Wilson Waffling

As I am writing this week’s (well fortnightly) waffle for this site, I am itching to get home and log on to play the lastest expansion for Star Wars the Old Republic (SWTOR). I’ve heard good things about it, but I’ve been so busy with work and everything else I do ( for example my Radio Station or generating a D&D Campaign) that I really haven’t had time to sit down and play it yet. However, as I was thinking about playing it I started to think about what I would actually include in the game in future expansions if I was a SWTOR developer.

Okay, I confess I have actually lost all track of time and I have no idea whether I am actually coming or going at the moment. I think last week was meant to be a professional waffle, but I sat down to write it and it just wasn’t coming together so I confess I cheated – I just put a whole load of Wilson Waffling Live videos together and claimed it was a waffle – cheeky I know – or could I just label it as innovative? Talking of being innovative, I read an article this week which I wanted to focus my waffle on. It’s title was quite bold stating – “Shouldn’t lectures be obsolete by now?”. Now before you all grab your pitchforks and placards and cheer with excitement and intrepidation, I want to stand in the corner of whole cohort lectures for a while and dodge the flying missiles and provide you with some benefits.

I don't know how I manage it at times, but I have actually managed to spend some time in my little hidey hole on my Feed The Beast - Unstable Minecraft server this week, exploring what is new compared to my vanilla server. I must admit that it is like painting a long bridge or cutting the grass on a huge field. Everytime I try to understand one thing, it appears that there are numerous other things that I also need to gain knowledge of. However I have managed to make progress and after I have finished writing this blog I am going home to video a small recording in order to present you with my findings - ooops did that sound too scientific? This week I explore chisels and crafting tables....

First up, an apology! You were probably aware from the last waffle on this site that I was reducing my regular content to this site to once a fortnight. Then last week, the week that there should have been a waffle there was nothing – sorry. I had to make a decision because I was actually at work doing an open day all day and, when I finally got home, I needed to decide whether to play computer games online or blog. Well, as you can probably guess, the computer games won! But spending the day interacting with new applicants made me think about what my advice would be for anyone attending open days.

Now since you probably are not even aware that I have a professional blog, you will not know about the new way of working that I have had to adopt due to the ever increasing workload of blogging, streaming, radio presenting – oh and work! Don’t worry I am not going anywhere -I’m just going to be blogging to this site once every two weeks with my professional blog getting a waffle every other week. After saying that, you might think that the title of this waffle actually contradicts all of this “reducing my workload” but you know me when I want to do something or achieve something then that’s it, I become very dedicated and well – I’ll say it before you do- obsessed! so what am I going to do? Well I am trying my hand yet again at Minecraft!

Ok, first of all, an apology. Although I started back on my Sunday blogging routine there was, and I hope you noticed, no waffle last Sunday. This was because I was poorly and couldn’t get out of bed until the late afternoon. I hope you were not too disappointed to tune in and find that there was nothing new. And, while we are on the topic of being disappointed there are going to be some changes with this blog that I feel I need to do in order to continue to make things work. Hope you don’t all get cross with me…

Well, this morning has been somewhat different to my usual Saturday mornings. If you have read any of my weird life series you will be aware that I like my routines.This morning, due to illness and changing plans, I am currently sat in an unfamiliar coffee shop in an unfamiliar part of town trying my best to concentrate on writing this blog rather than standing up, leaving my coffee and heading home again. It seems almost fate, that I had already decided about the content of this week’s post before today and that now I find myself in a state of anxiety writing a blog post titled me and anxiety!

Well I’m back! After a long summer doing radio shows, streaming gaming and enjoying everything from walks in the sunshine to sitting watching films I am back and entering once more into my blogging habits. It’s been a while since I have actually written/typed/recorded/created a waffle for this site so please be gentle with me and stick with them until I get back into the swing of things. Talking about getting into the swing of things, I thought I would spend this first waffle providing some advice. Don’t worry, it will not be about relationships or dieting. As many of us go back to work, students begin university and trainee teachers head back into classrooms which now can be considered as their own, I thought I would share with you my three ‘gets’ to success.

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Have you done any back to work shopping? I’ve noticed that within shops, ever since the schools broke up in July there has been ‘Back to School’ signs encouraging those early purchases of stationery, clothes and sensible, yet durable, shoes. Although I rarely actually purchases stationery nowadays I do find that I need to buy new work shirts, shoes and work trousers and, it is when I try to buy the latter that I have a slight problem and always wish I had a few more inches – what were you thinking this blog was about?

Yes, I now consider that the summer is over and, as I head back to work after the summer vacation it is time to get into a regular habit of blogging for another year. So much had changed over the summer and I am really looking forward to bringing you up to date with everything, but this first blog post I wanted to share with you some points which I have been holding in for a while! Yes it sounds dramatic but I really wanted to share with you three things which really, currently, annoy me...