In a bun dance

If I'm going to get something, I usually get it in spades - luck (both kinds), children, clutter, dirty laundry, bright ideas, daft ideas...

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Racism bad – sexism ignored

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Oh yes, we’re in for a huge hooha about racism on Big Brother. Emily said a forbidden and shocking word. She shouldn’t have done it and BB had no choice but to sling her oot. Fair enough. More likely she is guilty of being unpleasant and stupid than racist. However, last night I was much […]

I know it’s dreadful

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that little Maddie McCann has gone missing and no one seems to know where she is.I’m sure her family – and especially her mother – are drowning in grief. Few of us can even imagine how hideous things are for them at the moment.Well actually – there are quite a lot of people who probably […]

To gay people

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I’ve been having a bit of trouble with gay people lately. Many of my favourite people are gay. I really don’t have a problem with the fact you fancy people of the same gender. That’s not it. My problem is that I don’t always know who’s gay and who’s not. And it’s not because I’m […]

Silly old sobs

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I’d like to appeal for the return of the stiff upper lip. Yes, it’s probably a bit old fashioned and maybe even repressed. Maybe someone could tell me how that’s a bad thing.Everywhere you turn people are blubbing, sobbing, wailing, weeping – snot and tears all over the place. You could argue that the people […]

It’s about dad

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My dad died of lung cancer on April 3, 2007. By the time he died it felt as if we’d been living with dying of cancer for a very long time, but really he only knew from March 23.So he got his diagnosis and died from it in the time it takes people to go […]

A bun dance

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This is the first post to my new blog. A foray into the new media and a place to have my say.There, you see, it sounds pompous already. It might take a while to get used to.So, for now that’s it.