The Saturday List #469 - My top ten things I won't write blogs about

Regular readers will know I've blogged about my cancer in detail, my experience with dyslexia, my childhood. Yesterday I was chatting to a mate and they said "Is there anything you won't blog about"? I was quite shocked to be asked. Yes, there are plenty of things. I promised him I'd give him a (non exhaustive) list.

1. The details of my sexual relationships past and present etc. It's no one elses business.

2. My sexual fantasies. Again, they're no one elses business.

3. My non sexual fantasies, what I daydream about when I'm bored. They are far too embarrasssing, you'd think I was a lunatic!

4. The details of our family business.

5. The details of my IT career, where I signed NDA's forbidding me from disclosing the details of the work I did.

6. Family politics with my kids.

7. Things that people have told me in confidence. The number of times people, especially Barnet Council workers have told me things and then said "Please don't write about this as it will be clear where it has come from". In these cases, I've usually done a bit of sleuthing and got the information from other sources. There used to be a couple of Tory councillors who'd tell me such things. I'd use teh information to prize the information out with FoI's etc. It was frustrating at times. You'd be quite surprised who some of the leakers were. A certain other well known Barnet blogger got a reputation for spilling the beans and dropping people in it. Sadly for them, much of their network of informants dried up. I was often told "Don't share this with ******" for that reason. 

8. My mates business, which is none of your business.

9. What happened in Vegas! It stays in Vegas

10. Where the Cuban troop formations are (you had to be there!).

I must add that in some cases, I use some of this as source information, but I redact the bits that may compromise confidences. My friends often recall some of the events I mention and say "You didn't mention ......" The reason is that in this online world, such things can bite you. The most difficult one for me is knowing where to draw the line when discussing the history of the band. Given that the membership of the band is public domain it can be difficult. The rule there is that I write about the things relevant to the band, things in public domain and things that are relevant to why we did certain things at certain times. There are plenty of things that I won't write because they are private. If you have a massive fallout with someone who was in the band, it is difficult to be obkective, but it is also part of the story. Anyway, I hope that this clears up a few things. 

Having listed all of these things, here is what seems an appropriate tune from the annals of the False Dots to finish with! A little ditties that had it's roots in both my sexual and non sexual fantasies, which I don't blog about!