As the Large Hadron Collider gets switched on and the Earth gets destroyed by a black hole (albeit in a 50.000.000:1 chance), all in the name of SCIENCE!!!!, I will probably be in the shower or something, which might be a bad idea as going into oblivion naked doesn’t really appeal to me.

Anyway, I’m just going to put up the same poll as in on the radio at the minute, and that is:

What is your biggest regret in this life, since there’s a (very small) chance it will end tomorrow?

I’d love to know what yours are, but I will tell you a few of mine, some major, some not.

The first is that I spent too long believing that my parents’ belief in God would be enough to say I had some kind of relationship with God. It was not, and I didn’t realise this until relatively recently.

Another is that I was an idiot in my early school years. I am ashamed of how many times I antagonised people so I could tell on them for hitting me. This led to my becoming something of a social outcast in my school years and I didn’t really have anything resembling a social life til I came to uni.

Finally, my third regret is not being interested in football til I was eleven. Okay, it’s no big deal, but it would have been nice to have a bit more skill than being a poacher which is all I seem to have the nous for.

Also: What’s the thing in life that you are proudest (or most glad) that you did?

For me there are a few standout things:

Becoming a Christian was a momentous decision and everyday I’m glad I did. Linked to this is joining the Navigators as it was there that I understood the need for community, and that God is more powerful than I imagined

Coming to Edinburgh was probably the best geographical decision I ever made (though I often wonder what might have happened if I’d gone to Glasgow as originally hoped, but what-ifs are not really useful), as the friends I’ve made have kept me sane, and demonstrated that it’s important to have support and to be supportive. And to have fun too!

I never smashed atoms together at ridiculously high speeds and selfishly risked rupturing the fabric of the universe albeit with very small probability. This is a great achievement.

But yes, those are a small selection of my regrets and joys, please tell me any you might have that you might be wiling to share on the interblag, you don’t need to sign in to comment!

So last night I had another weird dream, that if it turned out to be true, world have dire consequences for us all. Anyway, it’s given me a good idea for some of my (in)famous fiction, so at this stage all I will say is that it involves possible, very sinister, origins of a certain website… (but please don’t get too excited, it may be many months before this story shows up…)

So, one of the reasons I started blogging was to keep track of my dreams. I’ve been exceptionally bad it this, in that I haven’t remembered any yet, but I’ve finally remembered one, which happened last night.

There’s not much to it. I was eating a massive hot dog. It had onions and was very tasty, and it took me ages to eat. That is all. If any of you have the gift of dream interpretation, let me know if I am crazy or something.

Since I’m here, I will also relate some big dreams from my past. Well actually, I only really remember two, one of which is utterly stupid.

1) I went to the pub with Spongebob Squarepants. He’s a nice chap in “real life”.

2) This one is much more chilling.

I had a son, and I was walking with him round my old school grounds. I stopped for some reason to go look at something and when I came back I saw a strange man walking off with him. I couldn’t move and I could barely say anything, making me absolutely terrified. As they walked off, I woke up.

I was twelve when I had that dream so it’s clearly stuck. Maybe I had lots of cheese that night, but at least I know where not to take my kids…