Starting from Zero

A couple of things.

1. I'd like whoever randomly chanced upon this page to know that I have resisted this long and hard*. Last time I wrote stuff, I ended up in hospital nearly flatlining. Not a direct consequence of Blogging, you understand ... more a kind of extreme symptom of the kind of mindset required to write stuff. Nuff said.

2. The Blog name. Years ago*, when I was in my foolish 20's, I smoked grass at intervals. Mainly in order to free up my creative mind to produce the novel / play / radioplay that I aspired to at that time. I would smoke and jot down the ramblings of my apparently free and illuminated mind. One of things I remember writing was, "Weed enables you to see around corners".

3. In that spirit, I will only re-visit and maintain this Blog, on occasions. I don't smoke weed or do any kind of drugs today: it screwed royally with my brain and my mental outlook. One needs to be careful. My vices these days lay in other more readily available and indeed socially acceptable directions. I reserve the right to edit afterwards.

4. You should know that my word verification for the creation of this Blog was ARZSWP. Which, to my puerile mind, clearly reads "arsewipe". Thus, I set the tone for this Blog. I thank you.

* Lest I give the impression I am some superannuated old fartwhacker, I would point out that I am younger than 40, eligible and attractive. Form an orderly queue.