The Arty DannyG

People often ask if my name is unique. And for a long time I thought it was. By the way, you can check if your name is unique in the UK by looking at yournotme.co.uk. And, although there are no other Daniel Grabhams in the UK, a small amount of Googling led me to Danny Grabham, a seemingly rather arty person who won an awards for his artwork in New South Wales. See here. Now, as I have no artistic ability whatsoever, this leads me to believe that we both have a certain complementary synergy. Perhaps he doesn't like popular music of variable genre and quality. Perhaps he hates the World Cup. Perhaps he hasn't got a girlfriend called Leila. He's experimented with stereoscopic imagery, I certainly never have.
But he does look a little like me, as you can see from his position from the photo on this page. Now that's a little freaky. I would contact him to say 'hey, nice name', but think that would be the end of the matter. He might be an idiot. They say you should never meet your heroes. Perhaps the same goes for namesakes, too.

Helsinki and Stockholm

Last week I was in Helsinki for the wedding of my friends Annina and Antonio. The pics are here and you can also see Marloes and I attempting to visit Russia and ending up in Stockholm via a Finnish drinking vessel.