In the first of a new series of blog posts, I recall my early days and the circumstances that gave me a passion for radio — beginning with the pirate stations of the 1960s … On Monday the 14th of August 1967, at just after three o’clock in the afternoon, I sat alone in my [...]
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Purposeful Blogging Meme
What’s blogging all about? Why do we, who do it, do it? What are the strange attractors involved? Mel Kaye, the originator of this meme, came up with a number of reasons (and created a rather pleasing acronym in the process): Therapeutic –- satisfies the need to share experiences Improvement -– a channel by which [...]
Eight Random Facts About Me
Nina, The Alien Next Door, tagged me with an Eight Random Facts meme the other day (8th September). It’s had me thinking hard ever since! Why’s it so difficult to come up with just eight — hopefully interesting — facts about myself, considering I’ve been around for 52 years? Surely I must’ve achieved something noteworthy [...]
Meme: The Nice Award
Another award comes my way, courtesy of Nina Munteanu, The Alien Next Door: The Nice Award. My English teacher at school always advised that using “nice” in written work should be avoided at all costs because it indicated a lazy mind. But we all do it — and certainly in our everyday conversations. Ask Google [...]
What’s In A Name?
My good blogging pal Nina, The Alien Next Door, tagged me a few days ago with this: What’s In A Name? Find your Name Sake. The rules are simple, folks: 1) Go to http://www.google.com/ 2) Click on Google images 3) Type in your name and search 4) Repost (w/ a link) the picture of the [...]
Tagged With Music
Now here’s something that’s exercised my poor old brainbuds for a few days: my good blogger friend meeyauw tagged me with a meme. Here’s how it works: Name between five and ten songs that have made an impact on your life. I’ll leave it up to you to decide how many you wish to describe. [...]
