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Rainy Days And Other Peoples Children

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Today is a bank holiday in the UK, so I have the day offwhich is a good job, because it’s tipping down with rain, and I feel dreadful. Just to add to the che...

Writing The Anti Blog

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Blogging used to be about sharing your thoughts, the story of your day, your hopes, your dreams, and so on. If you pay any attention to the “professional blo...

Back To Basics

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It’s been several days since I last wrote anything here, and I think I know whyI’m trying too hard. Rather than just empty my head into here at the end of ea...

Whos Madonna

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One of Miss 14’s friends stayed for dinner this evening, and we somehow ended up talking about the media, celebrities, and music. A derogatory comment was ma...

Halt And Catch Fire

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I heard about “Halt and Catch Fire” while walking to work a couple of months ago. The crank decided to snap on my mountain bike, and the 3 mile walk each way...

Betas

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I finally finished watching the first season of the Amazon funded TV show “Betas” this evening. As the titles rolled I headed to the web on my phone, to find...

Remind Me What Normal Feels Like

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The various things going wrong with me have started to get me down. I’ve now had the chest infection for three weeks, and a cold for a week. The stiff neck i...

Taking A Break From Microsoft Malware Hell

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Yesterday morning I made a coffee and ambled into the study (read: junk room) to catch up on the social networks, and noticed an icon had changed in the star...

Tumblr

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I was shocked, stunned and amazed to discover this morning that a fellow blogger had no idea what Tumblr is (actually, I’m using a fair amount of unwarranted...

Remembering Robin Williams

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I’m going to fly in the face of the countless blogs, editorials, think pieces, and soapbox psychologists. Rather than climb on their bandwagon and preach all...