About

Hello, I'm Andy Hawthorne, and this is my comedy blog where I document the increasingly ridiculous world we live in.

You'll find observations about everyday life, reports from various fictional but entirely plausible government departments, and updates from organisations you never knew existed but absolutely should.

From the Department of Tea Enforcement And Proper Official Teapots (T.E.A.P.O.T.) to The Woodland Intelligence Guild (T.W.I.G.), I keep track of all the important bureaucratic developments that somehow slip through the cracks of mainstream media.

My writing tends to focus on the absurd logic of modern life, the peculiar names we give things, and the sort of minor daily irritations that probably shouldn't warrant entire blog posts but definitely do. I have strong opinions about tea preparation, questionable theories about cloud storage, and an unfortunate tendency to anthropomorphise household objects.

I'm also the founding, acting, and only member of the Blogging Loads Organisation Group (B.L.O.G.), which exists primarily to remind people of the sacred tenets of blogging, though we've been somewhat vague about what those actually are.

If you enjoy dry British humour, bureaucratic satire, and the kind of observational comedy that makes you wonder whether you're laughing with me or at the general state of existence, you've come to the right place.

There’s a new thing, too. I’ll be adding Drabbles, 100-word stories that are as daft as the other blog posts. I mean brilliant, not daft — obviously.

Feel free to stick around. The Department of Reader Retention (D.O.R.R.) insists it's good for you.

P.S. You can catch me on Bluesky