I have gone through a number of comic book phases in my life. Growing up, like most kids, I loved comic books. I’d read whatever I could get my hands on, from Roy of the Rovers to 2000AD to Spiderman. I’d try and draw my own comics, with varying degrees of success. And periodically that interest has resurfaced. Read the rest of this entry »
This is the first in what is likely to be a (very) occasional series of posts on bands I really should have loved before now. I like to think I have pretty Catholic tastes, but yet there a number of bands that have fallen through the cracks. Here is the first instalment in me trying to rectify that. Read the rest of this entry »
Last weekend I and fourteen friends descended upon the good city of Munich for a traditional stag/bachelor party, prior to my wedding. I would regale you with tales, but I’m not sure I’m capable of constructing a compelling narrative from fifteen men drinking monumental levels of drink. Suffice to say, I had a wonderful time. The stag/bachelor party appears to be some form of rite of passage, so it seems rather apt that I took from the weekend a number of important lessons. Read the rest of this entry »
This is where I apologise for the lack of quality, thought-out, in-depth posts this week. And this is where I acknowledge that this blog isn’t really about quality, thought-out, in-depth posts, anyway. And this is where I explain that today I am going to give you lucky readers a series of excuses, as it has been quite a week for your correspondent. Human Interest Blog Post! Just what you wanted to read, right? Read the rest of this entry »
Wait until next year 