Silence is golden

So a new decade is half a month in and my keyboard has been quiet in this little section of cyberspace. Sorry. There are plenty of reasons/excuses but nothing that really holds water except that  I had nothing to say that I felt the need to put finger to key to say.

Life has continued much the same as the last decade, with the minor discomfort of some snow. The election campaign has started, despite the actual date being probably five months away. My bet, by the way, is May 20th.

Things on the sporting front have been interesting. Test cricket is written off by many as being out dated in these days of 20/20 and one day internationals, but three of the four tests against South Africa provided tremendous excitement at their conclusion. The NFL ias drawing to it's Superbowl conclusion. Will Brett Favre take the Vikings to glory? He really is an iconic sportsman in this over-hyped age of sporting celebrity. Closer to home Saints are a clean sheet away from Wembley in the JPT (Johnson's Paint Trophy) and have just drawn Pompey at home in the 5th round of the F A Cup, which will mean two full houses at St Marys within a week.

TV still has too many reality programmes on it. Skating, dancing (times two) and celebrity Big Brother fill the schedules, at least the latter is the last one. What we need is more quality like Wallender or Law & Order UK or even Hustle (although this series is not as good as others have been).

The world of podcasts continues to fill my listening (mainly in the car) The move of Simon Mayo to Radio 2 has meant the loss of the Daily Mayo but now we have two Mayo/Kermode one's on a Friday. The best one I've discovered recently is a football one by comedian Alan Davies called "It's up for grabs" He's a massive Arsenal fan and the podcast is him and two mates discussing the current position the Gooners find themselves in. It's hilarious and even if you don't like football it will entertain you.

Oh and Richard T Kelly commented in his blog about the kind things I said in my book review about his book. You never know just who reads any of this do you?

So that's my duck for 2010 on the blogging front gone. Good day to you