The satisfaction of newness

There comes a time in every man's life when he thinks to himself, wait a minute, not only is my website woefully out of date, but I no longer find my confessional blogging style comfortable, and it's beginning to annoy me. What's more, I live with my partner, our lives are happily intertwined, and none of my old angsts fit any more. I'm really quite contented.

This is that time. I am that man.

So excuse me while I metaphorically remove the cling-wrap from the packaging of my new online presence, conveniently allowing the price sticker to fall into the bin with it, and marvel at the cleanliness of the design. Feelings of consumer guilt are mixed with feverish excitement. Inside, the perfect bound manual is twice the size of the product, and everything is pristine.

Don't bother with the instructions. Let's just turn it on and see what it does!