During the first lockdown, with a lot of free time on my hands, I took advantage of free or reduced online training from several providers and did some online marketing courses with providers who use the free course as a…
Music and Genres (part 3)
After coming back from France in 1990 to finish off my degree in Coventry, I got back into the gig going scene again, watching a variety of bands at the Poly, locally, in Birmingham and a bit further away. There…
Dating in 2020 (part 4)
Having been on online dating sites for a while, I have got to see a lot of different profiles and I have played around with what my profiles look like a lot. There are various differing schools of thought about…
Newhaven
Back at the tail end of my teenage years I managed to escape from a town that I found small and limiting. Those of us who had get up and go, got up and went. Since then I have moved…
Dating in 2020 (part 3)
As I have mentioned before, I have used dating sites on and off for most of this century. I tried most of the mainstream sites at one point or another but after a bit of experience with them, I realised…
Music and Genres (part 2)
In the 80s a lot was happening musically. The effects of punk were widespread and mutated into many different new genres and also had an effect on the heavy metal scene. Bands like Motorhead and Iron Maiden from the late…
Dating in 2020 (part 2)
OK, since my last post about dating I set up accounts again on Tinder, Bumble, OKCupid and Veggly. From all of those I got a Tinder date with someone a few years older than me. It was a strange one,…
Music and Genres, Part 1
For as long as I can remember I have been aware of differences between different types of music. When I was younger I heard music my mum listened to on the radio and in my dad’s collection. I was also…
Going Vegan
I’m a dietary vegan. I don’t eat animal products and try to avoid them in other areas of my life. There are several reasons why people go vegan. The first that most people think of when thinking about vegans is…
Dating in 2020
As my about page says, I am single and looking. Depending on how I feel or what happens, that may to change to nothing, single not looking or in a relationship. I split up from my last long-term girlfriend in…