Ben McCormick
@benmccormick.bsky.social
Writer, beer maker and drinker, lefty, inventor of the Beer Advent Calendar, slow cyclist, even slower guitar player, deft exponent of the reverse mocker.
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February 13, 2026 at 8:10 PM
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My Friday night has gone south. Started out at a nice pub with a real fire and four quid pints. Went to the khazi, came out and the place changed. Private party in one half, acoustic guitar player in the other. With harmonica. And nearly seven quid pints. Drinking at the Jeckyl and Hyde. 1/2
February 13, 2026 at 7:24 PM
My Friday night has gone south. Started out at a nice pub with a real fire and four quid pints. Went to the khazi, came out and the place changed. Private party in one half, acoustic guitar player in the other. With harmonica. And nearly seven quid pints. Drinking at the Jeckyl and Hyde. 1/2
The older I get, the more I appreciate a terrible pun. And I've realised it's because...
... I'm now a *groan* man...
... I'm now a *groan* man...
February 13, 2026 at 12:28 PM
The older I get, the more I appreciate a terrible pun. And I've realised it's because...
... I'm now a *groan* man...
... I'm now a *groan* man...
It's hard to live in the country
In the present state of things
Your body gets pulled right back
You get a terrible urge to drink
#FallFriday
youtu.be/eUiBDVJ9-6s?...
In the present state of things
Your body gets pulled right back
You get a terrible urge to drink
#FallFriday
youtu.be/eUiBDVJ9-6s?...
The Fall - Hard Life In Country
YouTube video by vacantmoon
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February 13, 2026 at 12:20 AM
It's hard to live in the country
In the present state of things
Your body gets pulled right back
You get a terrible urge to drink
#FallFriday
youtu.be/eUiBDVJ9-6s?...
In the present state of things
Your body gets pulled right back
You get a terrible urge to drink
#FallFriday
youtu.be/eUiBDVJ9-6s?...
February 11, 2026 at 4:07 PM
A weekend of contrasts. Friday night: Tryouts. Sunday: up before sunrise to walk along the North Downs Way to Canterbury. Potentially fewer steps today, though.
February 8, 2026 at 6:20 AM
A weekend of contrasts. Friday night: Tryouts. Sunday: up before sunrise to walk along the North Downs Way to Canterbury. Potentially fewer steps today, though.
And you're dying for a pee
So you go behind a tree
And a Star Wars police vehicle pulls up
#FallFriday
youtu.be/i90EMCj98es?...
So you go behind a tree
And a Star Wars police vehicle pulls up
#FallFriday
youtu.be/i90EMCj98es?...
The Fall - Touch Sensitive music video
YouTube video by Jim Phillips
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February 6, 2026 at 12:22 AM
And you're dying for a pee
So you go behind a tree
And a Star Wars police vehicle pulls up
#FallFriday
youtu.be/i90EMCj98es?...
So you go behind a tree
And a Star Wars police vehicle pulls up
#FallFriday
youtu.be/i90EMCj98es?...
Bleak shit that's impossible to disagree with.
I mean, I absolutely do believe them when they say being they view being subject even to negative media coverage and public opinion as an intolerable aggression bordering on tyrannny, and it seems clear they have ideas about how to fix that in their favour.
February 6, 2026 at 12:06 AM
Bleak shit that's impossible to disagree with.
Great afternoon for a bike ride and I managed to clock up 40 miles. Seem to have caught the sun on my nose too. Narrowly avoided death by berk in car five times as well. #winning #berksincars #bikesky
February 4, 2026 at 10:39 PM
Great afternoon for a bike ride and I managed to clock up 40 miles. Seem to have caught the sun on my nose too. Narrowly avoided death by berk in car five times as well. #winning #berksincars #bikesky
February 3, 2026 at 1:57 PM
Not much happening workwise currently so may head out to the juicer and do some of that performative reading. Where am I most likely to get knowing nods from fellow pubgoers who've clocked my book? SE London preferred. #pubs #performative #reading
February 3, 2026 at 12:16 AM
Not much happening workwise currently so may head out to the juicer and do some of that performative reading. Where am I most likely to get knowing nods from fellow pubgoers who've clocked my book? SE London preferred. #pubs #performative #reading
Racked up a (for me) whopping 201 cycling miles for the @weare1of100.bsky.social January Challenge, with an additional 50 hiking miles on top. Feeling properly fit/smug. #1of100 #januarychallenge #smugbastard
January 30, 2026 at 1:34 PM
Racked up a (for me) whopping 201 cycling miles for the @weare1of100.bsky.social January Challenge, with an additional 50 hiking miles on top. Feeling properly fit/smug. #1of100 #januarychallenge #smugbastard
I was empowered
And the empowerment made me gentle in my baldness
I was so glad
It was part of the job club
#FallFriday
youtu.be/wMSPc4q88Wo?...
And the empowerment made me gentle in my baldness
I was so glad
It was part of the job club
#FallFriday
youtu.be/wMSPc4q88Wo?...
The Fall - Clasp Hands (Peel Session)
YouTube video by talahomi way
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January 23, 2026 at 12:06 AM
I was empowered
And the empowerment made me gentle in my baldness
I was so glad
It was part of the job club
#FallFriday
youtu.be/wMSPc4q88Wo?...
And the empowerment made me gentle in my baldness
I was so glad
It was part of the job club
#FallFriday
youtu.be/wMSPc4q88Wo?...
January 22, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Can't do this because the sentence is too long for Bluesky.
Pick up the nearest book. Turn to page 42, post the second sentence.
"It pulls at my clothing and sometimes I feel I've got to pick it up, cuddle and kiss it."
"It pulls at my clothing and sometimes I feel I've got to pick it up, cuddle and kiss it."
Pick up the nearest book. Turn to page 42, post the second sentence.
'In the evening we had a dance'.
'In the evening we had a dance'.
January 21, 2026 at 12:34 PM
Can't do this because the sentence is too long for Bluesky.
Someone's got to take the cunt out, haven't they? For the good of the planet. And I don't mean to the cinema or for a sit-down meal either. Won't solve everything, but it'd be a great start.
January 20, 2026 at 9:03 PM
Someone's got to take the cunt out, haven't they? For the good of the planet. And I don't mean to the cinema or for a sit-down meal either. Won't solve everything, but it'd be a great start.
January 20, 2026 at 3:19 PM
Monday. Not particularly blue, quite honestly. Got some stuff done, ate reasonably, cleared the work decks for a few days. May have a Whisky Mac as a treat. #gingerwinewontdrinkitself
January 19, 2026 at 8:50 PM
Monday. Not particularly blue, quite honestly. Got some stuff done, ate reasonably, cleared the work decks for a few days. May have a Whisky Mac as a treat. #gingerwinewontdrinkitself
All good things come to an end. So when I heard McColl's was closing late last year, I laid in some final cans. This is the last. Real shame as they made some great beers, including probably the best canned bitter I've ever had (Lady Marmalade). Cheers, Danny.
January 18, 2026 at 6:50 PM
All good things come to an end. So when I heard McColl's was closing late last year, I laid in some final cans. This is the last. Real shame as they made some great beers, including probably the best canned bitter I've ever had (Lady Marmalade). Cheers, Danny.