So, what am I doing here?

Hmmm, good question. Until fairly recently, I was fairly happy that my opinions mattered only to myself, and that even then I should take them with a pinch of salt - I know me better than anyone else does.

However, as I get older and meet more people, I realise that actually I probably know more things than a significant proportion of the UKs population (I'm guessing around 13.2% of them), and as such, people should listen to me. After they've listened to me, they can make a choice to consider what I've said as being useful or useless, but only after reading. Hopefully, the majority will consider it useful and may even listen to me.

The source of my wondrous and far-reaching knowledge? Friends, colleagues, the Internet, books and TV. I would add the radio, but all I hear on that are endless repeats of current popular music - music which is popularly despised and disregarded by anyone who I care to listen to.

So, I've probably set out my stall here as being a hate-filled, bile-infested bucket of slops on the floor of the abattoir of life's eternal disappointments... Not so, there are lots of things to be happy about and it is always easier to complain than compliment. Doesn't mean you should avoid complaining about things, just try and find the constructive positives in your criticism. That is the long-term aim of this post. As I, and many of my fellow world inhabitants come to learn, we can do a lot about the planet we live on and the people we share it with.

So, I will write a regular blog of things that I think require some level of discussion and hopefully you'll stick with me to see how it goes...

Mike