It's 4.43, I'm awake again, and after ruminating on it for about 2 hours I decided that I just had to get out of bed and create a blog. And here it is.

It's not a blog about anything, it's a blog about everything. It's going to look at my past, my present and my future. It will doubtless feature such diverse subjects as what why where when and how, co-mingled with family life, academic life, working life, and well... life. Passing mention will of course be made to diabetes, alcohol, obesity, exercise, diet.

I make no apologies to Norman Maclean author of A River Runs Through It for shamelessly stealing the best title ever given to one of the greatest short stories ever written. Because you see rivers run through everything in my life. There are the literal rivers such as the River Ouse, and the River Nidd in my childhood Yorkshire. There are the rivers of alcohol that have cascaded their way down my throat, leaving in their wake the detritus of health issues with which this life is laden. And there are the shallows and deeps of my wonderful family life.

That dear reader tells you enough to get started, there is plenty more to be revealed as time goes by...