Stage fright!

I've never dictated the story for a newspaper, and I've never even dictated a letter. I used to kid myself that I was a "reasonable" typist, so I'd pound out a  beautifully phrased letter on my typewriter, for my secretary to post. But it didn't take long for me to realise that that young, clever young woman, as matter of course, used to retype those golden words as a matter of course, and it took only one comparison,  for me to recognise why.
The above is just to set the scene for the big announcement – this posting is a direct result of my dictation, courtesy of the software program called Dragon.
In truth I have to admit that I'm not really proceding any faster than I did by typing last time, but that's mainly becauset I'm not a practised dictator (literary type, that is). It's really a little bit embarrassing to be instructing a computer that seems to be working a lot faster than am I.
But I'm not grumbling, but full of new enthusiasm.
It is a fact that we all  have opinions and most of us like airing them, and it seems fairly safe to be doing this in a blog that very few have ever shown any evidence of having read in the past.
Therefore, having disposed of all the explanations, and having proved there's more than one type of dictator, my bold plan for future posts is to analyse as many of the world's problems as I can handle, and then pass on my suggestions. The real plan, though, is just to type/talk and see what happens
The hope is of course that I might encourage some friendly debate, or even a little gentle criticism.
So here goes   –