Do I Need a Big Beard?

Do I need a big beard like The Dadbod Veteran or The Professor Nick Harrison to be successful at this? Watch my attempts here. Remember, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery!

Julian's Shorts of the Week Episode 1

A collection of my short videos, taken from the week ending January 26th, 2025.

Follow Me on the Socials

The eagle-eyed of you may have noticed that the links to my social media channels has returned to the blog (look up and to the right). But just in case you haven't seen them here's the links for you:

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/twosheds316

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/juli316uk/

TikTok - https://www.instagram.com/juli316uk/ 

X (formerly Twitter) - https://x.com/JulianRadbourne

Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/@twosheds316

As the great Phil Collins said many years ago, follow you, follow me.....

The Stories in My Head

 

 

 

Last November the legend that is Kevin Smith posted this video online about a possible Dogma sequel. If you don’t know what that particular film is all about either go and buy the DVD or try to find it on a streaming service. The possibility of a Dogma sequel was enough to get me interested in this video, but it was what Kevin said how the story is currently written that really got my interest. You see, it turns out that the story has been written, it’s currently in that brain of his.

This got me thinking about story writing, and in particular about the stories I’ve written in the past, and the ton of stories I’ve got in my mind, some of which have been in my mind for decades. You see, as a child of the 1970’s and 1980’s who was brought up on television I’ve always viewed the majority of stories in my mind as television shows, and it was for that reason I’ve found it difficult to convert some of these stories into written words.

I’ve always been a little protective of these stories, worried about how people would perceive them, but having seen Kevin’s words I feel inspired enough to share some of these ideas here with you know. So here goes…..

Pain Management

 Not a blog, but a vlog for you, in which I discuss pain management and the options my GP offered me.

 

Friendship

 If there’s one thing I’ve really missed about my life it’s this: long-lasting friendships.

Let me explain. If you’ve followed my blog over the past few years you might remember when I wrote about my time at Cromer High School, about the problems I faced after my mother passed away in 1983, about how I was bullied and how I’ve suffered from mental health problems off and on ever since then.

At the time it was determined by “those in the know” that the best thing for me was to move schools from Cromer to North Walsham High School. When that didn’t work out I was moved to the North Walsham Senior Tutorial Centre, a place where kids who had problems were sent to. I lasted there for a couple of years before I was sent back to Cromer High to end my schooling, an end which couldn’t have come soon enough for me.

Being shunted around made it difficult to maintain any kind of friendship. I lost touch with the people I grew up with, guys I first met at infants school and ended up with at the high school for the first couple of years. There were quite a few people I thought of as good friends at the time, and quite a few others I would quite happily avoid if given the chance.

Ever Fallen in Love With Someone?

Have you ever fallen in love with someone? Who am I kidding? Everyone’s fallen in love with someone at some point in their lives, haven’t they? Even me.

Sure, there were women over the years that I knew that I found attractive. But it wasn’t until about twenty-odd years ago that I actually met someone and thought that this could possibly be it.

She was everything I wanted in a woman. She was beautiful, charming, witty, intelligent, and I got on with her like a house on fire. We flirted with each other, we had our fair share of banter, and people could see that I was really, really interested in her.

Imagine If Football Management Was Like Retail Management

Imagine if being a football manager was like “real life”, if you know what I mean. Imagine if being a football manager was like managing a large department store or a large supermarket.

Think about it. You're a regular player for your team and you hear from a team-mate that your manager is leaving and that one of his underlings is taking over on a temporary basis. Then, while you’re on the pitch on Saturday afternoon, three-nil up against your local rivals, you see a bloke in the dugout that you’ve never seen before, and towards the end of the match one of your team-mates tells you that he’s the new manager.