Dad's Daily Diary: the Best Bits

Every day since 29 January 2018, I've written something in my blog. For the last 41 weeks, I've picked two and recorded them. Here are this week's prime cuts: Mind the Gaps explains why I am going to have a more alphabetically complete collection of vinyl than I did CDs. Strange as It May Seem is a bit of a companion piece explaining why a podcast episode arriving on vinyl was the most normal thin...

Every day I write a blog and every week I choose the best two to record for this podcast. This week, you can hear about why my inability to get times and dates right appears to have been inherited by my poor children in "Time Gentlemen? Please!" And if that were not enough, you can hear about a perhaps surprising challenge I've faced during a week of being a team leader in "Roll Play." This is epi...

I went to a Wagner opera last week. It was very long. And my blog about was longer than usual too so this week's podcast is around 12 minutes rather than the usual 8-10. Sorry about that but like I said, blame Wagner. The first bit, Par(sifal) for the Course is about that opera; the second bit, Coffee Chaos and Train Troubles, is about my trials and tribulations getting there and back including my...

Every day since January 2018, I write a blog post. And then I upload it. Every week since January 2026, I choose the best two (or the least worst two) and record them for this podcast. Every week, a few people listen so I'm going to carry on until nobody does. This week, there's a tale about me spending all evening recording a song that I didn't need, and why it took so long to decide to go and se...

Every day I write a blog post and publish it at www.threeflats.wordpress.com where you can find 3000+ entries to prove that fact. Every week, I choose the best two and record them as a podcast. Well, every week since January 2026... This week, Ties to the Past talks about how my choice of tie unleashed a wave of memories about my Dad, and The Good, The Baid, and the Giggly contains a warning about...

I write a daily blog. Every day. It's at www.threeflats.wordpress.com if you don't believe me. Every week, I choose the best two daily entries and record them as a podcast. I've been doing that since January 2026 and so far 240 people have listened to them at the time of writing. Go me. This week, I talk about a visit by my son and his partner (Son, Sand and Snark) and the difficulties one faces w...

I write a daily blog and have done so since January 2018. Since January 2026, I've been choosing two a week and recording them as a podcast. Bean and Gone explains what a BCT is and why they are back in the garage. Stall in the Family explains why I laughed at my son stalling his car so much and why that isn't as cruel as it sounds. The full blog is at www.threeflats.wordpress.com I wrote the musi...

Every week, I take the best two posts from my daily blog at threeflats.wordpress.com and record them as a podcast. "A Cover Story" explains why a temporarily forgotten list of songs played a key part in a meeting I had this week. "Twice in One Night?!" is about the extraordinary evening where I went out twice - unheard of for a person who rarely goes out at all. As well as all the words, I wrote a...

Tickets Please explains the perils of booking theatre tickets at work. Music-AI Musings talks about what happened when AI met one of my songs. Both are taken from my daily blog at www.threeflats.wordpress.com That's a daily blog and this a weekly podcast. Don't get the two confused please. One of my songs is also the theme tune and that's me playing it - not AI...

The best two posts from my daily blog at www.threeflats.wordpress.com "Bank Holiday Backing" describes the many disasters I encountered whilst trying to produce an orchestral sounding backing track. "Much Music Based Mayhem" describes three further musical disasters involving a record case, a record, and a regimental goat... As well as all the words, I wrote all the music too. This is a weekly pod...

Charging Chaos and a Battery of Issues explains why a morning spent trying to charge my electric car proved to be a waste of time. Let The Record State (for the 200th time) is a pathetic attempt of justifying buying my 200th record when I really meant to buy a new watch instead. Both are taken from my daily blog www.threeflats.wordpress.com where I write stuff every day and choose two a week for t...

A Volume of Vodka suggests a number of reasons why a bottle of vodka lasted less than three days before revealing the actual truth behind such worrying consumption levels. Please Let This Writing Be Right is the cry of a frustrated songwriter hoping that at least, he has found an idea that works. Both are taken from my daily blog at www.threeflats.wordpress.com I write there every day - yes, every...

