Just My Life, Really
I often wonder, am I really here?
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The Blog
Stories, observations and confessions from an ordinary man trying to work out life at 50. Funny when it’s not tragic. From the land of roundabouts, Milton Keynes. A new one lands in your inbox every Sunday morning, just in time for your coffee.
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Latest
My Phantom Menace
Two true stories about me, a boss who wanted a drone in the air, and a DJI Phantom II with a mind of its own. One nearly brought down a plane. The other nearly gatecrashed some topless sunbathers.
More from the archive
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Sky Sports F1: outdated, unappetising, prunes
7 minutesSky F1’s coverage has gone stale. Fake presenters, uncle-humour commentary and Craig Slater. Here’s who I’d hire if I had a magic wand.
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Never Fuck with Peter Manito
12 minutesEarly 90s, Edlesborough. My mate nicks a bag of weed, twenty lads break into our house looking for him, and my dad, Peter, finds out what happens when you push a quiet man too far.
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The Comedy Equivalent of a Sloth
6 minutesA year after chewing my own balls on stage, I dragged myself back up for set number three. I’ve been making comedy notes since 2011. I am the comedy equivalent of a sloth.
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More Porridge Soon
2 minutesWhy not get a therapist you may ask? I do have one, his advice? “A lot of this would make great material for your stand up!”
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What’s This All About?
1 minuteI’m not a journalist, author or lifestyle influencer. Just a man with too many stories and nowhere else to put them.
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All Things Led Me Here
2 minutesAfter years of sitting unfinished, I finally published my website. This is the story of why I stopped chasing work, started writing for myself, and decided to put my thoughts, experiences and occasional midlife crisis out into the world.
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