I always loved being outdoors. So I presume I’d been to this place before Becca took me there. It fit the bill, country...

High profile bloggers return to X. A new CEO, a different algorithm, and a whining “but it’s where the action is?”. So it’s ok to be in the platform run by a sociopathic Nazi as long as you aren’t SEEING the right wing hatred? Have I got that right? And hey all the interesting stuff is there anyway, so what’s the...

I do not believe in god, and while I’ll concede there are some aspects to organised religion that can do good, on the whole I don’t think religion is a good thing. I’ve felt this way for a long time now, and when I’ve mentioned my non-belief to believers in the past, the discussion usually ends up at a similar...

What song makes you feel like you’re in a dream? I can’t help it. I think ‘dream’ and my brain leaps to ‘dream scene from a movie’. How do YOUR dreams play out when you try and relive them, try and capture them? For a while I tried to keep a dream journal but after just a few weeks I gave up. All I had was some...

A weekly recap of the articles and posts I’ve read that I think are worth your time. GitHub – Myraas/BetterGreenButton: A tiny macOS menu-bar utility that makes the green window button maximize instead of fullscreen · GitHub — A tiny macOS menu-bar utility that makes the green window button maximize instead of...

If today were a genre, what would it be? Pick a matching song. It’s a birthday weekend! Today we have Jacks’ party, and tomorrow we have his cousins party. To say Jack is excited for his party is an understatement, we’ve just got to try and keep him calm adjacent until this afternoon! “Get The Party Started” by...

Every month, on the 9th of the month, I write him a letter. Sometimes it’s only a few paragraphs, sometimes I find myself realising something about his character that I recognise in me and write about how that played out through my life. Mostly I just write about what has happened in the previous month, and how well...

So this is a little unprecedented. I wrote this post and sent it on to Ben as a heads-up. I’ve included a summary of his excellent, well-reasoned reply and have to agree with all his points. And for the eagle-eyed, you may have noticed that he’s already made a change, with the Random view moved to the top of the...

What’s a remix or cover you like more than the original? Heck what a question! Fires up his playlist of Cover versions… well, let’s see. Lianne La Havas version of Weird Fishes is a wonderful reimagining in a trip hop style with her smooth soaring vocals over it. Glorious. Ben L’Oncle Soul covers Seven Nation Army...

What’s a hidden gem or underrated song you love? I think it was a recommendation from a website that took me to this artist. Describe as emo meets alt-country, I loved their sound, and especially (as you’ll have noted already, Dear Reader) the lyrics. I saw them live twice in two different, very small, venues in...