Its that time of year again.
Where I look back over the previous year and answer the same 40 questions.
1. What did you do in 2024 that you’d never done before?
OK, New things :-
- Wrote the Forward for a book (Robert Lomas – Daniel Owen’s The Township).
- Won the CQ paper writing competition.
- Became the Provincial Assistant Mentor in Chapter as well as Craft.
- Took an office in Wrexhamian Chapter (Joshua)
- Became a senior Provincial Officer (Provincial Secretary in SRIA)
2. Did you keep your new years’ resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
Last year I challenged myself to get at least one of the NWAMS books published and available to buy, and get my website updated.
I did publish book 1 “The Rise of Freemasonry in the Province of North Wales” which can be ordered from Amazon. And I have updated my Website, and have started moving all the multiple sites to the new main one wayne-owens.uk
I have not yes come up with a challenge for 2025.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
No births at all this year that I am aware of.
4. Did anyone close to you die?
It has been a bad year for Masons.
There seems to have been a fair number of Masons that I know who passed away this year.
5. What countries did you visit?
The normal, mainland UK ones.
I did pop over to Anglesey, and that should count as its own country.
6. What would you like to have in 2025 that you lacked in 2024?
I would like to have hope.
Oh, and an end of this Labour government!
7. What dates from 2024 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
- August – For the release of Robert Lomas’ book that I wrote the introduction to.
- December – For becoming the Provincial Secretary of SRIA.
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Being asked to write the Introduction for Robert Lomas’ latest Daniel Owen translation, and becoming the SRIA Provincial Secretary, See Question 7!.
9. What was your biggest failure?
Failing miserably in trying to save Wrexhamian Lodge.
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
Nothing!
I managed to survive the whole year without even so much as a cold.
11. What was the best thing you bought?
A Voice Amplifier with Wireless Headset Microphone thing, which is handy for giving talks.
Which is sad for the best thing gotten, but I have not really got anything great this year.
12. Whose behaviour merited celebration?
- Still Myself, because I am just so Awesome.
13. Whose behaviour made you appalled and depressed?
The people who voted our current government in, that in the few months they have been in power have broken every election promise. Have stabbed business’s, pensioners, students, working people, in the back. Have freed thousands of murderers, rapists, and violent people early from prisons to make room for all the people they are having arrested for posting opinions on social media that go against the “Party Line” Russia has about 400 arrests this year for people speaking their minds, the UK is over 4000. The world is looking at the UK the way we used to look at Russia and North Korea. They are planning to go against the vote of the people and reverse Brexit and make it so we can never leave the EU again.
And because the hatred for the government is so high, they are planning to cancel all the upcoming council elections to prevent the losses they will have.
14. Where did most of your money go?
Books, More Books, Possibly a few more Books.
I may have a problem, at least I can admit it.
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
I do not think I got really excited about anything this year.
Don’t get me wrong, it has been a good year, with many great things happening. I just do not think there is any event that stands out as making me super excited.
16. What song will always remind you of 2024?
It is a hard choice this year. I have been rewatching Critical Roll, and the Legend of Vox Machina.
Due to that, these two songs have equally been stuck in my head, and will always remind me of the year 2024.
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
- a) happier or sadder? Happier
- b) thinner or fatter? fatter
- c) richer or poorer? Richer
18. What do you wish you’d done more of?
- Writing.
- Following my Dreams.
- Conquering the World.
19. What do you wish you’d done less of? .
Eating 🙂
I could do with losing some weight.
20. How will you be spending Christmas?
Eating too much, drinking too much, and doing a TV marathon I normally pick a film series to binge over Christmas, like Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, Marvel, etc.
I have not decided what this years watch will be, maybe I will pick something more obscure.
21. What was your favourite month of 2024?
February: Because I published the first NWAMS book, and completed 50% of my New Years Resolutions at the start of the year, so I could then relax for the rest of the year.
