Terry Barnes
@terryb72.bsky.social
Dad, fiancé, widow, reader, cyclist, camper. Parent to 3 wonderful teens, one with cerebral palsy and two neurospicy. Terrible synth player. Green. Long history in Telco and ISP. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ally & dad. Brighton-ish
Profile pic is middle-aged man head shot.
Profile pic is middle-aged man head shot.
Off to see Cabaret Voltaire at Sussex Uni tomorrow. Very excited!
November 21, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Off to see Cabaret Voltaire at Sussex Uni tomorrow. Very excited!
Very much enjoying this - Vince Clarke - Songs of Silence
November 21, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Very much enjoying this - Vince Clarke - Songs of Silence
My new work laptop is a Mac. I am enjoying working out how the heck it works and there's something vaguely Amiga Workbench like in the way the desktop operates.
November 20, 2025 at 1:35 PM
My new work laptop is a Mac. I am enjoying working out how the heck it works and there's something vaguely Amiga Workbench like in the way the desktop operates.
I'm going to sing at my wedding. My band that last performed, badly, 25 years ago will be reforming for the night. It helps that the other member is my best man and wedding DJ.
Anyway, one of my late wife's best friends is a proper good opera singer - ENO & all that. She will be giving me lessons.
Anyway, one of my late wife's best friends is a proper good opera singer - ENO & all that. She will be giving me lessons.
November 17, 2025 at 3:00 PM
I'm going to sing at my wedding. My band that last performed, badly, 25 years ago will be reforming for the night. It helps that the other member is my best man and wedding DJ.
Anyway, one of my late wife's best friends is a proper good opera singer - ENO & all that. She will be giving me lessons.
Anyway, one of my late wife's best friends is a proper good opera singer - ENO & all that. She will be giving me lessons.
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If we don’t signal our virtue every now and again - then so many believe they are utterly alone - “virtue signalling” is not there to say “aren’t I good” but “there are more of us than you might imagine” and “fuck you for demanding that only the brutal and the bullies may speak”
November 17, 2025 at 11:31 AM
If we don’t signal our virtue every now and again - then so many believe they are utterly alone - “virtue signalling” is not there to say “aren’t I good” but “there are more of us than you might imagine” and “fuck you for demanding that only the brutal and the bullies may speak”
Boiler finally fixed after 5 weeks. Hot water and heating returns. The immersion only gave enough water for a very brief warm shower twice a day. There are 4/5 of us here so showers were rationed. Man it's nice to have a warm house and a hot shower that lasted longer than 3 minutes. I feel reborn!
November 12, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Boiler finally fixed after 5 weeks. Hot water and heating returns. The immersion only gave enough water for a very brief warm shower twice a day. There are 4/5 of us here so showers were rationed. Man it's nice to have a warm house and a hot shower that lasted longer than 3 minutes. I feel reborn!
Off to Brighton with child2 to see Stewart Lee!
November 11, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Off to Brighton with child2 to see Stewart Lee!
Two new CDs to listen to while I work today. Jon Hopkins - Ritual and Anna Von Hausswolff - Iconoclasts.
November 10, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Two new CDs to listen to while I work today. Jon Hopkins - Ritual and Anna Von Hausswolff - Iconoclasts.
One of my nerdy pleasures is following the YouTube account of a chap in the USA who has built a rail cart out of, essentially, a lawn mower engine and some meccano. He drives to some abandoned railway line through the desert and just goes for miles and miles. His cart has a proper train horn.
November 9, 2025 at 9:48 PM
One of my nerdy pleasures is following the YouTube account of a chap in the USA who has built a rail cart out of, essentially, a lawn mower engine and some meccano. He drives to some abandoned railway line through the desert and just goes for miles and miles. His cart has a proper train horn.
This Blsck Rabbit thing on Netflix is just really stressful and I have no idea what's going on. Just Jude Law and Jason Bateman being in constant mild peril and Bateman sometimes having a beard and every scene has a colour palette of mostly puke green.
November 9, 2025 at 8:26 PM
This Blsck Rabbit thing on Netflix is just really stressful and I have no idea what's going on. Just Jude Law and Jason Bateman being in constant mild peril and Bateman sometimes having a beard and every scene has a colour palette of mostly puke green.
Movie night with child2
November 9, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Movie night with child2
If you see this post an album cover with a car (motorcycle, tractor) on it.
November 8, 2025 at 8:51 PM
If you see this post an album cover with a car (motorcycle, tractor) on it.
Child1 pronounces Spaniard as Span Yard and I'm all for it.
November 8, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Child1 pronounces Spaniard as Span Yard and I'm all for it.
This is week3 of child1 pivoting from blacksmithing to floristry at college. Astonishing.
November 7, 2025 at 6:08 PM
This is week3 of child1 pivoting from blacksmithing to floristry at college. Astonishing.
Yay! Just booked our summer hols - going back to house we visited in the spring last year - fully adapted, lift, wheel in shower, hoist, even the cooker and sink is accessible. Middle of the Ardennes forest for a whole week in August. Day trips to Germany and France. Peaceful & beautiful.
November 2, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Yay! Just booked our summer hols - going back to house we visited in the spring last year - fully adapted, lift, wheel in shower, hoist, even the cooker and sink is accessible. Middle of the Ardennes forest for a whole week in August. Day trips to Germany and France. Peaceful & beautiful.
A move you've seen more than seven times, in a gif
November 2, 2025 at 3:51 PM
A move you've seen more than seven times, in a gif
A family came to view my house yesterday & brought a pair of seniors. My ring doorbell shows the older man calling over his son & being visibly concerned at a gravestone in the front garden, apparently not realising it was a Halloween prop. He was saying 'it will have to be moved, it's not legal.'
November 2, 2025 at 3:03 PM
A family came to view my house yesterday & brought a pair of seniors. My ring doorbell shows the older man calling over his son & being visibly concerned at a gravestone in the front garden, apparently not realising it was a Halloween prop. He was saying 'it will have to be moved, it's not legal.'
On a video call with a department head. I think he had a big night last night as he's a bit groggy and is wearing an open tracky top with nothing underneath, just skin and tattoos. It's a bit weird.
October 31, 2025 at 11:10 AM
On a video call with a department head. I think he had a big night last night as he's a bit groggy and is wearing an open tracky top with nothing underneath, just skin and tattoos. It's a bit weird.
This is very good. Haai - Humanise. Contributions from Alexis Taylor and Jon Hopkins amongst others.
October 31, 2025 at 9:01 AM
This is very good. Haai - Humanise. Contributions from Alexis Taylor and Jon Hopkins amongst others.
Two more house viewings booked. One is a man with a disabled daughter - hoping child2's downstairs bedroom, loo and wetroom is exactly what he needs.
October 30, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Two more house viewings booked. One is a man with a disabled daughter - hoping child2's downstairs bedroom, loo and wetroom is exactly what he needs.
Child3 was distressed to see me dancing to Taylor Swift and has asked me to either never do it again or only in private. Preferably the former.
October 28, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Child3 was distressed to see me dancing to Taylor Swift and has asked me to either never do it again or only in private. Preferably the former.
Here is my adult child in the outfit he wore for walking the dog for about a fortnight. He would glide mysteriously past the army cadets marching up and down the tennis courts & pretended to cast spells. I followed him once with a Bluetooth speaker playing the theme from a clockwork orange.
October 27, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Here is my adult child in the outfit he wore for walking the dog for about a fortnight. He would glide mysteriously past the army cadets marching up and down the tennis courts & pretended to cast spells. I followed him once with a Bluetooth speaker playing the theme from a clockwork orange.