DON'T BLOG ABOUT IT

Some one said the other day-your blog is nothing like as interesting as it used to be as in those days, of the old original one, of the Mail on Sunday fame. No need to go into all that, line under, move on. But the fact is that however innocuous a post may be there are some people who have a built in inversion of either 'appearing' in person, or having a subject aired of concern to them- a sort of cursed by blog syndrome. If I had a Scottish Fiver for every time some one mentioned something quite interesting and then added, hastily 'don't mention it on the blog' I would by now be seriously rich, even by the standard of an MSP on Embra allowances. As a cub investigative journalist I would never have made it beyond the apprenticeship stage. As it happens I am sitting on two really good 'stories' of great interest to the community but my lips are sealed, or rather, my keyboard jammed until, I fear, the tales are old, tired and frankly boring. No Kurious of Kelso, this is nothing to do with slavery or the House of Lords.

Once, and once only, someone has come to my door and said 'go and look at that-it should be on the blog' I did and it was. Good bless you Farmer M, you know a good little quirky story when you see one. (Hint: Jim Clarke Rally, Summer 2005, Bluestane Ford) I may soon have to employ a Blout-a blog scout who can ferret out material which will cause no offence to anyone, does not lead to a major fall in the Stockmarket or the collapse of the Scottish Executive.

In the meanwhile don't forget-you did not read it here first.

There goes the phone. ...Gosh that was interesting? '(Usual caveats apply as academics tend to say to avoid any responsibilty for their material)

So Don't watch this space  ¶ 2:35 PM