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Vade Mecum for the Mid-life Crisis
JULY 7, 2009 2:32AM

Getting Lost with Dan and Kate

The shimmering US-70 in Arizona curves and dips suddenly to reveal a huge, ancient saguaro  cactus flanking the road like an alien monster hitch-hiker.   I glance over at Dan.  Behind his sunglasses, his eyelids are heavy, but no, he’s not asleep.   Neither is he d… Read full post »

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JUNE 20, 2009 6:03PM

Twenty-three years of Marriage: Salvage it or Scrap it?

So Mish and I are separating again.  This time is different.  She’s the one going.  The kids are grown-up.   Sex is no longer on the menu.   I guess I better tell Mum.   

Her house, the house where I was born, and where she still lives,  frowns… Read full post »

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APRIL 30, 2009 12:53PM

Comedian Stephen Fry writes a letter to his 16 y/o self

Stephen Fry

Stephen Fry. Photograph: Steve Forrest/Rex Features

I hope you are well. I know you are not. As it happens you wrote in 1973 a letter to your future self… Read full post »

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APRIL 29, 2009 7:18PM

13.1 Billion Years Ago, a Star Died...

 ...and last Thursday we finally got to see it.   The star,  romantically titled GRB 090423, is the most distant object ever seen -- so distant , that it's taken light all those billions of years to reach us, travelling at -- well, at the speed of light.

Here's a link to… Read full post »

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APRIL 29, 2009 6:38PM

How you can build your blogging audience

A good  technique is to start a blog titled 

How you can build your blogging audience Read full post »

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APRIL 29, 2009 5:40AM

This Advert recieved most complaints in UK last year

This ad, part of anti child abuse campaign by Barnados caused 840 complaints to the British Advertising Standards Authority last year, more than any other.   None of the complaints were upheld. 
 
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