About me

Over the last 30 years I've dabbled in cartooning, screenwriting/film, written and illustrated greeting cards, been an accountant, a teacher and published a few children's book (ages 7-12). I mostly now spend my spare time writing and playing music.

This blog is pretty much now done but I keep it here for nostalgic purposes.

I'm putting some of my old work here, partly because I hate having things that I've done stuck in drawers gathering dust. I also want my kids to get a better idea of who their Dad is/was. My own Dad lived a long time but I can't say I truly ever knew him. He was a loving man but very much a closed book.

This blog was part of a journey into a whole lot of Stuff that I'd been trying to figure out. The thing is, as time goes on and you get older your interests and priorities change. Maybe I've learnt something along the way ... like Fido here ...

My biggest interests, aside from Stuff, used to be film and writing, but it's now firmly music. Probably it always has been but for whatever dumb reason I never pursued it. I wish I had. I've always loved it and I wish I had not listened to all the doubters and just pursued my passion. 

Maybe that's what I've learned (much too late for my liking) - Pursue what matters most to you. No one is going to just hand it to you - you need to put in the effort. One note on my previous statement: don't be creepy about it.  I may well want to pursue Charlize Theron but I'm not going to do that - some things are just impossible. 

I hope you get something out of my Journey into Stuff. Most of this was written some time ago and life has moved on but, who knows ... my most popular post, "Most accurate depiction of future human civilization" seems even more relevant today.

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