new fangled technology

Being one who is almost virginal when it comes to blogs, I realise I am not the first to discover that the format is an entirely new genre of lit-ra-chure (in the words of Alan Bennett). I could purport to have effortlessly slipped into the blogger's mindset and raison d'etre by pontificating on my most recent intellectual epiphanies, punctuating these frequently with oh-so-cringeworthy foreign cliches and ideas-too-complicated-for-poor-me-to-express-in-one-word-so-I'm-going-to-cop-out-and-just-link-roughly-the-right-words-with-hyphens.

Or I could honestly say that the magic of the modern world is both boundless and wonderfully heartening. I have also just become acquainted with the procrastination entity that is facebook. Though these new findings will likely take away much of my formerly private, productive time but now I do have the real privilege of discovering in much greater detail the ins and outs of lives I thought were either going to be lost in the mists of time to me, or at least would only reveal themselves to me at infrequent intervals. Probably where the bulk of conversation in a chance meeting in Hyde Park or Queen Street would be unsatisfying pap about one's current residence and recent changes in the weather. The blog - moving beyond small talk! Or magnifying it in a way never believed possible.

This experience probably raised its head some years ago for those of you reading this. I'm clearly a little old fashioned.

For a champion who manages to motivate, entertain and soothe all whilst looking damn sharp without any perceived effort, your quarter century reminds me how much more enjoyment is to come!

Happy birthday Nick!