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It was Bruce Willis what did it. (opens the original)
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Gnat highway (opens the original)
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I’d have hoped by now that the gnats would have died off and the two of us might get a better night sleep. It’s not to be, the fuckers are still dive bombing us like a set of terroristic stukas. The perils of living on a farm.Talking of terrorists, last week saw them all parading around the UN variously threatening to obliterate various nations, both externally and internally.Our own most recent Generalissimo, Andy B - Stretford End, announced both though is clearly more committed to stamping ou
Sir Trifficates (opens the original)
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So my youngest daughter, at the ripe age of Twenty, found herself in County Court yesterday pursuing a claim against her landlord. She did not win; instead she exchanged her time (and a little expense) for something much more valuable: experience. I do not believe in loss. I see things in terms of exchange but that’s probably just a chicken shit way of making me feel better for her. I’ve had it in mind for the longest time that I’ve only ever referred to my daughters in terms of their gestationa
I Made an Enemy of the World, (opens the original)
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I cannot much remember my Machiavelli and, if I am not mistaken, his book was boxed up and sent away, along with a great many others, to what is likely the great electronic shredding eye. So be it, it’s gone to AI, where, guardrails permitting, I may, at a future date, seek to reclaim some of what went before; statecraft.I’m listening to Trompe le Monde by the Pixies whilst carving up spring onions for a black bean thing I should have made yesterday but didn’t and my mind is rotating around the
The daily skeptic (opens the original)
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I’m a fan. Yes it winds me up with its tone but you don’t have to read the articles themselves - for the most part the titles are informative enough and, should you so wish, you can always read the stuff itself. Served up in an email every morning, when I’m not reeling from an encounter at the station, a broadfart from the BBC on the drive over or, lingering thoughts from a truncated conversation with Rachel, it’s almost an inevitable trove of minor disturbances taking place in the force. Someti
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