Dad's Daily Diary: the Best Bits

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...

Some You Win explains a strange Venn diagram of cucumbers and podcast revenue. Score Wars explains why it took so long to get a piece of music to stay on a music stand. Both are taken from my daily blog www.threeflats.wordpress.com where you will read more of the same. I wrote and performed the music too luckily without having to use a score...

A Tale of Two Theatres is a "live" account of a trip to London to watch a couple of shows and the misadventures involved in that. Bee-ing in Pain explains why my finger injury is a Russian composer's fault. Both are taken from my daily blog at www.threeflats.wordpress.com I wrote all the words you have heard and all the music too. Yes, really!

Cracking Up reveals the horrific truth about what happened to my iPad screen in the middle of the night. Feeling Wuff is about what happens when I'm feeling a bit low and people notice. Both are taken from my daily blog at www.threeflats.wordpress.com The music is mine too. It's even me playing it.

A Note-able Meeting recalls me accidentally impressing a member of His Majesty's Government during a meeting. Let The Record State is about a few hours panic when a vitally important spreadsheet goes meeting. Both are taken from my daily blog at www.threeflats.wordpress.com I wrote the music as well...

Channels of Communication describes how I keep in touch with my boys and how one such attempt had a most unexpected outcome. Headaches and Harmony explains what musical key my car's reversing sensor is in. Both are taken from my daily blog at www.threeflats.wordpress.com I write all the words and all the music you will hear in the this episode.

Digging, Ducks and Distance is about why Saturday was a bit of a strange day for different reasons to do with digging, ducks and distance Ctrl, Alt, Delete is about why happens when it all gets a bit too much for me. Both pieces are taken from my daily blog at www.threeflats.wordpress.com I wrote and performed the music too...

Keyed Up Artwork explains why my middle son was so grateful for me spending over the odds on a piece of original art. Cross Words and Coffee explains why a smell in the kitchen is stopping me finishing my crossword. Both are taken from my daily blog at www.threeflats.wordpress.com I wrote everything you here including the music...

A Boy and His Bike is about why my walk home was delayed by a very unfortunate situation. Mr Stevens and the Brown Dirt Cowboy is about what I get up to when 'Mr Stevens' has a service. Both were taken from my daily blog www.threeflats.wordpress.com I wrote all the words and all the music too...

Cutting Remarks involves me telling a Brand New Joke after a certain amount of context. Bonkers Banking explains why a two minute process took nearly an hour to complete. Both are taken from my daily blog www.threeflats.wordpress.com I also composed and performed the music.

Wine, Woman and Song talks about an unusual event - me being sociable. Son Shine is about how one of my boys got me through a tricky day. Both are taken from my daily blog www.threeflats.wordpress.com The music is mine too...

Another Day in Paradise is an account of what happened in the office when Important People Turned Up. Couples' Therapy explains why my car stopped talking to me last week. Both were taken from my daily blog www.threeflats.wordpress.com And it's my music too...

The Cult of Mum describes mum's attempts to convert people to her way of doing laundry. Playing Tag is about how I tried to mess around with an algorithm on my blog. Both the above were taken from my daily blog at www.threeflats.wordpress.com Everything you heard was written by me - including the music.

Holiday Typewriter is about what I got up to in a hotel room before collecting my son for a visit. The Best Laid Plans follows directly and is about what went wrong... Both are taken from my daily blog at www.threeflats.wordpress.com I wrote and played the music too.

Brain, Brain, Go Away is about the weird things that my brain does to me both asleep and awake. Pots, Pub and Pain is my Friday diary entry with a warning about the dangers of floss harps. Both are taken from my daily blog at www.threeflats.wordpress.com The music is mine - I wrote it and that's me playing it too.

Lies, Damn, Lies is a post about the stupidity of statistics. Smiling Through the Tears is all about my relationship with my son and my dad. Both are taken from my daily blog available at https://threeflats.wordpress.com The music is composed and performed by me too.

An introduction to the podcast: the cast, the reason it exists, and the first story about the perils of using AI if you're old school like me. It really is based on a daily blog that has been running since January 2018. https://threeflats.wordpress.com The music is written and performed by me too.