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September 2024

When the story ought to be told
A few years back I had a fight on social media - I mean, what else is social media for? I had made the mistake of posting a Maya Angelou quote, and a…
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Snow days
When I was a kid there was nothing I loved more than a snow day - a day where it snowed so much that school was canceled.It didn’t happen enough in…
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Sleeping Tiger
We do this thing every birthday where we get each other something daft and preferably under a fiver. It comes from the times when the kids were young…
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Why it's good to share.
Some weeks ought to earn a person a merit badge: a wee gold star for a week well done. Or maybe a wee colored star for effort, for a week managed not…
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It might as well be Spring
I've been Spring cleaning this week. And look at me, not giving a toss that it’s September, and not even remotely Spring. Because frankly, I am just as…
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August 2024

The Longest Ever Tuesday
I am terrible with trends, and have always been crap about fashion. If something is properly in vogue, I'll know it either because I've never heard of…
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Mercurial Thoughts
Even though my kids claim I’m so old that I must have been born at the beginning of time, I am fairly certain the planet Mercury did still orbit around…
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The Douchebag Hour
What is it about 3 in the morning? It's not even as if it's a particularly interesting hour. It's a mediocre 60 minutes that lies somewhere between dusk…
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Preservation order
You know those people who say you should grow your own fruit and vegetables because it’s relaxing? Those people are assholes. And I say that as somebody…
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July 2024

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