Well look who it is..

Go on, just look..

I know, I know. Privacy blah blah. I was still excited. And so should you have been. So you should have been? So should.. So you..

And so you ARE!

overandout looking for a google van..

Of mice and mice

When did free speech become the excuse for behaving like an idiot? I'm all for freedom of speech, but I don't think using it to be petty is exactly a noble use of the privilege.

You can just imagine what those in oppressive regimes make of people who use their freedom of speech to call people 'low-grade bank clerks'.

I mean really..

I've tried to articulate a thought I have quite frequently on here for a while but never got it down satisfactorily. It boils down to a 'great power/great responsibility' type thing; essentially yes we have freedom of speech, but just because we can say something doesn't mean we should. It seems that in our great media age this would probably be lost on a lot of people.

I usually have a lot more than that swirling in my mind tank but I think it's too transient to nail down. As is usually the case I end up writing myself in circles and not posting.

So be glad that I got some of it out at least.

I'm a little further along in my plans post-26 March, but it remains to be seen what timeframe we're looking at here.

Have a nice weekend y'all..

End of an Era / Decisions, Decisions

Don't worry faithful chum(p)s, I'm not kicking the blogging habit. Nothing like that.

However, those good people at Blogger/Google have informed me that as of 26 March I will no longer be able to post my blog via FTP from Blogger. This isn't an unreasonable diktat. It's a fair decision. I'm told that less than .5% of active blogs on Blogger publish via FTP to their own hosting.

But it does mean the following:

• I need to decide whether to continue with Blogger
• Whatever I do I will need to rehack my blog to pieces to make it work again
• Updates may well disappear from March 26 until when I get my arse in gear to sort it out

The simplest solution would be to stick with Blogger, but I would lose the ability to customise my template with PHP additions etc which I do so love to do. I've been wondering for a while about the possibility of moving to a different blogging solution which I have complete control of so mayhap this is a good chance to do so. Although this will mean trying to find a way to transfer all the posts.

Or perhaps this is time to archive All In A Day's Work and start something new..

Whatever I choose, things will never be the same..

Not that they ever are anyway.

Since you don't normally come here for me to bore you to tears (HAHAHA) with this type of carp I will also let you know that I have started writing some songs for a potential solo EP(s). Oh gosh. Strangeday will still be feeling my love, but I'd like to try something a little different alongside that. Knowing as you all do my high capacity and dedication to things like this, I think we can expect the results of this project sometime in 2020.

Have a good rest of the week.

overandout..

on memories

It always surprises me to learn that a memory I would have placed good money on being true turns out to have happened differently or not happened at all..

It seems the mind is a strange beast, if beast it be.


(A thought I had and didn't post on 29/11/08 at 10:24)

Obligatory Mountain Shot

Taken whilst skiing the 'fat one'. So you know.

for shame

Hello..

I had a nice holly day. Thanks for asking. I skied the Fat One. I didn't break anything. Apart from a ski pole. But that's progress.

I realise I hadn't actually mentioned the holly day yet, but you should be careful with your informations in the Real World.

I'm not one for getting p'littycal very often, but I was listening to the radio this morning and the announcer casually breezed over the fact that an ex-News of the World editor is the Communications Director for the Conservative party. Yes yes I know this is old old old news. I think I missed that one. But it's the kind of statement ("..who is now Communications Director for..") which should at least be made with a rhetorical raised eyebrow. Isn't it?

In other trivial news I'm loving putting my whole music collection on random at the moment. How else would you have Rage Against the Machine followed by Simon and Garfunkel? Delightful..

I'm out.

In Four Minutes Part 2

My my my

In Four Minutes Part 1

My my

I forget which..

It's almost February. I guess you didn't need to come here to hear that. It's self-evident. Actually, it's not self-evident. But it's fairly well known.

Just trying to think of stuffs that I have been up to so far in the new year. Here's a little listy:

• North Kent Bands Vs South Kent Bands foop-ball - lost
• Staff foop-ball - lost
• Open Mic with the most hokey set up to date. We're talking serious last minute bodging here. We managed to stop short of actually butchering cables to make it work.
• Covers gigs woohoo (although I already mentioned those)
• Shaunfest (with Shaunfest II - The Legacy of the Perfect Balance pencilled in for tomorrow)
• GOD OF WAR
• Organising our calendars oh my

Then this weekend it is the turn of the Boy to have his birthday shennanigans. Good skills.

I should think that's your lot.

Time to go.

It's the taste

So to speak..

I had a Peter Gabriel day. Musically speaking. It was damn good.

I forget why I'm here. Perhaps I left my keys somewhere?

I stared off in the distance for a while and then I realised that I have to put on some pasta.

Still.

I think this is still probably one of my better posts.

overandout..