I would like to migrate

Not like geese etc but like a bloggy platform disloyalist (if that word exists): Blogger, you are too squeezy for me, too narrow; your columns on the only template I like (this one) are too broad and too narrow at the same time. I am dreaming of a place where it is wide and broad and the bad writing and out-of-focus pictures can spread like cheap dough to the very edges of the page.

I think the place exists and is called Wordpress, but I am scared (so very scared) of 'migrating' it all, even though I know that there will probably be a copy kept somewhere on the internets by Blogger, who will claim to be my friend even after I leave and then 'accidentally' lose all my posts about how much I hate Sting. I am alarmed at the idea of it all becoming upside down and having to wade through four (4) years of mediocre content just to tidy it up again. I am afraid that the only record in existence (and with that I include my very own brain) over the last four years may disappear into thin ice like this: pifffff!

So, friends, here are some questions that I would be very grateful for your ADVICE on/about:

1. Is it safe and easy and can I do it even though I am still not really sure what html is?
2. Is Wordpress the right place to go?
3. Will it bollocks everything up in a way that is amusing to fix in front of the TV, or in a way that will wish you had never even started the whole stupid thing?
4. Should I just stay here?
5. Does anyone actually give a monkey's arse?

I love you all, each and every one.

NWM

I do some science

It is no 'new news' for you, my adoring readers, that I a) live in Montreal; and b) like to drink a sherbet or two now and then. But what happens when I am in a bar with some other people (I will not specify the number, for it is not important, but what I will tell you is that none of us are from Montreal), some strong local beer, some paper and a pen?

I will tell you what: we start working out (by means of lists) whether Montreal is a good place to live or not. Conclusion: yes it is (mainly) but if you are from a big city (e.g. London, Paris, Swindon), you will have to adjust a bit, both up and down.

If you are considering moving to another country (and if Montreal is on your list), here is our analysis, reproduced via the means of the computer for your reading ease*. (After many beers, our various writings were not legible and the paper was stained with dark beer):




















* Not all of these are mine. Far from it. I will award a prize if you can guess correctly three that ARE mine,

Today, I feel

like this.

Fuck it

I wasn't going to post it because it was so obviously brilliant that posting it just seemed a bit too bloody obvious, but then it is the best thing I think I have ever seen and it is Friday, so here you go: chimps in après ski outfits, skating to the theme tune from "Rocky". Amazing.

I am in favour of Crystal Swing

And I know for a fact that you will be too.



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