About me….

Hi, I’m steve. For reasons I can’t quite remember, I once wrote a piece of rhyming doggerel on a thread about religion and atheism on the CiF blogs on the Grauniad. Despite my being a devout atheist, that piece had a mind of its own, making just as much fun of the atheists as the theists.

It snowballed.

I found myself writing all sorts of inappropriate doggerel on CiF and the GU books blog, much to the annoyance of many commenters and bloggers. I also put some bits on some more friendly blogs (and don’t worry guys – I’ll put in some links to your blogs, just as soon as I get the hang of this blog software. I do value the platform you allowed me.)

Long ago, I used to be involved in medical research. Eventually, I became fed up with that, and quit to set up a plant business. Unfortunately, that never materialised; once we’d got to the stage where our own garden and plant-raising set-up was ready, I became ill, and now the physical work is an impossibility for me. We’re left with an overgrown garden, where you never know what weird and wonderful rarety will bloom through the nettles and brambles. The wildlife loves it….ten years ago, we’d have run out to chase off the deer; last week, one came up within ten yards of the house, and we watched in silence….if she chews something valuable, something grown from seed from one of the collecting expeditions I once subscribed to, it no longer matters….we just take photos now….

Hence I spend a lot of hours messing around on the computer, trying to find obscure rhymes, and playing lots of Freecell (my best streak is 1086 wins….boy, is that a definition of sad….)

Feel free to leave a comment, even if you think the doggerel’s awful….my wife hates it, but she still talks to me….