1 october 2009, birds of a feather

Saturday 3rd October 2009

A pleasant evening, arranged to talk about how to get like-minded people together in Manchester. And, hey presto, I found myself amongst like-minded people. Even went out for a drink with them, first time I think since I’ve been here. Not that’s it’s been empty, but difficult to squeeze much more beyond work and family, and what little there is spent on emails, letters and the like, as I’ve always been more than happy spending quality time with a keyboard. Youth is wasted on the young and all that. Also today, I published my first column in the Manchester Evening News, which has seemingly cemented my reputation as the local prophet of doom. If only they’d known me a couple of years ago...