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Goodbye Blogger, Hello WordPress

This is my first WordPress blog post.  Doesn't it look nice? I've spent the last few days migrating my blog from Blogger to WordPress and making my new hi-res des-res look presentable.  No doubt I'll be tweaking it relentlessly over the next few days.   The blog, that is.  Have to make sure the place looks tidy - you never know, I might get some surprise visitors. Moving home is supposed to be one of life's more traumatic life-changing events, so I'd like to take this opportunity to thank my good friend Pete Ashton for helping to make this such a [...]

(Nothing But) Flowers

Last December I was driving past the former Matthew Boulton College building on Sherlock Street in Birmingham as it was being demolished. Clare was in the passenger seat, but seeing as though neither of us were former students at the place and it wasn't an old cinema it failed to elicit any kind of emotional response worth mentioning.A few weeks later we drove past it again. All that was left of the college was a big pile of rubble, but that didn't particularly bother me, either. Civil engineering was never my strong suit, but the one thing I do know [...]

The Citroën Dali

"Pablo Picasso was never called an asshole"- The Modern LoversLast Thursday evening we were driving home from Wales. Clare was sitting beside me and the kids had fallen asleep on the back seat. The two grown-ups were about to have a proper grown-up conversation when a jet black Citroën Xsara Picasso overtook us somewhat aggressively. The grown-up conversation was put on hold. "The Citroën Picasso," I snarled with mild indignation. "What do you think old Pablo would have made of that?""I wouldn't know," said Clare. "Why don't you tell me. I can see you're itching to."So I did:"I think he [...]

Nathan Fillion is the Green Lantern

Well, no, he isn't really - and he probably won't be, either - but we all know in our hearts that he should be. Here's a rather clever fan-made trailer from someone who agrees...

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