Dear Avid Reader,

Somebody recently asked me why I bothered blogging. To answer their question I quoted a certain Joseph Conrad:

"In literary action a man wins friends for himself mostly by the passion of his prejudices and the consistent narrowness of his outlook."

A fair summary of my tendencies here at The New(ish) Journalism... Yet, a man can also acquire friends via the gnarled subtleties of his MySpace page. I must confess to being obscenely late in joining the MySpace brigade, being otherwise consumed by the Bebo imperative. However, do feel free to add me as a friend... Unless you are the spamming type. In which case you can go fellate an exhaust pipe.

This is my MySpace. Check it out. If you want like.

Apologies for the unbelievably half-arsed nature of this post, but I am very busy at the moment. Indeed, posting could be rather intermittent over the next few days. I am on the job hunt you see, floundering in a turlough of interview prep and cover letters... Any takers?