Whooo! Them server problems are kinda tricky aren't they?

In a strange way its been pleasant though; Arnie's not being accessible much of the time does relieve me of some of this responsibility I now feel towards writing stuff up, but I'm probably only doing it for reasons of self-gratification anyway Its most weird that, in the times in the past week when the site has been working, that my e-mail `topic subscription reply notifications` have totally failed to materialise even though the topics have been replied to though....

I was just about to go through all the forums hunting down replies to see if anyone has asked or answered me anything but, wouldn't you know, weird SQL error time, once again It'll all be so bleedin' shiny & glorious when its fixed we'll be glad of the delays, I'm sure

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It has been suggested that I write something slightly more professional (more professional, that is, than a role call of toy guns and a recall of drunken rampages) and submit it to the appropriate publishing agent/house/evil overlord etc. but these things are often suggested by parents in order to fulfill wishes not necessarily those of their children; suffice to say, my old man has always harboured a vague desire to play scribe to the masses for suitable kickbacks, probably in the form of public adoration. You never know, however, and I will do something for someone at some point.

On the unlikely chance I ever became of some repute for this sort of thing then, for example, and simply for the sake of argument, if it came to famous national daily newspapers then you couldn't get me to write suitable content for the Daily Mail - not even for a stack of Kar98s and P-08s that high and almost certainly not the Guardian either lest I lose too much precious life-blood through mjy increasingly porous heart

The point being that its hard to pick your paper, or indeed your publication of any kind, and its hard enough just working out your own personal politics on many issues anyway (I was most certainly not one of those idiots who, after a mere few months at college at the age of 16-17, and having first heard about the whole model of political affiliation only a few weeks beforehand, decided on a political affiliation for life and attempted to gain some esoteric maturity and apparent social validity by acting like the people we all like the least and are constantly blamed and shamed in the press: i.e. politicians. No, I was far too busy not attending classes and getting wasted in various pubs and parks around and about the local town which is, of course, the real purpose of turning up to college every day for 2 years ).

Thats politics out the window, then. Its either computer gaming (a viciously competitive field nowadays, and I'll be the first to admit I am no hardcore gamer any more) or its something I can simply commentate on, which leaves it open but increasinly fragile as I have little real basis to do so - except as an average person. Then again, perhaps there is all too little of the average man's (or woman's) viewpoint out there, I could start a revolution....

So when I finally do choose something sensible I'll let you know