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dubious dates
No, not that sort of dates. And not romantic dates… or rather, yes, romantic dates but not that sort of date either. Let me explain. The curmudgeonly part of me occasionally got a bit cynical about some of the anniversaries that are celebrated nowadays. There seems to have been a slide towards esoteric and trivial…
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and the loser is…
I am intrigued by all of the hype and attention that the Academy Awards (aka Oscars) have gained in the news media this morning. There is a lot of triumphant jingoistic celebration of those Brits who have won awards. I am not having a grump about that at all. Well done to them, I say. But…
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[clears throat]
Ladies and Gentlemen, bloggists and twitterers, I have an important announcement. [cue fanfare. You will have to do your own as I am too much of a cheapskate to have audio files added to this blog]. Today is another day. I know. Profound isn’t it? Actually, today is the 46th anniversary of the day I…
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Pressure points
I feel like there’s a lot of pressure on me as I write this. It’s my 600th bloggage! I can’t believe that I have splurged forth that amount of bloggerel – if you assume a conservative average of 200 words per bloggage that’s about 120000 words of mine that are now floating around the www.…
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you have been warned (including you, olly murs)
This is a warning to all who live in the Colchester area. The loud scream you hear today is nothing to worry about. The youngest member of our family is a big fan of Olly Murs and left me the task of trying to get her some tickets for his tour next year. I have…
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P A R T Y! Why? Because I gotta!*
According to WordPress, this is my 500th blog post. 500 bloggages?! That seems incredible to me. Of course, to those who have read them, it seems incredible that there are only 500 interminable entries… I have been reflecting on this fact for a while, anticipating what brilliant bloggerel I should post on here to mark the…
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one letter makes a difference
With thanks to my Uncle Matthew I am going to start this entry with a joke: A young monk arrives at the monastery. He is assigned to helping the other monks in copying the old canons and laws of the church by hand. He notices, however, that all of the monks are copying from copies, not from…
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