The amount of choice available to a non-techy Wordpress user (themes, plugins etc) can leave you a bit bewildered. I’m not clueless when it comes to these things but I have been enjoying the speed and ease of posting to micro.blog more in the last month.


I don’t know many poems by heart but I think I could recite This Be The Verse by Philip Larkin. The first line is one of the most famous in poetry but probably not suitable for family occasions. It’s forthright and pessimistic and easily searchable.


I’m finding it difficult to motivate my mind, wrist, and fingers to come up with an idea for Microblogvember (supplemental) today. Better luck tomorrow.


A knock-on effect of doing these little daily things is that I feel the need to keep going and so I’ve enrolled for an iPad art class at Sketchbook Skool. I use about 5% of the power of Procreate so I’m looking forward to learning more.


I’m never satisfied with panoramic photos with people in them. Unless you can get all of those people to stay very still they tend to end up looking very strange and distorted. Landscapes are fine but then I don’t think panoramic mode is really meant for anything else.


December is going to be marred in the UK due to one of the most horrible election campaigns in living memory. I’ll be voting, of course, but music and carousing are going to be very important to keep the spirits up.


It’s coming to the end of Microblogvember. I still have the extra six days to complete due to my late start though. I’ve really enjoyed doing it and plan to integrate it into every day and month going forward. Many thanks to @macgenie for the daily inspiration.


“Take me to the fantastic place
Keep the rest of my life away”

A highlight of the recent Marillion shows.

song.link/gb/i/1328… 🎵


The history of Monopoly, the property trading game, is much more interesting than the game itself. This is the sort of thing you learn while idly clicking through Wikipedia.


The British political system is antiquated and needs reform but I’m very happy that no mega rich person can decide to run for prime minister just because they feel like it.


I paid for a discounted subscription to Inoreader but I’m already regretting the decision. I much prefer the simplicity of Feedbin. It’s good to mix things up now and again but it didn’t work out this time.


A long-standing printer problem was fixed today. I’m still secure in my role as home IT champion.


I’m sure someone famous said it better but I think the world would be a lot nicer if people enjoyed their own company a wee bit more.


I’ll be the one with the woebegone look if I can’t find a way to fit woebegone into a post. It’s an archaic word and probably sits better within the confines of a poem rather than everyday speech. The sort of word that sits alongside “methinks”.


You don’t notice the background hum of household appliances until it’s no longer there. There was a short power cut in the morning recently and the sudden silence just about jolted me awake.


It’s getting to the time of the year when I start thinking how nice hibernation could be. Like finding a warmish hollow somewhere and staying there till March. I can dream.


I used to be in a pub quiz team that continually came in second place. We changed our team name to The Runners Up and started winning. “And tonight’s winners are…”


I think there are perfectly rational reasons for wanting to avoid all news media but it’s important not to let your concern with the bigger world abate. There should be some kind of balance. #mbnov


I’ve managed to build up quite a bit of annual leave so guess who has nearly all of December absolutely free. I like to keep a lot of days free for this period because the weather usually takes a bad turn and I’m lucky to be in a position where I can take them all at once.


Microblogvember has been a superb lure to get me posting everyday to my microblog. Whether the posts are worth reading or not is up to somebody else but I’m really enjoying it anyway. It’s starting to feel like a real habit.