The Reason for this Self Indulgence ..

As the James Mason character said in ‘The Shooting Party’, the benefit of keeping a journal is that is saves you bothering other people with your thoughts.

I expect the entries on this blog will be sporadic and short-lived through disuse and being read by no-one, but for those peculiar moments when one thinks one has something of import to communicate to humanity and any passing spaceship, a blog does serve to humour oneself.

In trying to find the exact quote from the James Mason character above, I came across this rather wonderful snippet from the film on youtube above.