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- Welcome to GrumpyDaddy. Here you'll find the trials and tribulations of me - Harry. During the time writing this blog I've been a single bloke, married, father of newborn twins and widower, husband and father again. A professional writer by trade, this is the place where I exorcise (and exercise) all my personal nonsense, most often (but not limited to) my experiences as a husband and father of three children. Note - not all the grumpyness is genuine.
Random Ramblings
- Holy Smoke - Top Gear is Evil (Again)Another series of Top Gear and now another bunch of do-gooding whingers who must tune in on a Sunday evening to find something to get annoyed about. This week it's the folks at the anti-smoking campaign group ASH. It seems that they believe that the…
- Sorry for Keeping You WaitingYes I know you're all waiting for some news, we'll be with you later and update properly. But I just wanted to say that I met RJ's parents yesterday. I was very nervous but I needn't have been, both D and W are absolutely lovely and we got on rea…
- Crazy Little ThingGetting too close to your computer? Here is a tale of love and technology, with more than a slight n
- The Horrors of PackingWe're off to the Spring Harvest event at Skegness Butlins on Saturday, over a week away from the trials of daily life, a chance to unwind and relax. Except today it's finally dawned on me that I have to pack for a week and a half away. I can't rememb…
- Hot in the CityI've just got back from a quick trip into London. Blimey it was hot and muggy there. It's so humid at the moment it almost feels like you have to swim through the air rather than walk through it. I was at the Honorable Artillery Company, a rather int…
- Holy Smoke - Top Gear is Evil (Again)
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- Collisions - Believe in This ReviewThe debate has recently raged at Grumpyrocker Towers about the direction of the site, but with a solution almost in sight, Jimbo has thrown a spanner in the works and is about to test the limits of what passes as metal these days with a review of Collis…
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- East Island City - Me and What Army? ReviewEast Island City are from Dublin and have only been around since 2010, but Me and What Army? is described a mini-album, although their debut EP received 15,000 hits so hopes are high for Me and What Army? Jimbo checks out what all the fuss is about.…
- Collisions - Believe in This Review