mysterious graffiti help

31Jul08

This is a plea to my readers. We were discussing the fact that “the man behind the Tom Jones legend has died” this morning and the subject moved into how something gets into the public psyche. It made me think of that graffiti sentence that was appearing all around London (the rest of the country [...]

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firstborns

30Jul08

(I forget where I got this from, it’s a quote from somewhere, and it’s been sitting in my drafts folder for ages)…
Firstborns are more likely to be self-assured, assertive, competitive and dominant. They are exceptionally common among leaders such as prime ministers and presidents. They are more liable to be conscientious, to endorse conventional morality, [...]

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t minus 10

30Jul08

About to go into a massive evaluation meeting for the company’s biggest account. I have been working my fingers to the bone preparing for it with coverage books, reports and my parts of the presentation.
I am nervous, but feel I perhaps ought to be bricking it more than I am given the importance of the [...]

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the weekend past

29Jul08

Given that I don’t fancy blogging about anything related to my week life – the one stuck in stuffy, congested London, a place where I am feeling increasingly alien and isolated with every passing day – I thought I would take a moment to tell you about last weekend.
Apart from suffering hugely with a manky [...]

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no, this has not turned into a porno site

27Jul08

This is as good a photo as I can manage of the mess that is my chest, post sun accident. The photo, taken just after a cold shower, doesn’t really do it justice at all, there were LOADS of little tiny blisters all raised all over my skin which have now all joined together into [...]

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the future’s owned by you and me – my arse

25Jul08

Do you ever think you made the biggest mistake of your life?
Do you ever wonder how the hell everything will turn out ok? I mean, really?
Do you ever wish you weren’t who you are, that you could have someone else’s life, and maybe it would be simpler, maybe it would feel brighter?
Do you ever tire [...]

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feel the burn

24Jul08

What I didn’t mention about yesterday is that I got horrifically sunburnt. I will try and get a photo that isn’t indecent.
Pulling denim jeans on this morning for my bike ride to work was A.G.O.N.Y! (But my new Bridgestone tyres are soft and awesome, stickier on the road so a better ride).
I am in huge [...]

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bike night

23Jul08

Today is the last day of my holiday. The Mechanic is back at work, although he technically finished at 11. He’s now moving cars around on a trailer.
I was supposed to go home yesterday, but the weather forecast for today was beautiful, so I am now at the house of The Mother and going to [...]

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dispatches: the jab that stops cancer

21Jul08

Dear Jane,
Thank you for a balanced and accurate report on cervical cancer. I found the Channel 4 “Dispatches” programme tonight looked at the issue with the right level of delicacy. Cervical cancer and surrounding conditions are very intimate and upsetting, the women are damaged physically and emotionally, and I think you and the production team [...]

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looking classy in a classic car

21Jul08

We were out in the Spitfire the other day. I had a headscarf, like those old fashioned movie stars, you know? Unfortunately, I didn’t look quite so classy in mine…

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