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A Suitable Blog
21 June, 2016Dan writes the 594,000th (surviving) word in his blog, making it longer than virtually every novel, and reveals that...
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Ice and Lemon
22 April, 2014Recently, Dan read a book about an alternate-universe version of himself, authored by somebody who very-nearly shares his father's...
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Surprises, e.g. a Brother-in-Law
18 March, 2014While on the way to a stag night in Edinburgh, Dan stops to perform magic in Preston and is...
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“Uncle Dan”
14 January, 2014Dan reflects briefly on the birth of "tiny", and the crazy week that's come since, along with some adorable...
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The Family Vlog
24 August, 2013Dan introduces his sister's weekly vlog, and his own review vlog (reviewing his sister's weekly vlog), along with playlist...
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Second Time Lucky
8 July, 2013Ruth's pregnant! That's all, really, but you can click through to the blog post for a little more information,...
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Days Like Weeks
21 November, 2012Dan keeps himself busy with the latest Three Rings release, the Three Rings 10th Birthday Conference, a counselling exam,...
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A Broken Oath
4 November, 2012You wouldn't have thought it possible to incorrectly witness an oath or affirmation, would you? But somehow, a solicitor...
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4 Things You Should Do When Writing A Will (Which My Dad Didn’t)
31 August, 2012While acting as executor for his father's estate, there have been four particular problems with Dan's dad's Will that...
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A Bus Called Peter
28 August, 2012Dan attends a ceremony to name a bus after his father, who died earlier this year, and surprises everybody...
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The Coroner’s Inquest
26 July, 2012Dan provides reflections on his trip to Kendal for the coroner's inquest on his father's death, five months after...
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Living In The Future
9 July, 2012Google+ Hangouts makes multi-user video conferencing so easy that even Dan's mother can do it. It's like living in...
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Signs Seen in Service Stations
23 May, 2012After a few motorway service station visits, Dan wonders how to drink alcohol in a parallel dimension, and whether...
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Worst Weekend Of Cinema – Part 2
15 May, 2012In another bad cinema experience, Dan ends up watching the truly dreadful Piranha 3DD.
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Top of the World
16 April, 2012This weekend, Dan's father finally made it to the North Pole, as part of his charity trek, albeit in...
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Personal Effects
11 April, 2012Dan's been working on sorting out his late father's estate and his personal effects. Some people have been helpful;...
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Ashes to Ashes (The Funeral of Peter Huntley)
4 March, 2012Dan's dad's funeral was this Friday. Here, he provides photos, videos, and a write-up of what turned out to...
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Little Things
1 March, 2012A little under a fortnight after the death of his father, Dan explains how it's the little things, and...
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New Computer #2 – Dana
27 January, 2012Dana is the second of the two new computers Dan's acquired this month. She's tiny, reasonably-powerful, and uses almost...
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Northern Radio
17 January, 2012While standing in the shower and listening to a local radio station, in Lancashire, Dan considers the impact of...
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Five Beds
4 January, 2012During his Christmas and New Year tour of the UK, Dan is offered the chance to sleep on no...
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To The North Pole!
27 December, 2011In April 2012, Dan's dad will walk to the North Pole. Dan shares a few words of encouragement, and...
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Instead Of Blogging…
1 August, 2011In a declaration of 'blog bankruptcy', Dan lists all of the topics that he'd hoped to have blogged about...
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Who’s Your Daddy?
16 May, 2011Days before he and the other Earthlings move out of Old Earth forever, Dan finally gets to have a...
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Well-Wishes
6 May, 2011Dan says thanks to everybody who, upon hearing about his dad's injury, passed on their "get well soon" wishes.
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Well That’s Confusing
28 July, 2010My dad… is in Aberystwyth. And I’m not. That’s a little unusual. He’s mid-way through a cycle tour of...
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Busy Weekends Part II
21 July, 2010Following up on my post about the weekend before the weekend before last – here’s what I got up...
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Busy Weekends Part I
20 July, 2010The weekend before the weekend before last, Ruth, JTA and I went up to Preston, for: My Sister’s Birthday...
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Alice Cooper, Richard & Kathryn’s Wedding, Etc.
10 December, 2009A very brief summary of some of the things I got up to last weekend with Ruth: Nottingham Alice...
