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Weltschmerz
I doubt that I’m using this word correctly, having only come across it on the Big Bang Theory, but …… Trailer for Dr Who just makes me wish that life wasn’t so ordinary. Two small points of happiness. Was able to use my ereader to immediately address my unexpected lack of reading material by buying…
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The Dog-Lizard wars continue. Fatalities occur when one side (the lizards) become too cocky. Dog earnt my displeasure with the too-easy killing of a small lizard today. But he is being taunted by a quite large water dragon on the fence.
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trying to fool the Gender Genie
i can’t do it. Not with what i hope is a cyber/crime/noir thing with a male protagonist (best best) or with another story which is, quite frankly, unashamedly girly. Should I try to write like a boy? Gender Genie
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Lurkers
To appreciate this story, you need to know that close to my daughter’s primary school there’s a small playground a ground and a group of shops. The whole area is known as The Deli (the name of the coffee shop) or the IGA (for obvious reasons). Every Friday afternoon much of the school terrorises the…
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Recent discoveries from the heart of the Zombie Jungle
In spirit of Mr Feinberg’s Haiku: I found three bottles: Two untouched Vodka Cruisers Empty Corona
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50,000 words
I should be so very, very pleased with myself, but to tell the truth, most of the time it’s like this: ” At Sea. Miserable and full of self-doubt with intermittent moments of euphoria.” That’s from artist Joanna Logues, when describing how she feels when she paints.
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It might be better to start lying
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that this phrase has been overused. Please Stop. Someone else got there first. It wasn’t you.
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The year of painting dangerously
As I wiped my brush idly over the deck rails, I thought: I could paint for a year, the house would look magnificent, and that could be a goal. The fence is 85% painted, the last 15 % being that which can’t be reached by any ladder in our possession, even standing on tip toe. …
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To E or not to E
Ebooks: Good for taking down to the station to await the return of young zombies, Bad for reading in bed. Good for books you want to catch up on but don’t want to pay too much for, bad for something I think I might seriously Love. Confession: bought Terry Pratchett’s I shall Wear Midnight as…
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