the emotional blackmailers handbook

of the seven deadly sins, the eighth and worst by far is emotional blackmail ... the diligent practise of this subtle and ancient art creates a constantly evolving darwinistic moral vacuum in which the brightest new manipulative ideas and stratagems flourish ... and which only you, or i, can fill !

Tuesday, August 05, 2008

acquired with the help of a good woman who knows how to make a small box of chocolates last a fortnight

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Monday, August 04, 2008

today would have been colin forward's eighty-fifth birthday

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a handful of dust

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After a life-time of hoovering, ... I am now reasonably certain that most household dust is of a feminine origin … because nothing derived f...

drey making outside our kitchen window

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Sunday, August 03, 2008

if i start getting difficult ( in 20 or 30 years time ) just re-read this article by oliver james about dementia ...

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2008/aug/02/oliver.james.dementia
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from a short piece by hilary mantel in the guardian review

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Sentimental people will try to convince you that stories, like the act of reading, are as natural as breathing. They say that we are narrat...
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Saturday, August 02, 2008

roll up, roll up, to the wellcome institute for skellingtons of old london

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blue rosette for best teeth in show ... http://www.wellcomecollection.org/exhibitionsandevents/exhibitions/skeletons/galleries/WTD041693.htm...

essential bedside reading

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freddy arrives for breakfast

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Thursday, July 31, 2008

aaah ! click on the link ... the boy done good !

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http://lamiradadelmendigo.blogspot.com/2008/07/de-laxe-camelle.html

the sutton benger green man, the bamberg green man ... the putney green man ... design fiasco

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Wednesday, July 30, 2008

good night pussycats, everywhere x

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Monday, July 28, 2008

the trick is keeping the empty glasses and the full bottles of tonic in the fridge all through the summer

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Sunday, July 27, 2008

but cold fusion won't be achievable unless they use the correct tonic water

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eternal optimism

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ginkgo_biloba

an ache ...

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... that cannot ...

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... be soothed

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross_Bones_burial_ground
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borough high street

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Saturday, July 26, 2008

cor blimey luv a duck ... an recent image borrowed from my brother dave's website

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http://www.davidforward.co.uk/folly/folly01.php
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