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I have always enjoyed writing, the main problem is I have never felt I've been 'good' at it. I had another blog (matttalkslife.blogspot.com) which stopped a while ago because it got a bit stale for me. By that I mean, I felt it was quite hard to post often enough where the days weren't just going to work and relaxing in the evening.

So some background info about me, I am an IT Engineer (fixing stuff) by day and nerd by night. I have always enjoyed gaming, in all forms and the surrounding world.

In terms of my aspirations, you may imagine changes all the time but I would like to have a book published one day if I ever finish one. I would like to stream/upload videos to a small community so its not a job but for fun. I would like to be a Microsoft certified engineer when I can find the money.

This blog will be about general 'nerdy' things like games I've been playing, things I am looking forward to and probably what I am most excited about - recording our DnD adventure(s). It'll be titled 'A roll of the die' which sounds cheesy but if you imagine Morgan Freeman saying it sounds pretty awesome.

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