So, here we go

I've been drawn into the habit of reading and commenting on other's blogs. Now I think it's only fair to let people get back at me. Quid pro quo. Sauce for the goose. After all, it's only fair. Please bear with me, because I'm a newbie, and all the bells and whistles might not work. I do believe in courtesy, tolerance and the politeness that my grandmothers expected from me.

So, who am I? Indeed what am I? I'm a befuddled, slightly world worn and weary man who's been through umpteen mid-life crises since my teens and yet managed (I hope) to preserve my ideals, ethos and sense of humour. Humour is important to me. It's part of what makes us all human. And apologies to all the non-humans out there on the blogosphere who are now worried that I think they might not have their own equally well-developed sense of the absurd.


I'm also lucky. I have good friends, wonderful family and a whole host of creature comforts. Many, most do not. I have a soft, liberal, soul with an overactive Catholic conscience. I believe the state of the world deserves serious consideration. I believe in human frailty, and I like a pint.