Happy birthday

Happy birthday to singer Tina Turner, bassist John McVie (Fleetwood Mac), singer (?) Rita Ora, actor Trevor Morgan (who?), singer Natasha Bedingfield, and Charles Schulz (creator of Charlie Brown and Peanuts).

Now birthdays are a funny thing.  You either think about what time you have left or of how happy you are to have experienced what you have!

I suppose I have a foot in each camp!

I'd like to jam with John McVie, play for Tina Turner, and see more of the world if truth be told.

However, having people to share these things with is so important, and much more so!

I'm so happy that I have the love of my life with me, plus I have family and friends who care for me so much. Even if I don't see them all of the time, I know that that relationship is still there with each one!

• “Age is strictly a case of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter.” - Jack Benny

Thank you for reading and please take care.

November 26 2014 (44 years old exactly today).

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Movember, week two...

Hi, hope you're all okay.......

So, the second week of "Movember" is over then, and the ornate mo that I'm sporting is obvious. Not fully grown perhaps, but it's there!

It's been a week of bumping into people as well, which was very strange.

Firstly I bumped into the singer Nina Smith, who is a great friend of my longtime friend +Matt Blick. Even though we have never met personally before, I thought she was such a lovely lady, and I've followed her career online. Also, as an aside, she is as pretty in person as she seems in pictures.

Later in the week (Thursday), I was walking along Cartergate in Newark, and was surprised to bump into John Swinglehurst (I really hope I've remembered his surname properly - I only remember friends' first names normally).

I know John from his time as lead guitarist in the band Psylence, who mixed various different elements of metal music alongside samples, scratching, and a flawless melodic quality. I was very much a fan, and was sad to hear of their split because more than all of that, they were all great friends of mine.

John and Lee Wilde from Psylence are now both members of the band Servers, who also include ex-GU Medicine and Sunlounger lead vocalist/rhythm guitarist Lee Storrar, and drummer Ant Nettleship.

I saw GU Medicine a couple of times, but don't remember chatting with them, but I loved their music.

I can see elements of both bands within Servers, whilst also having their own thing, and do you know what...? I love it!!!

Anyway, Servers have a gig at Barnsley in December, and I'm crossing my fingers at getting there to catch up.

They are the things that have jumped out at me the most this week...

Both films from Lovefilm were great - The Butler and Dallas Buyer's Club. Both me and Louise watched The Butler, but just 

Movember - the first seven days

Hi, how are you?  I know, it's been a while...  I've really not had the chance, and in a way this is a little bit of a cop out, but here goes...

*All photographs are selfies*

It's the month of November, so as with many others of the male variety I am growing a moustache type of thing!  I day type because it has (or will have) some decorative splendiferousness attached - yes, I know that's a made up word!

Anyway, in tribute to those in my family who have either been diagnosed with or, sniff, died from cancer, I am growing mine again for the month.  I'd keep it, but Louise is one who prefers non-facial hair, and that's her prerogative.  I get pleasure from that too of course! :-)

I've got the thing going now, but it needs to grow a bit more to be a man's 'tache - raaargh!!!!!!!!! 

So, day seven.  Going, or should I say, growing well!

Thanks for reading.  Please take care.

November 7th 2014 (43 years, 11 months, and 12 days old)

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