Over And Over

by | Apr 22, 2019 | 0 comments

Something I see lots and lots, online and off, is poor writing. Many will argue that it doesn’t matter. Others will say language is always evolving, and they’re right. Ignoring poor grammar and misspellings, what I think is more important is the ability to...

Going Up The Country

by | Apr 21, 2019 | 0 comments

A brief but important inted lesson for kids should involve teaching them how to search for and book train tickets and flights. Some questions to answer: Which are the best/most popular sites to search for flights, and why? What do those companies gain by offering that...

The Pretender

by | Apr 20, 2019 | 0 comments

Yesterday I wrote that I once ran a blog called ForShianaAndMischa.com, a resource for my daughters. I stopped working on it and gave up ownership of that domain a while ago, and revisited it yesterday for the first time in ages. What’s there baffles me: a...

You To Me Are Everything

by | Apr 19, 2019 | 0 comments

I love being a dad: telling terrible jokes, teaching Shiana and Mischa, my daughters, the history of Watford FC, and trying my best to set them up to live happy, healthy lives. They are the reason why I write books, why I blog and why I tie autobiographical stories to...

Private Life

by | Apr 18, 2019 | 0 comments

On a podcast I listened to a few months ago I heard a line that struck a chord: People connect with stories they see themselves in. That’s handy, I thought. I’ve got a few stories, a lot of them about things that other people might see themselves in. They’re often...