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The Captain’s Tweetings
- Well, Mike. I wonder what might have caused that? If we all think hard enough, we might be able to think of somethi… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 2 hours ago
- An already rancid haddock. twitter.com/nursesheepie/s… 11 hours ago
- Hard to spot a feasible Plan A. A Plan B would be really pushing it. twitter.com/jolyonmaugham/… 15 hours ago
- Seems as good a reason as any to do it. twitter.com/essenviews/sta… 17 hours ago
- RT @ReallyAmerican1: Let’s get 5,000 fast retweets on this to help keep #ExpelThemBoth trending all night and send a strong message that Cr… 17 hours ago
Monthly Archives: March 2011
Fragile
Watching recent events unfold in Japan has engendered mixed emotions, ranging from horror at the merciless onslaught of the tsunamis to despair at the crass insensitivity of the inevitable tidal wave of black humour that engulfed mobile phones just hours later. Both were the … Continue reading
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Ideas, Where Art Thou?
Writer’s block: it’s a bugger. You sit and stare at the blank screen – or, if firmly wedded to quaint tradition, the blank sheet of A4 – and you will your brain to do the business: … Continue reading
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The Wind In The Marlowes
I wrote this blog in 2006, after reading the following news story: Otter busts out of zoo, now on the run Jin the otter is still on the loose after leading a daring breakout from Auckland Zoo. … Continue reading
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Being Human
My previous piece on the paranormal has recalled some ticklish issues that I haven’t scratched in a while. In particular: how to be sceptical of eye-witness evidence without attacking the sanity or integrity of the witness. This is my attempt to square that circle. … Continue reading
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