“Run from what’s comfortable. Forget safety. Live where you fear to live. Destroy your reputation. Be notorious. I have tried prudent planning long enough. From now on I’ll be mad.”
Every page of the new resource I’m reading reminds me of Mr Howard. Our Chemistry teacher. Bless him! Mrs Howard was the R.E. teacher and they both lived in an amazing house about 30 seconds walk from my childhood home. They are both long gone and their house (after decades of being left empty) was […]
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Your children can totally humble you. FACT! Yesterday eldest heard me playing Travis – Why Does It Always Rain On Me? He said : We were driving somewhere when that played on the radio. Yup. He can even date-stamp the year. SmartArse :o( As for Alanis…he was too young but still knows her voice. I […]
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Like the girl below – I’ve used Moleskine books for almost 20 years. They contain so much research/thoughts/findings/rants/questions…swear words! I’ve tried many others but Moleskine was/is/forever will be my FAVE notebook. I have a few (?) BTW – I say Mol – Skeen too. ByTheByTheWay : They are freaking expense now! ByTheByThe….again. I’ve known the […]
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From the very beginning, I resonated with John. I never did the PUNK fashion. It was his attitude and his words that chimed. The older I get (and he IS older than me despite the malicious malice) the MORE he Vibes. I’m Pretty Vacant too. As in #CheckedOut. #MakeMy Day Don’t ask us to attend‘Cos […]
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Oh. It’s now the 8th of April 2021. Craptacular. Every day from here till then I’ll be getting emails demanding THE 300! Uuurm. The Money Tree died a long time ago, peeps. Already told you that. The bank balance is now minus £30and rising so…STOP the bs. Thank you :o)
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Ooooh. My Dander is UP! I VIVIDLY remember taking the 11+ exam at Junior School. Bowl Alley Lane. Aged 10. Yes. It was stressful at the time. Waiting for the results was even worse. BTW – you’ll have to’ve been through the English Education System to understand any of this. Now – about 500 years […]
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Seeing Keith Floyd in the Kenny Everett video yesterday gave me the idea for tea today. As did the gale force winds and driving rain. We need GOOD WARMING FOOD. I’d love to say that I cooked from scratch but I didn’t. I cheated by going to Tesco. Heyho. We used to have an office […]
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Well. That’s distressing!!! When researching, I go back as far as the sources available to me at a certain point in time can take me. Today finds me on page 1 of a book printed in the 19th c (an English translation of the original French…woohoo!) It starts well. Using the ancient Greek sources (?) […]
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Confused? Me too. The mad prof Kenny Everett will explain. Supported by the CRAZY cook Keith Floyd. Bless them both :o) P.S. Vodka is …… #dangerous. FACT! Been there done that in a Russian Hotel in East Berlin. Brainache.
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OMGiddyAunt. I was told a few days ago to kill myself. So I did. OK. I (thought I had) trashed the last three years of MY work. I ordered wp to delete this website. KILL IT. GET RID. Why am I still alive after being completely reviled/ignored/trashed/humiliated for so long? Why do I have one […]
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I probably told a fib aged 17 – but not a big one ‘cos I can’t remember! Torrential Rain in Eastern England today. Three times I’ve had to get soaked fetching logs from the garden. Not a Happy Bunny :o( Why Does It Always Rain On Me ? Francis Healy has such a sexy smile….!
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I have a true story in parts about BBB…Bobby Big Balls. But we are before the 9pm watershed and it’s not for family viewing. Geeeeez. I HATE Hustlers. a person who employs fraudulent or unscrupulous methods to obtain money; swindler. Informal. an expert gambler or game player who seeks out challengers, especially unsuspecting amateur ones, […]
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