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349/365 what I want for Christmas

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  Is peace, goodwill and an end to inequality. Is the beautiful and lovely two-month-old Tassimo coffee machine to give me coffee, not a rattle noise and some steam. I know that’s a shallow and spoilt first-world wish, but, the disobedience of the coffee machine is the last in a long line of insubordination from […]

348/365 Ikea – circling the square

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Boy Three and I were bound for Ikea and I was explaining what the big blue shop was all about. “Is it bigger than the sky?” He asked. Later, following the arrows he said: “Oh man. We are just going round in squares. It’s taking years.”     Posted with Blogsy

Guest post: Have An Unconventional Christmas

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The last time I talked to my far-flung best friend, she was knitting. “That’s funny,” I said. “I was just wearing the scarf you made me, when we went out for a chilly Sunday walk.” She was thoroughly touched that I still think of her every time I wrap up in the nubby blue-ish green […]

Jack and the Beanstalk at Greenock Beacon Arts.

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Dame with vast bosoms and lots of innuendo: check.Dashing hero: check.Dim but lovable sidekick: check. Heroine in peril: check. Scary baddie: check.Cow: check. Terrible jokes (but in a good way): check.Local references: Check.Soppy songs: check.Toe tapping songs: check. Corny jokes: check. Happy ending: checkJack and the Beanstalk at Greenock’s new Beacon Arts Centre has everything a good pantomime requires – […]