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Dont Stop Believing

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Earlier this evening I heard a wonderful song from a more innocent age, and it got me thinking…

Hospitals Errands And Running Yourself Ragged

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It is with tremendous relief that I can report that our youngest - Little Miss 5 - is home, in her bed, and sleeping soundly after a day spent in hospital. S...

Thanksgiving And Royal Weddings

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For many of my friends on the other side of the ball of mud we inhabit, Thursday is “Thanksgiving”. Due to my geographical displacement, which leads to an en...

Reclaiming My Inbox Sort Of

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I have lots of email accounts. These days it’s almost unavoidable if you want to either have a presence, or protect your username in the various social netwo...

Reprising A Book Reading Memethe Bbc Big Read

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A number of memes have been doing the rounds on Facebook recently, inviting people to highlight the books they have read from a long list. Among the variatio...

Reading Books And The Amazon Kindle

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Every time I login to the Amazon online storewhere I freely admit to buying most thingspurely because I trust their logistics and distribution more than anyb...

This Isnt Falling This Is Failing With Style

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The day began prettyinauspiciouslywhen I heard the refuse collectors drive past, and realised I hadn’t put the bins out, despite numerous reminders from my m...

2003 To 2010 A Restrospective

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Given the discovery of the earliest days of my blogging exploits last night, I thought it might be fun to skim the archives, and pull back a post from each y...

The Past Rediscovered

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While tidying up files in the depths of the computer earlier, I started delving through a folder titled “canned” - representing projects that had at some poi...