Category Archives: Blogging

The Blogger Games – Week 1

Posted on July 28, 2021 by Paul

Welcome to Week 1 of The Blogger Games! Over the next five weeks, you and your fellow bloggers will compete in a series of gruelling competitions known as, multiple choice questions about me. Some will win, some will lose, some … Continue reading →

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The Blogger Games

Posted on July 21, 2021 by Paul

Let’s try something new. You read my blog. You like. You comment. You participate in my quizzes. You have fun. I said, you have fun! But how well do you actually know me? That’s what we are here to find … Continue reading →

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Beyond The Blog: 8 Years of The Captain’s Speech

Posted on June 23, 2021 by Paul

To commemorate the 8th anniversary of The Captain’s Speech, I sat down with a film crew to answer some questions related to my blogging experience. Unfortunately, they lost all the footage, but not before transcribing it! Convenient, I know. This … Continue reading →

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Two Zero Two One

Posted on January 14, 2021 by Paul

Is it too late to write a year-end/start-of-year post? If it is, just let me know and I will stopping typing and go look in the fridge for the eighth time in the last hour, just to see if anything … Continue reading →

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Share Your Blog 2021

Posted on January 4, 2021 by Paul

When I moved into residence for my first year of university, they said, “the walls don’t make the experience, the people do.” They were right. I think if you apply that sentiment anywhere in life, it holds true. People need … Continue reading →

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A New Blogger to Follow

Posted on November 19, 2020 by Paul

Good evening. Alright, if you didn’t say that in a Dracula voice, go back and do it again. Good. Now do it again with purpose! Thank you. It brings me great joy to imagine a bunch of you staring at … Continue reading →

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Hallotober

Posted on October 31, 2020 by Paul

Leave it to me to leave this Hallotober tag to the last day of October. Trust me, I was already brainstorming names if I didn’t get to this until November. “Hallotober-ember” and “Hallo From The Other Side” were my best ideas. … Continue reading →

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6000 Followers: A Blog Distancing Gala

Posted on June 29, 2020 by Paul

Let me make one thing clear: this is not a party, it is a gala. There is a difference. If I call this a “party”, someone will inevitably make a noise complaint and shut us down. Whereas, if I call … Continue reading →

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The People We Call “Blog Friend”

Posted on June 23, 2020 by Paul

Happy Birthday to Blog. Happy Birthday to Blog. Happy Birthday dear, The Captain’s Speech. Happy Birthday to Blog! How old are you now? How old are you now? How old are you now? How old are you now? Are you … Continue reading →

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The Blog Posts That Made Me

Posted on April 22, 2020 by Paul

There was a time when I did not think I would make it to twenty-five blog posts, yet here I am today, at 800. Is that considered a lot, or a little, after seven years? To me, it’s a hefty … Continue reading →

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