I think it was AOL IM or MSN Messenger that used to tell people in a chat that the other person was typing. For me, those two were the sweet spot in history and I wrote about AOL IM in particular here. Seems like a great idea in theory. WhatsApp has it now as well…
I have to be in a good mood to do this, but I can be quite random and I get a lot of ideas very quickly. This isn’t going to be one of my long winded posts, I just wanted to share an old video I did. It’s random, possibly a bit surreal… and basically…
At junior school, I used to sit next to a girl called Suzanne. Believe it or not, at school, they used to put two of us on washing up duty in the teachers staff room. Suzanne was always the one I ended up on duty with and she was a decidedly hard worker. Whatever she…
When I was at college I did PE at ‘AS’ level. Not ‘ASS’ level – that’s a different thing entirely. I think AS level was half an A level… or thereabouts. One lesson consisted of heading down to the local swimming baths. Quite frankly, this was my kind of lesson since I went swimming to…
It’s probably about time I did a post all about the features on this site, so people don’t end up confused. First off, here’s the navigation Menu: It won’t look like this on mobile, but all of the items will still be accessible (okay, ‘serious Dean’) Home, Who Is Dean and Contact Dean are self…
Yesterday I went to my grandparents ashes plot at the cemetery. Last time I visited was 2019, which feels almost embarrassing for me to write. I don’t know why I haven’t been more often, it’s just one of those things I guess. We also went to visit a mutual friend who died around 3 years…
There are certain people I spare a thought for every day, even though they are no longer with me. My grandfather is one of them. 35 years ago now. I still think about him and I still miss him. Here’s a picture of me with him when I was a kid: So far it’s been…
Before I forget, I did a thing. I added a feature on my site so readers can leave me a note instead of logging into their email. These things are always fiddly and it sort of works like a poor mans version of AOL/MSN Messenger, except I’m not always online. Anyhoo, this is where it…
Welcome to post 60 of 100. I can’t believe I’m 60% of the way through already. It will feel strange when I’m writing the 100th and possibly final post, that is for sure. Here’s a quote by Charles Bukowski which I’m sure most people reading this blog will have seen at some time in their…
I watched this fascinating thing the other day, which was a true story about a group of young guys in 1972 that ended up in a Mexican prison with little hope of seeing the light of day again for decades. They just bought a bit of weed to sell on in order to fund their…