Badger's place
Okay, so get the eye rolling out of the way, yes, I know another fat middle aged man got fit during lockdown. Well tough, this is my journal/blog thing and I want to write about it. Way back in 2020, a friend contacted me about a new learn to run course being held at the Continue reading Yet another bloody inspirational running man journey. Pt 1
Back in October, (yes, yes I know that I haven t written anything for that long, life gets in the way) I wrote about finally getting to knit the sweater of my dreams Nagano by Dale of Norway, it was a big deal for me, and the problem was that after years of searching for Continue reading Here be Dragons (again)
I have a real problem with dragons. Truth is I ve always had a problem with them in that despite my age I still love dragons. It is a silly interest, probably a hangover from my obsession with Ann McCafferys PERN books back when I was a preteen (lets not pretend it ended there, I still Continue reading Here be Dragons
This weekend while pottering in the garden (not really that cute, I was clearing up a downed tree from hurricane Fiona) I listened to You re dead to me on BBC Sounds, the discussion that episode was Agatha Christie and I had a moment of revelation that, being precocious brat that I was back then, I Continue reading The Queen of Crime and my reading addiction
I ve been playing with an AI image generator (yes like everyone, yes I know it isn t art). I wanted to generate an representative image for my Mastodon profile, so I fed in some text and I wasn t disappointed. I then got a bit silly, this shit is addictive. I completely understand why graphic artists are Continue reading On the subject of badgers
I did it, I did it twice in fact, but so far this year I have managed to run every day. I had made an out loud declaration that I would hit my step target every day this year, well this month of January at least and see how I go from there (so far Continue reading 5K
I ve never really been a new years resolutions kind of boy, and yes, I know that I ve made half arsed attempts at great self improvement promises to myself, but any changes I ve ever made to my life or lifestyle have been incremental and never as a result of grandiose statements made in the haze of Continue reading Hello 2023
After making my husband his Mastodon, I decided that of course I should make myself a Badger. Ravelry has been my go to knitting pattern source for years, but I ve never bothered much with crochet because I was a snob about the way crochet fabric looked. I ve evolved on that and have come to appreciate Continue reading Making badgers
Making things is my thing.I m very much hooked on knitting, but I taught myself to crochet a few years ago and it s something that I can take or leave, it s fiddly and I don t care much for how crochet fabric looks in garments. But, it s amazing for making toys and bags and things like that. Continue reading I made a thing
Badger was the first online identity I chose back in the 90 s when we were first getting online and the internet was an adventure, and it s pretty much stuck with me over the last 30 years. Way back in the ancient mists of time when I was a mere slip of a lad, I wasn t Continue reading What s the deal with all the badger stuff?