Welcome. Writing the first post in a blog can seem quite strange, after all there is really nobody reading it yet so I'm not really writing for anyone other than myself.
The purpose of this blog, if it can be said to have a purpose, is to give me an excuse to read, research and write about some of the finer things in life, things that cheer me up or make me think. That make me smile or laugh or wonder at the universe. The things that make life worth living.
I've already made a long list of things I'd like to write about, and have started to research. I should warn you now that I'm a whiskey snob so there are bound to be some posts about whatever I'm drinking at the time. I'm a big music fan with a huge weakness for the Grateful Dead and strange cover versions of classic rock songs, but I promise not to sneak the Dead in to every post.
I love books, movies, radio plays, tv shows, magazines and comics but am only interested in either the very best, or the very worst. Anything in between, I've no time for at all. Blandness, along with double parking on Newtownards main street is about the only thing I consider to be an unforgivable sin.
As I said, I've already been searching out and reading background material on some of the things I'll be writing about, but for this first post just a mention of some of the things that have made today great.
- Blue Tit feeding frenzy when I put the fly-filled fat balls on the bird table
- Sandy Denny recorded from BBC4 last night
- Rittenhouse Rye
- Spotify Playlist - Awful Prog or Why Punk Had to happen
- Mushroom soup and wholegrain bread.
