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Counting Friends

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Last night we headed out with friends to a big hotel on the outskirts of town, ate a wonderful meal, applauded the local radio station awards, drank rather a...

The Benefits Of Cycling

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I just came across this list of “benefits” of regular cycling while looking at another website, so thought I would go through them, and comment.1. Cycling gi...

Haircuts And Mobile Phone Hell

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Before arriving at the office this morning, I delivered myself to the local barbers in the faint hope that the picture of gorgeousness that cut my hair last ...

Turning Thirteen

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Our eldest daughter becomes a teenager this weekand celebrated her birthday a few days early by being taken shopping with her friends, and having a sleepover...

Unsuccessfully Unblogging

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A little while ago I wrote a post called “Unblogging”a call to arms against the seemingly endless army of SEO experts, “professional” bloggers, and “social m...

Wrecking Ball

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While searching for something new to listen to last night, I tripped over the biggest elephant in the internet room in recent memory”Wrecking Ball”the next r...

Chess

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I don’t remember learning to play chess.

Truthful Tuesday

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Earlier this year I lost the best friend I ever had. We would catch up with each other online every few days, share good times and bad, and confide thoughts ...

The Friendship River

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Imagine your life is a river. It starts quietly, calmly, and slowly, but as time passes it travels, grows, experiences turbulence, droughts, floods, good tim...

When Candybar Phones Ruled The Earth

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Late last night my pocket began singing to me. Given that I had not been drinking, I wondered if I was going mad. A far more plausible explanation provided a...