Total Eclipse of the Meringue talked about the partial solar eclipse enjoyed by parts of the UK last week. Capability Bean explains why I think I should be recognised as a genius of garden design. Both are taken from my daily blog - www.threeflats.wordpress.com - and the two best blog posts appear every week in this Best Of podcast. I wrote and recorded the music too.

App-y Daze is Here Again deals with the modern frustration of apps that continually update themselves, and how mum nearly caused me to crash even though she wasn't in the car at the time. This Watering Can Not Carry On is a gardener's plea for rain and a warning not to touch the red watering can. Every day I write something in a daily blog www.threeflats.wordpress.com and every week I choose the b...

Doggy Tales is the post I wrote the day after my beloved dog was put down and is a collection of memories about her. Sensitive Censoring reveals the efforts behind me producing a simple BLEEP noise to censor a not very rude word in last week's episode. Both come from my daily blog at www.threeflatswordpress.com which has been running since January 2018. Yes, I know. I should get a life. I wrote al...

Bl**dy Butteflies explains that whilst Dolly Parton might love these particular winged insects, as I gardener, I'm not as big a fan. Blind Teasing the Blind deconstructs a joke before offering a short update on my current window covering of choice. The asterisks may be overkill but you'll love how I deal with them in the second story. Both of these come from my daily blog at www.threeflats.wordpre...

This week's "best of" episodes are celebrations of birthdays. Happy Birthday Mum! celebrates, unsurprisingly, mum's birthday and the small family gathering that prompted. Happy Half Birthday Me! is the immediate sequel coming the very next day and continues the story of champagne, Jaffa cakes, and dark accusations. Both are from my daily blog at www.threeflats.wordpress.com where you can read abou...

Today's podcast features two connected posts about my trip to a big schools' concert in the city where I used to live and work and from where I fled eight years ago after it all went wrong. Ghosts of Music Past was written during the rehearsals when I was reflecting on the journey - literal and metaphorical - that led to where I was. Expecting a Code but Getting a Repeat was written the day after...

Closed for Refurbeeshment explains why the bees in the garden currently have nowhere to sleep. Bankety Bank explains why choosing a new bank account is even worse than choosing a new energy tariff. Both pieces come from my daily blog at www.threeflats.wordpress.com which really is a daily blog and has been going since January 2018. So I wouldn't start reading from the beginning if I were you. I al...

Heated Moments from the Office explains why my brain lets me down in hot weather but not for the reasons you might expect. Let Sleeping Bloggers Lie explains why I spent a fortnight in considerable danger during each and every night. Both are taken from my daily blog at www.threeflats.wordpress.com where you can read the other five entries from this week. I wrote and performed the music too. True...

Just Answer the Question - Please!!! is a rant about certain people's inability to answer a simple question with a simple answer naming and shaming at least one company. Pub Fight (or Flight) describes an unexpected attack I faced when trying to enjoy a glass of wine at a local hostelry - but not from the usual suspects... Both are taken from my stupidly long running daily blog www.threeflats.word...

Passing a Screen Test recounts my epic efforts to help fix a monitor with a quick sidebar about the world's worst Bond movie. Running Circles Around Retail Hell is further evidence why my hatred of shopping is perfectly reasonable. Both are from my diary blog at www.threeflats.wordpress.com where you can read more of this sort of thing. The music was composed and performed by me too.

The Green Chequered Flag explains why I was able to provide my own hold music when renewing my breakdown cover. Cage Flight describes my battle to stop the wind wrecking my broccoli. Both are taken from my daily blog at www.threeflats.wordpress.com I wrote all the words and all the music you will hear, are hearing, or hopefully will hear...

Traffic Jams and Heavy Chats discusses the merits of a long car journey home and the opportunities it provided for a tricky conversation with my son. Unauthorised Shure Leave is the story of my missing Shure SM-58 microphone and it's rediscovery in a most unusual place. Both are taken from my weekly blog at www.threeflats.wordpress.com where you can read the other five entries from last week shoul...

Blame The Boys describes me wondering why my sons seem to have their lives sorted whereas I do not. So Long Song Contest is my fond farewell to the Eurovision Song Contest and the reasons why this lifetime obsession has ended Both are taken from my weekly blog www.threeflats.wordpress.com I wrote and performed the music too. Maybe I should enter Eurovision myself...