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Nov 26, 2009, 2:30 pm
‘Viagra’ is now available
in powder form
for your tea.
It doesn’t enhance your sexual performance
but it does stop your biscuit going soft..
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Nov 26, 2009, 4:26 am
Wrinkles wound deep furrows along his face, itself a crumpled memory of handsomer years – his eyes had however not lost their bright luster and twinkled at me now with good humour. “Don&#... Comment - Like
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Nov 26, 2009, 2:37 am
To all my American (and Canadian) friends, some of whom have no idea that Thanksgiving is not widely celebrated outside these countries: Happy Thanksgiving!
Coincidentally I am reading (wading throug... Comment - Like
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Nov 25, 2009, 8:49 am
My Love is like a wild, irish rose, her hair orange like the ancient sunsets, her eyes the colour of forbidden emeralds, and her skin, ah her skin: lovely to the touch, soft as down and flecked with g... Comment - Like
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Nov 25, 2009, 4:30 am
I have been quite ill of late and was greatly encouraged last night by the prayers of a good friend. He also told me to look up this:
I waited patiently for the LORD;
he turned to me and heard my c... Comment - Like
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Nov 25, 2009, 2:57 am
An Alsatian went to a telegram office, took out a blank form and wrote, “Woof. Woof. Woof. Woof. Woof. Woof. Woof. Woof. Woof.”
The clerk examined the paper and politely told the dog: “There ar... Comment - Like
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Nov 24, 2009, 1:21 pm
I saw a silouetto of a man doing the fandango and was immediately immersed in rapsodies of bohemian proportions. Scaramouche was his name, a lively little fellow with pointy beard, heroic moustache an... Comment - Like
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Nov 21, 2009, 3:00 am
Last month a world-wide survey was conducted by the UN.
The question: “Would you please give your honest opinion about solutions to the food shortage in the rest of the world?”
The surve... Comment - Like
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Nov 19, 2009, 1:19 pm
Apocalypse came walking down the street, sending before her waves of terrified, screaming humanity. She had come to end the world as instructed, as foretold by the great Seers and Prophets of old. Hum... Comment - Like
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Nov 19, 2009, 6:29 am
A bucket list is a list of 10 things you want to do before you die (”kick the bucket”). What is amazing is that I have had to think about this, thus reflecting the total lack of planning ... Comment - Like
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Nov 15, 2009, 1:46 pm
“It just happened!” I cried, tears of frustration welling up inside me.
She looked at me with longsuffering bemusement. “You mean to say that heap of dirty clothing at the bottom of... Comment - Like
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Nov 14, 2009, 3:22 am
I walked up to the bar and sat down on the empty stool.
“You don’t want to sit there,” said the bartender.
“Oh? Why not?” I replied.
“It’s haunted.”
I laughed, but then sto... Comment - Like
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Nov 12, 2009, 9:37 am
Dear John,
I don’t love you anymore. In fact, I don’t think I ever loved you – what we had was sexual, not love, an incoherent moment of madness. I remember first seeing you in the ... Comment - Like
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Nov 10, 2009, 2:48 pm
The old man sat hunched over an empty glass in the corner of the pub. It seemed as if he had been there forever, amidst the dust motes, for he did not move. I noticed that every now and then he woul... Comment - Like
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Nov 10, 2009, 2:16 pm
Perhaps you’ve seen this advert on the net?
1 Tip of a flat belly : Cut down 3 lbs of your belly every week by using this 1 weird old tip.
1 weird old tip. Surely it is not that simple? So y... Comment - Like
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Nov 9, 2009, 2:21 pm
He reached out a large, meaty hand. “Hello, name’s Riaan.”
He had a thick Afrikaans accent, a giant of a man with long, curly, somehow inappropriate hair atop his bulky frame. I took his h... Comment - Like
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Nov 9, 2009, 1:58 pm
“Beer, please.”
The bartender nodded, placed a mat in front of me, and soon after a tall glass of ice cold lager. I watched as the sides grew moist with condensation. It had been a long trip. ... Comment - Like
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Nov 8, 2009, 9:15 am
After much pondering about my “completed” book Last Days, and wondering how I make it longer without affecting it too much, I have decided to add some Prologues, starting here.
