I enjoy writing. In my career I have written a lot: Proposals; Training Guides; Management Reports; Funding Applications.... For fun, I really enjoy writing my blog, but I am also a bit of a frustrated fiction writer. I would love to write a novel one day. I've had a few attempts at writing and have produced a...

Thanks to Alex for this blogging prompt, here's my own favourite reading genre. What is your favourite genre?It has to be Crime/Detective Fiction. It's a massive genre; very populous and busy with authors vying for attention. I love reading new, independent authors rather than the main-stream churn. I'd never pick...

One Mother available for short term use; may considering selling her. Comes with interchangeable models: demure or cantankerous.

It often feels like I spend most of my writing time using a keyboard, but I also have a fondness for nice pens, and an obsession with notebooks. My day-to-day pen is a black-ink gel Japanese Muji 0.5mm. However, if I want to savour the writing moment I always select a fountain pen. I have a few to choose from but I...

Ah, I love it when I make a nice cup of tea.

As a young teen I was introduced to deodorant as part of my daily routine. I can't honestly recall how, but I suspect it was mostly via peer conversations and TV adverts. I certainly don't remember my parents telling me anything. Since then it's been a routine in the morning. Get up, shave, shower, and spray on my...

After trying Qobuz, I've decided to ditch that and I am testing Deezer.

For the last few months I've been reading and researching streaming music services. I'm keen to find a service that pays a fair (or fairer) price to artists. It's not an easy task as most of the providers don't publish much data. The articles I've read, written independently, are making a number of general...

For the last few months I've been reading and researching streaming music services. I'm keen to find a service that pays a fair (or fairer) price to artists. It's not an easy task as most of the providers don't publish much data. The articles I've read, written independently, are making a number of general...

Why is the vacuum cleaner cable never quite long enough!?

So here I am, with 250 blog posts under my belt. I have been blogging for many years, but these are the posts since I started the current incarnation of ForkingMad in January 2024. My first post committed me to a variety of themes, and I think that still stands. I have expanded my topic reach, and there's a lot of...

I thought I'd continue my series on 'insights into my head'. I've covered a few themes, so here's a new one: Website Groans. I appreciate everyone is different, and that is what makes us unique and the world interesting, but here are my views: Website 'put me offs'There are certain features of a website that will...