• If you've found my journal, hello! Pull up a virtual chair, put your feet up, have a cup of tea (or drink of your choice). You are very very welcome!
  
  
• I was Friends-only for a while. I'm not any more, but quite a lot of my posts before about mid-2007 are still Friends-only. Generally speaking, unless I'm making posts that are really only for me (lists of things to do) or for specific friends ('phone number or "this is what I look like for when we meet up" posts), my posts tend to be public.
  
  
• That said, I compensate for being rather shy and introverted IRL by being very eager to make new friends on line. If I've Friended you, it's unlikely to be entirely random - either we share a few interests, or some mutual LJ friends, or we know each other IRL, or I've noticed you commenting in a community or on an LJ friends' post and I think you seem interesting or worth knowing. Obviously, you don't have to Friend me back, but I'd certainly appreciate it. Who wouldn't?
  
  
• If you decide to Friend me, please say "hi" by adding a comment to this post.
  
  
• I can be a bit tactless myself, but I tend to start out from a position of trying to be nice and polite to everyone. If I inadvertantly manage to offend or upset you, please bear that in mind. Likewise, if you accidentally offend or upset me, I'll be more than ready to forgive and forget ('cos life's too short, frankly). But if you're deliberately unpleasant or rude or jerk me around...well, I might take exception to that.
  
  
• There are a few things about me that you may consider it worth knowing before you decide to Friend me:
  
  
• I'm married to a wonderful lady by the name of Sarah. We've been together since October 2004 and married in September 2009. Sarah can also be found here on LJ (her user name is huntingospray. Pop over and say "hi" to her - she doesn't bite.
  
  
• We've recently (well, September 2010) moved into Hemel Hempstead in Hertfordshire. Still kind of finding our feet there, but we're happy there. We have some lovely neighbours.
  
  
• I'm bisexual. That doesn't mean that I'm sexually promiscuous or anything like that - there are a few men that I think are rather attractive, and indeed a few women that I find rather attractive, but I'm entirely monogamous and utterly faithful to Sarah. If you have a problem with me being bisexual, Friending me may not be a terribly good idea.
  
  
• I write and read slash fiction, both fanfic and original - again, if you have a problem with that, you may want to think twice about Friending me. Generally speaking, any fic I write (which is pretty infrequent, I've got to admit) is hidden underneath an LJ cut, so you don't have to read it if you don't want to. I try to tag my entries, but more of them are untagged than are tagged. That said, if you actually want to read my fiction, there is a tag for it, and also I tend to add it to my Memories. Also, I have a goal of wanting to write a novel.
  
  
• Generally, I'm pretty pro-gay rights and pro-gay marriage, and all told a bit of a liberal. Indeed, I'm fairly left-leaning politically.
  
  
• I'm also a Christian. Sarah and I have yet to properly settle at a church in Hemel, but we'll probably settle at the local Methodist church.
  
  
• Anything else you need to know about me, you can probably get from my LJ User Info.
  
  
• I'm not sure where my default Userpic came from. When I find out, I'll post a link.
  
  

Clips from Press Gang on national TV. For the first time in...however long it's been...

Seriously, did I hear Hislop say to Shatner, of the Sunday Times, "it's not ours, it belongs to Murdoch; he's American, he's one of yours"?

Cos, erm, Murdoch's Australian and Shatner's Canadian, unless I'm mistaken...

I'm sorry, but did Would I Lie To You just get very very slashy..? In a Lee Mack/David Mitchell kind of way..?

(It might always be like this - I don't normally watch it, but just have it on whilst awaiting HIGNFY...)

Does anyone know where I might find a guitar tab notation copy of Tim Bricheno's rather wonderful guitar solo from All About Eve's wonderful In the meadow. I mean, it's slightly academic as I can't actually read guitar tab (yet) and all I've got is a clapped-out acoustic, but heh, I fancy the challenge...

Am wondering vaguely what a "Super PAC" is.

And if a Super PAC mates with Superman, is the result a Super Pacman?

<insert groan of your choice here>

...feeling vaguely happy.

It helps that not only is next weekend our getting-away-from-it-all holiday in Swanage, but this weekend we're off to Coventry for WriterCon UK, which seems from what I can gather to be a fairly relaxed small-scale sort of a "do", and a chance to meet up with a couple of friends and hopefully make some new ones.

My depression's lifted, Sarah's back seems to be better touch wood, and on the whole life is good.

Anybody want to join me for this? I've got three spare tickets, it's at Broadcasting House on 13th June (which I think is a Wednesday), probably need to be there by about 5:30pm to guarantee getting in. Anyone as is interested let me know. First come first served.

Feeling a bit cooped up, in need of a leg-stretch and some sea air.

So - at very very short notice - Sarah and I have booked ourself the bank holiday weekend away, at Swanage. Looking forward to that immensely.

On the negative side, it does mean that sadly, the proposed open house at our place won't be happening that weekend. But anyone who knows our number and want to pop in is welcome to give us a shout pretty much any other weekend.

Also, am giving lots and lots of thought to going to the Pride London parade (on 7th July) and Bourne Free (the following weekend).

Also, the Home Office is inviting folks to contribute to its online Equal civil marriage consultation. Feel free to go along and participate. There is a form to fill in with all sorts of "yes" and "no" questions and the occasional comments box. Can be found here. Doesn't take long.

One colleague (male) to another (female): Fancy a bite of my baguette? [proffering said baguette]

o_O

I'm trying to work out a way of interpreting that that doesn't involve some heavy duty innuendo...