Erm, I’ve been away. A few of my more stalwart readers noticed. I even had a few emails saying, “Erm, Jeff, why is your blog not working? Why can’t I access it? Have you given up?”
Owen Paterson, Shadow Secretary of State, told me he was disappointed that the site was down (I bumped into him at a very excellent, and very boozy, Irish Ambassador’s Press reception in London) because a post I’d written about Jonathan Caine had proved to be “very useful.” He was whisked away to give a media interview before he had time to explain what he meant. By the time he had returned I’d had too much Guinness to be interested in the answer.
Now that I’m back in the world of personal, failed politician, blog-ranting, I wasn’t sure what to say in my returning post. Blogging is a kinda public form of pixelated egomania. The people who blog are usually insecure, opinionated, troublesome, unlikeable and self obsessed. I don’t really want to be seen to be any of those things. But perhaps I’m all of them.
But I’m back. Don’t know why. Not really sure what to say in my returning post. Just to say, I’m back, s’pose.
However, I’ve changed my blog header. Thought a more comical font would do the trick to announce my return. It’s supposed to be a tad ironic as some of my posts can be a bit dark – a bit lacking in lightness and comical intent.
However, my intention is to adopt a lighter tone from now on. Take myself less seriously. I’ll try to raise a few wry smiles in this festive period.
So on that note…onwards…time to get the Chrimbo decorations down from the loft. Last year the News Letter featured me, with my dog, Beau, as a prominent local Atheist who celebrated Christmas. This year I’m not so sure. The photographer, last year, asked if I could wear a Santa hat. I said, no. So Beau ended-up with one. Although we could only find a green Elf one.
The News Letter guy wasn’t sure how well a green hat would go down with the core NL readership. But Beau didn’t seem to mind.
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