Hello all

After threatening to do so for some time, I've finally got round to setting up a blog.

Why bother, may you ask? Well, there are a number of reasons.

First and foremost, given everything that's going on the world, one needs a place to vent their spleen from time to time. Where better than on the Internet, where you can reach anyone with access to a computer and at least 50% of a brain.

Secondly, I would like to think that anyone with something worthwhile to say would eventually do the same. Control of traditional media has become centralised globally in the hands of a few arch-conservative moguls and as a result, it is now worthless as a forum for sharing ideas or challenging misbehaving governments or corporations. I believe people are disgusted by this and in time, other forms of media will invariably arise which are more representative of public opinion and which will report the truth instead of being beholden to a few powerful vested interests. There are signs that the Internet is already making inroads into traditional media, which is greatly encouraging.

Thirdly, someone said Facebook would we good for this sort of thing, so in good faith I went and set up a site. I quickly realised that Facebook is unadulterated pap. I needed to make amends. Fast. So, here is the blog. I hope you enjoy it.

Having a relatively demanding job, a house that seems to always need work and two school age children, posts will by necessity be sporadic and possibly, infrequent. However, when writing, I will try and cover a broad range of topics which I hope will be of general interest. Other posts (such as a eulogy for Fraser Gehrig) will be purely self-indulgent. Nonetheless I will strive to be entertaining, and where appropriate, controversial and puerile.

Blog on, or blog off.