"Dad, I Want a Blog"

That is how my day started. I woke my son up at 7.30 this morning and instead of "Morning, Dad," I got, "Dad I want a blog."

He sees me blogging a lot and has asked me what blogging is all about. Though I don't let him read mine. I won't even share the URLs. He's too young yet and my language can be pretty appalling at times. But he does know that I blog and I show him some child friendly blogs at times.

But is blogging for children? Well... why not? I think I'm gonna let him do it. There will be gruond rules, however:-

- Blog will be set up on my email address so any blog contact or comments will be seen by me before getting through to my son or going live on the site.

- He will not be permitted to post his real life location except to say more than his city and won't be allowed to post his real name. Certainly, there'll be no talk of which school he goes to etc.

Other than that I am quite happy for him to have a free reign over it. Call me a little paranoid perhaps - but I would rather play it safe when it comes to my boy online!

An Old One....

Speak not the words of wisdom
For true knowledge comes in death.

Speak not the words of romance,
For this heart's true love has left.

Speak not the words of God
For it's the source of too much war.

Speak not the words of anger,
We cannot fight anymore.

Speak instead in humble tones,
Of here, of now, today.

Speak the words of gratitude,
So not to scare away

The finer things you have in life,
Your children, husband, siblings, wife...

Speak as though those very words,
Will be your very last.

That Friday Feelin'.... on Thursday :(

So, I have been full of the joys of spring this morning, enjoying THAT FRIDAY FEELING! I've been planning my tomorrow morning as a nice lazy one with Andrik and Chloe followed by a long walk with the dogs.

One minor problem.

It's Thursday.

I have been completely convinced for the last three hours tha it's Friday, only for my iPhone's calendar to piss all over my spangly parade.

Bastards.

I do now hold Steve Jobs personally responsible for the fact that it is not yet the weekend.

On the plus side, Bank Holiday here this weekend!! Woot-woot! That means a long weekend. So I just have to make it tomorrow afternoon then I can down my work until Tuesday!

Happy Bank holiday Britain!

Second Life Question....

An interesting question posed by Dannah on Real Life 2.0 this week (I have, of course, responded with my answer).

"What was your most magic Second Life moment?"

Get involved and leave a comment with yours!!

http://www.reallife20.net

Everyone Wants In...

Have you ever noticed that whenever something good happens for you or to you or even about you, everyone wants to take credit. But of course, the same people want nothing to do with it when it's bad.

An example. My friend's daughter is 14. He was only 16 when he got his girlfriend of the time pregnant and had nothing to do with her when she was a tot. Instead he finished school, went to uni and now, years later, wants to play the doting Dad.

His Daughter recently won an accolade in German. Suddenly, "I speak German to her sometimes, you know. I help her out."

However, rewind 6 months when she was in trouble at school and it was, "Bloody hell. It's her Mother that. Nothing to do with me, I've hardly seen the kid."

Exes do it too. They attribute positive changes in your attitude to something about them. But any anxiety they caused that maybe made you angry or aloof for some time, well of course that was 'your issue.' But, by the laws of formers, anything good was absolutely their doing.

People and woodwork. They're superb at crawling out of it for credit when there's something up for grabs!!

Me? I take no credit for any changes that happen to my exes (unless I personally deliver a winning lottery ticket or something) and by the same token expect no blame laid on me for any negative changes post r/ship!

Et voila. Simple.

She...

She brought out the man in me,
The man who truly wants to be,
A better soul
Rounded, whole.
Committed to another.

She scared off the part of me,
That feared the possibility,
Of losing one
So close to me,
Too much to take another.


She brought out the part of me
Who seeks to love and seeks to be
A Boyfriend or
Husband... maybe.
For life, beside another.

Just You

Bad day, good day,
Happy, sad,
Cheery, chirpy,
Angry, Mad.

I don't care.

Singing, dancing,
Sitting still.
Walking, reading,
Seeking thrills.

I don't care.

Parties, nightclubs,
Stay in nights,
Quiet and shy
Or name in lights.

I don't care.

Wanting you,
Just as you are,
In any mood,
On any day,
I want my you
In any way.