I discovered last night that a very dear friends mum passed away last week. I don’t want to say too much about it, because it is a personal matter, but I would just like to say that she had been a presence in my life for what must have been nearly 3 decades and despite, […]

I know I am a few days behind the times but I was struggling to find a suitable thing to say, and as is often the way the best thing to do is to let someone else speak for you. The song is called ‘Overcome’ by a band called Live who I was a fan […]

While stickmaking has quickly become a passionate vocation, I’ve felt something missing for a while. Finally I allowed myself a little spare time to think it through and I reckon I am missing a more literary outlet. So, for the time being at least, I shall ressurect my writing career, but this time as more […]

Well, Sheffield is under water and for the first time probably since Hillsborough my city is the central focus of the national news. Living on the upslope of a hill we missed the worst of it and until we caught the news late in the day was actually quite enjoying the whole experience.
We had […]

 And so just like that we shall have a new PM, a new defender of the faith, a new El Presidente. I know that an unopposed coronation gives some people pause for thought but truth be told it isn’t the first time and is a natural occurence under the terms of our own little democracy. […]

It appears that regardless of the weather I am to be cursed with a streaming nose, sticky ears and sore eyes. Bloody summer. I had always assumed that hayfever sufferers only suffered on lovely sunny days but it has been pissing it down for two straight days and yet I am still sounding like some […]

Okay so the last blog died a death, but I’ve find a little spare time again so with a new look and a new ethos we shall begin again.
Enjoy.

As you may have noticed this blog thing has kind of died a death. I’m just really busy with my new business…
http://www.deadwoodsticks.co.uk

Notorious holocaust denier, historian and academic cause celebre, David Irving, hosted a press conference today after being released from prison in Austria having served 13 months for holocaust denial. Both Sky News and BBC News24 showed less than 2 minutes of it and then returned to the studio for a quick rant from a token […]

Bloody Christmas… that is all I have to say on the subject. Christmas is for the kids and I ain’t a kid no more so christmas has become a time of stress and anxiety (which is not good news for someone who suffers with stress and anxiety on good days). This time of year I […]

If you’re wondering why there hasn’t been many entries of late (and why the site hasn’t shown much movement of late) it’s because I have found a new passion / hobby / future career path. The other day I was suffering pretty bad with my back so I decided that maybe the time was right […]

The news has been full of late of news regarding the poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko, Russian spy and hated opponent of Putin. I know it’s a horrible thing to say but the first thing that I always think of is that the Russians know how to do things.You step out of line with the man […]

Now you may believe this or not, but I am now to be known as Reverend P.J. Morledge having been ordained by Saint Luke’s Evangelical Christian Ministeries. My ordination papers arrived on the 27th and I have to say it has created quite a curious feeling. I can’t exactly place it but there is something […]

It’s a little after 4 in the morning and after a little more than 4 hours sleep I’m sat downstairs with a steaming mug of coffee and a peed off frame of mind. Rachel decided to take herself off round to her friends house for a few hours (another Rachel) and for the first part […]

It’s friday morning and I find myself alone again in the house and considering the purchase of a digital dictaphone. If I’m being honest with myself I’m not sure what need I have for a digital dictaphone, beyond the fact that it’s gadgetry and I want it. As a younger me I was proud to […]

Well it has taken me a week to sort this bloody thing out. It took about three days to diagnose exactly what the problem was and then another four to work out how to fix it.
It appears that the lovely people at Awardspace.com have an extensive banned words list and if you happen to put […]

If you are reading this… then you are one of the lucky ones. When I chose my paid hosting account I knew nothing about blogs, or wordpress or MySQL databases so I just went with a name I knew. As it turns out, they didn’t offer databases or php support so I had to find […]

God it feels like ages doesn’t it, and I guess (looking at the calendar) that it has been. Hence a quick update.
Last weekend saw Joe’s 6th birthday and first proper birthday party. Very hectic and a little expensive but he seemed to really enjoy it all so worth the effort. Joe is a strange one. […]

And so the backlash begins. It was a comedic line but Colbert wasn’t far wrong when he said ‘The people have spoken, and apparently they’re tired of freedom!’. Whereas in this country a protest vote usually results in little more than a party change in some obscure Scottish by-election, the US is now stuck with […]

After a few weeks of blissful silence we were hit with another flurry of Tax Credits demands, and a couple of new addresses to add to the list of offices we are being forced to deal with. It reminded me that I hadn’t checked on the old petition for a while and having forgot the […]