David J Rice

For a time there was loneliness, in the dark ages. When I had not the pleasure of knowing such culture and class, nor had I seen such wonder as I have presently.

As a mere scholar of the packetised word I ventured out unknowingly and it was some time before I came to know of Stephen and Steve, in fact I met them in-person before realising this was them, but that I think is a story for another day.

Over a year has passed since then and I am still a scholar, but I have found other voices from our fair isle. So thanks to the Strayest of Toasters I got a chance to meet with them (the blogorati of Northern Ireland) and what a great day it was too. For those that couldn’t make it, you were definitely missed! I had a seriously good time enjoying all the banter and wit (of which there was a plentiful supply) and the food & drink was pretty good too, so till next time I shall be looking forward to it.