{"id":2119,"date":"2026-07-20T16:59:51","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T16:59:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/html5accessibility.com\/stuff\/?p=2119"},"modified":"2026-07-20T16:59:51","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T16:59:51","slug":"personal-note-and-then-there-were-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/html5accessibility.com\/stuff\/2026\/07\/20\/personal-note-and-then-there-were-3\/","title":{"rendered":"personal note: and then there were 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2120\" src=\"https:\/\/html5accessibility.com\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_2017-COLLAGE-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Collage of pics John talking animatedly at the local pub\" width=\"580\" height=\"580\" srcset=\"https:\/\/html5accessibility.com\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_2017-COLLAGE-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/html5accessibility.com\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_2017-COLLAGE-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/html5accessibility.com\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_2017-COLLAGE-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/html5accessibility.com\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_2017-COLLAGE-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/html5accessibility.com\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_2017-COLLAGE.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>My brother John William Faulkner was neither wicked nor angelic. He was a bloke from Birmingham who got involved in the <em>computer revolution<\/em> during the late sixties and became successful in his work life, then over time lost it all. He helped me throughout my life and hopefully i helped him. I loved him.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oXIpu8EWVhI?si=b517vnduKKncecBL\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<details>\n<summary>Lyrics<\/summary>\n<pre>[Verse 1]\r\nI've been contemplating suicide\r\nBut it really doesn't suit my style\r\nSo I think I'll just act bored instead\r\nAnd contain the blood I would've shed\r\n\r\n[Pre-Chorus]\r\nShe makes me feel so ill at ease\r\nMy heart is really on its knees\r\nBut I keep a poker face so well\r\nThat even mother couldn't tell\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\nBut my baby's so vain, she is almost a mirror\r\nAnd the sound of her name sends a\r\nPermanent shiver down my spine\r\nDown my spine\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\nI keep her photograph against my heart\r\nFor in my life she plays a starring part\r\nAll alcohol and cigarettes\r\nThere is no room for cheap regrets\r\n\r\n[Pre-Chorus]\r\nShe makes me feel so ill at ease\r\nMy heart is really on its knees\r\nAnd I keep a poker face so well\r\nThat even mother couldn't tell\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\nBut my baby's so vain that she is almost a mirror\r\nAnd the sound of her name sends a\r\nPermanent shiver down my spine\r\nDown my spine\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\nSpine\r\nSpine\r\n<\/pre>\n<\/details>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My brother John William Faulkner was neither wicked nor angelic. He was a bloke from Birmingham who got involved in the computer revolution during the late sixties and became successful in his work life, then over time lost it all. He helped me throughout my life and hopefully i helped him. I loved him. Lyrics [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2119","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-htmlaccessibility"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/html5accessibility.com\/stuff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2119","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/html5accessibility.com\/stuff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/html5accessibility.com\/stuff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/html5accessibility.com\/stuff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/html5accessibility.com\/stuff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2119"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/html5accessibility.com\/stuff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2119\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2123,"href":"https:\/\/html5accessibility.com\/stuff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2119\/revisions\/2123"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/html5accessibility.com\/stuff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/html5accessibility.com\/stuff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/html5accessibility.com\/stuff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}