Alan Gandy

I’ve never been a fan of cats, as anyone who knows me will tell you. In fact – I hate the damned things… Selfish, useless little creatures that serve no purpose other than to spread germs – and irritate me!

I used to be allergic to then when I was younger – I’m not now – but I still tell people I am so they’ll keep their precious little fluffy things away from me if I go to a cat owners house. Come to think of it, I may actually still be allergic. But, its been so long since I let one get near enough me to know whether I am or not.

How may cat owners do you know who protest the intelligence, and affection of their pets. In reality, they function on pure instinct, think their owners exist to provide them – and serve no useful place in any society except their own. Okay, I can’t object to a cat owner who keeps their animal at home and looks after it responsibly – but don’t get me onto cats in those circumstances that are allowed to wander over food preparation surfaces.

But how many cat owners are responsible? How many let their pets wander into other people space to make their mess, or wander the streets to breed indiscriminately? Do I feel bad if I run one over in my car? No! I blame the owner. Read the rest of this entry »

“I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest I just squandered”.

And Americans wonder why we sometimes make fun of their knowledge of Geography.

As if  Miss Teen South Carolina (Caitlin Upton) wasn’t enough evidence…

Take a close look at this from a US news programme…

I wondered after coming across the author, Alan Gandy, who I wrote about recently – just how many of  ‘us’ there are?

So, I’ve decided to see over time. I thought it would be amusing to look up other people who share my name and find out who they are.

To get started I did a quick search on Facebook. The search turned up 12 – so I banged out a message to them to find out. The first and only Alan Gandy to reply so far is someone who has already commented on this site before. Alan Marshall Gandy from North Carolina.

Alan lives in Sanford NC  to where he recently moved from Hickory NC, and is originally from Memphis TN. He’s 20 years old and a business major in college. He’s currently working full time for AT&T until college re-starts after the summer. He plays guitar and is also teaching himself to play piano. Read the rest of this entry »

I have a Google alert set on my name just to see what, if anything is being said about me on the Internet. Worth almost anyone doing if you want to protect your reputation. But that’s not what this post is about…

Anyway, on to the point. I’ve been increasingly getting alerts leading to links for a book called Voyeur dead by Alan Gandy. I got curious of course and had a look for it. The book is a photographic horror book about zombies – if the reviews on Amazon are anything to go by it’s pretty good. Read the rest of this entry »

I originally set up this personal blog back in 2007 purely for my own entertainment, as just a place to store and pass on a few of my favourite things. the odd personal snippet, and let off steam on occasion.

As of today, it’s taking a bit of a turn, but of course all the same stuff will be appearing as usual.  I’m a bit secretive – no I’m a lot secretive – about what I’m up to. I’m afraid I have to be…

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