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When a person meets a stranger on a mode of transportation

The following is a little piece I wrote at my creative writing group session this evening. “What if God was one of us?” sang Joan Osborne, “Just a stranger on a bus, trying to find his way home…” Doubtless He, too, would come, sit down and rattle on to me about His life and times […]

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3am Wikipedia Search

The wee small hours. Emphasis on “wee.” Loo break time. Then back into bed, with Radio 5 Live still playing in the background. I try to get back to sleep again. Where is he now? What happened to her after she was a pop star in the 1970’s? Where did strawberries come from? All the […]

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I’ll make an exception…

I normally abhor foul language. Today I will make an exception, after a day of “Don’t you know who I am?” customers. Long live the ukelele!

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You want…

Today I have had a pig of a day on the customer service desk, in which I (as the only Brit in the team) have taught my foreign colleagues a new English expression: The moon on a stick. Many thanks to Lee & Herring for this succinct expression. Long live the Moon! And long live […]

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Dear Diary

I’m feeling quite chuffed with myself. I’ve just stashed my 2020 diary onto my bookshelf. 2020 was the first year since I stated diarying as an adult in 2013, where I have 100% complete diary with no missing days. Will someone forge my diaries one day? Long live focus and time management!

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Turn up the Volume…

Baker Street.  Home of the famous Sherlock Homes, and of the Chess Shop. It was also a great hit by Gerry Rafferty in the 70’s. Long live the Saxophone!

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Well I never!

Phew! That took a while to get the hang of it! Google was again my best friend! Long live Google!