And so... it begins...

Welcome to Auton Scouser.

My name is Paul Griggs and this is my first ever attempt at a personal blog. By way of an introduction I just wanted to, briefly, (Well... maybe not briefly... Maybe at length, in fact.) describe myself and what I'm setting out to do with this.

I am (at the time of writing) a 37 year old, 6ft tall, ape-descended life form, originally from Essex, but now living on Merseyside (Some would say the wrong side of the Mersey.) I'm currently a Phonemonkey for a large company in the financial sector, but over the years I've worked on and off in housing, media and various other things including unemployment.

I've been married to the lovely Kathleen since 2006, who should frankly know better and not put up with me (and usually doesn't) and I'm Dad to Simone (13 going on 30). Joshua (Just started big school and potentially knows more about Doctor Who and Star Wars than I do), Alex (12 and into Warhammer40K in the same way I loved Fighting Fantasy at his age) and Isaac (11 who professes a liking for the Beast Quest novels).

First and foremost this is going to be my media blog. What am I watching? What am I reading? What have I seen that I want to bring to peoples attention? There will be other stuff, but I don't tend to be the sort of person who gets up on a soapbox and bang on about religion or politics or that sort of thing.

Those that know me already are well aware that I'm a Doctor Who fan of long-standing and actually run the Merseyside Local Group (http://www.mlgonline.co.uk) in Liverpool. (Hence the blog title riffing on the phrase 'Plastic Scouser') I'll mention Doctor Who and the MLG alot in this blog as it's the ideal place for me to talk about meetings that have passed and group news. I also get sent bits and pieces by nice people like BBC Books and AudioGo to review from time to time, but so far that's been limited to a small audience on Facebook or Twitter or various forums that I frequent. It's time to earn my keep with these guys who keep the MLG sorted for quiz prizes, so expect some review blogging here on a regular basis.

Doctor Who won't be the only thing I discuss. Anything that I watch or read is, if worthy of the time, going to get a write up here.

In the meantime, thanks for dropping by and listening to me chunterring on. (Lovely word... Also burbling is a good one...) I can be found in all the usual places online including Facebook, Twitter (@AutonScouser), Gallifreybase and the Roobarb Forum and on the first saturday of every month I hang out at the Jacaranda in Liverpool. (But more of that another time.)