ben runs london

31Mar09

Picture the scene if you will.
It’s about 2pm in London Town. Most people are heading back to the office after lunch – perhaps a sandwich next to the river or a stroll with colleagues. On the London Bridge station side of London Bridge, a tall, handsome and athletic young man in trainers, shorts and charity [...]

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don’t stomp on the pessimist

30Mar09

So, the situation is not ideal but I am trying to keep smiling. We did a remarkable job of distracting me this weekend to the point that I almost managed to convince myself that it wasn’t happening to me and I’m just an objective bystander.
Weekends away with The Mechanic – even those weekends where we do [...]

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what a funny little flower

27Mar09

So, I’ve not been having that great a time of late, but I was suitably rescued by good friends on the day that I received some pretty poopy news.
First up, lovely G was on the end of the phone for a tearful phone call as I walked from the surgery to the bus stop to [...]

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admittedly, it isn’t exactly lucrative

27Mar09

But so far I have earnt £12.75 through taking part in YouGov surveys.
So, it is since last May and they won’t send you a cheque until you get to £50, but every little helps…

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wondering about old friends

27Mar09

I wonder what happened to Sun Man and whether he still does the Little City/London commute?

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why i struggle to trust the nhs

26Mar09

I took a call today from St George’s Hospital. The kind lady at the end of the phone said she was calling about my urgent referral.
Great.
Except my treatment is with Chelsea and Westminster Hospital.
The incompetence at my Doctor’s surgery amazes me sometimes. They’ve referred me urgently under the two-week rule and didn’t bother to check [...]

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losing the plot

25Mar09

As I descended the stairs into the depths of Brixton tube station this morning, the Christian Preacher was outside as usual, telling us all to repent and quoting passages of The Bible at us as we made our weary journeys to wherever we were going.
And it made me wonder, what is it that makes a [...]

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back in the wobbly hands of the nhs

24Mar09

I know none of you will really know what to say about this, so I don’t expect anything. Don’t feel you have to comment.
I was at my GP surgery this afternoon for a smear test. Yes, yes. “Just a formality,” I told myself. “Back in the old system. 95-98*% of women are fine. I am [...]

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little girl lost

24Mar09

Unsurprisingly, I’ve not got much to offer today. The post I wrote yesterday took an age to write, propped up against pillows in a room darkened by drawn curtains. Today, while I am upright, dosed up on Lemsip Max, Sinex and Ibuprofen, and recovering from a Zopiclone-induced sleep (Nytol simply didn’t even touch me and [...]

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tube: delayed

23Mar09

I don’t know if it caused any delays in reality, given that it was as I disembarked the train and was squarely on the platform that I felt woozy and dizzy and then keeled over.
I’m not really sure what happened, except that I shouldn’t havegone to work today because i feel so awful but with [...]

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