22. Did you fall in love in 2024?
Only with the legendary Ashley Johnson!
23. How many one-night stands?
I do not believe in one-night stands. How can you tell if you realy like something unless you try it at least a couple of times?
24. What was your favourite TV programme?
Way too many to mention, As well as all the excellent ongoing TV shows, There was the new finds of :-
- Tracker.
- High Potential.
25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year?
Last year I answered “You know what? NO! I do not believe I hate anyone this year that I did not hate previously. Maybe I am growing as a person, becoming more enlightened? Or is everyone already on THE LIST”.
This year I have the same answer, so I am now convinced everyone is already on THE LIST!
26. What was the best book you read?
This is always a very hard question. According to Goodreads I have read about 100 books this year. Trying to pick the best of that lot is not going to be easy.
But if you are going to hold a gun to my head and force me to answer, I will say “The Astrology Letters by Julius Harlande”, or “Daniel Owen’s The Township by Robert Lomas (Because I wrote the introduction)”.
27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
None. Mostly this year I have been listening to classic rock radio station, so nothing new.
28. What did you want and get?
A new Website.
I finally got around to updating my 18year old out of date personal website. It is not finished yet, but there is enough there to count as a “New Website”. And I can add to it as I go along.
29. What did you want and not get?
Wrexhamian Lodge to start trying to fix itself, or at least not continuing to destroy itself.
30. What was your favourite film of this year?
- Deadpool & Wolverine.
- Borderlands.
- IF
31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
I am still not having birthdays. I have decided to stop having them so that I can live forever.
It is SCIENCE!!!!
32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
If the People who killed Wrexhamian Lodge had been truthful about their wishes to try and repair the damage that they caused.
Oh, and the death of the Woke agenda.
33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2024?
Mostly Cargo Pants (I like the extra pockets) Jumpers.

Oh and suits, because suits are awesome…… True story
34. What kept you sane?
Sane? Sane? “You Keep Using That Word, I Do Not Think It Means What You Think It Means”.
I think the Sunday Night Beer Chat has done a lot to keep me sane, and save lives!
35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Marisha Ray, Ashley Johnson, Laura Bailey
I may have been re-watching Critical Role Campaign 1. As well as The Legend of Vox Machina.

36. What political issue stirred you the most?
The General Election!
For years now we have had Labour supporters saying everything wrong in the world is the fault of the Conservatives, and that if Labour was in power we would all be in a utopia. Then due to record low turnouts of voters, Labour had gotten into power with a massive majority.
And they instantly break every election promise they made, they attacked the pensioners putting them at risk due to removing the winter fuel allowance. They are looking to tax cars off the road, tax working people, remove the single person relief on house tax’s. Basically bankrupting every working or retired British person, so that they can fund massive pay rises for the unions, and spend billions a day putting the illegal immigrants in nice hotel rooms.
Then they released all the sexual and violent offenders from prison so they had room to lock up all the people who speak bad of labour on social media.
And as for sleaze, the new Labour PM has had more gifts for favours then the last 5 Conservative PM’s combined. And pays less tax than any of them.
It would have been nice if the people voting Labour had taken a look at Wales before voting. We have only ever had Labour in charge and we have the worst Healthcare (even though we get more money that the other home nations), Worst Education, Worst Roads, Worst public Transport, Lower speeds than the UK, More expensive alcohol, Tourist Tax. Wales is the worst in the UK. Well now the rest of you are under Labour Rule I guess you will soon be the same as us.
37. Who did you miss?
No one. “ high functioning Sociopath” Remember? Remember? from Question 22?
38. Who was the best new person you met?
I do not think I met any new person who exceptionally stood out.
The question is… Does that say a lot about me as a person, or people in general?
39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2024?.
AI Knows All!
Oh, and if you actually buckle down and do the work you can get things done!
40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year.
The adventure begins
They were always beside you
Your nerdy best friends
And the DM to guide you