Just like ... Comment - Like
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Nov 6, 2009, 7:39 am
It is very weird finding yourself in the middle of a hay stack. I suppose it could have been worse: the middle of a mountain, or perhaps mid air, hundreds of feet above the ground, but I had deliberat... Comment - Like
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Nov 6, 2009, 7:35 am
Some things I learned this week:
1. Literary agents (good ones) are very busy people with high entry standards
2. Lots of people are writing books
3. Getting published is the exception not the norm... Comment - Like
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Nov 2, 2009, 12:30 pm
The editor’s (or agent’s) name and title
The publication’s name
The publications address
Dear (Mr./Ms.) (editor’s last name),
What if you made some bad choices and your onc... Comment - Like
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Oct 23, 2009, 11:29 am
Shock news today as Douglas Fairbody the renowned architect was sacked from the Westminster Renovation Programme. Mr Fairbody, famous for the controversial introduction of stained glass solar panels ... Comment - Like
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Oct 22, 2009, 2:40 pm
The loud explosion was followed by a storm of blood and debris as AE257 littered the verdant landscape. Nearby a mutilated teddy bear fell, still attached to the little hand that before had held it so... Comment - Like
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Oct 22, 2009, 2:22 pm
“How do you know it’s not going to hurt?” she asked, her little face screwed up suspiciously.
The older boy smiled knowingly. “Because I’ve done it before.”
She hesitated, think... Comment - Like
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Oct 22, 2009, 3:46 am
I was going to write a post on this subject but found an excellent article by Mike Rosen instead.
Job done. :) Comment - Like
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Oct 22, 2009, 3:08 am
I'll talk later about asset management, but for now, what exactly belongs in a service registry?
Well, services obviously, stupid.
But what about stored procedures? Or legacy, remotely invokeabl... Comment - Like
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Oct 21, 2009, 7:53 am
How exciting. At long last I am a working somewhere with thousands of services, a registry/repository, a service registrar and established governance processes around the use of services.
Could life... Comment - Like
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Oct 18, 2009, 10:44 am
I looked around appreciatively, “This is a very nice room.”
He looked at me, face devoid of emotion, waiting.
I continued, “Yes, very smart, bigger than our little rooms back hom... Comment - Like
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Oct 11, 2009, 6:45 am
Her name was Susan and she was my first love – at least, what passes for love at the tender age of seven.
We were inseparable as friends, and impish to the core, like the time we decided to mak... Comment - Like
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Oct 10, 2009, 11:34 am
Six months the house had been on the market, and not even one viewer, but today that was going to change. We scrubbed the place top to bottom – even the kids got involved, though as usual they ... Comment - Like
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Oct 7, 2009, 4:15 pm
We stood before the priest below the altar of our Lord Hunahpu, the wind tugging at our white robes; she turned to me, “Do you love me?”
I returned her gaze and smiled, taking her hand in... Comment - Like
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Oct 7, 2009, 2:25 pm
Life…
Serious side effects that would require immediate medical attention include:
+ Loss of sense of humour
+ Tendency to lovelessness
+ Excessive self interest
+ Death Comment - Like
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Oct 7, 2009, 2:02 pm
Saw this today…
Serious side effects that would require immediate medical attention include:
chills, infection
dark urine, decreased urination (oliguria)
difficulty swallowing or breathing (si... Comment - Like
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Oct 7, 2009, 1:55 pm
Just got back from the doctor’s.
“Bad news, dear. I have terminal cancer; nothing they can do, not long to go, 2 months at best.”
She looked at me sadly, but then suddenly perked u... Comment - Like
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Oct 6, 2009, 3:42 pm
The night was as black as the witch’s heart and I knew she was out there waiting for me. The fire burned brightly in the hearth, filling the room with the fragrance of autumn, yet I was cold. ... Comment - Like
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Oct 6, 2009, 3:15 pm
As a child I believed there was a bogeyman under my bed, and so on going to bed at night would turn out the light and sprint for the bed, jumping the last yard so that he would not grab my ankles. My ... Comment - Like
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Oct 4, 2009, 12:08 pm
I have been reviewing ITIL 3 with a view to updating my article on Service Management, and came across the notion of competitive services.
This is a very common notion when one looks at services in... Comment - Like
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Oct 3, 2009, 12:35 pm
She stood in front of me, hands on her hips, face glaring with indignation.
“Are you being stochastic with me?”
“I beg your pardon?”
“Don’t you smart mouth me, m... Comment - Like
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Oct 3, 2009, 12:14 pm
Sausages, stuffed with sage and apple, heaps of caramelised onions, gravy made with Bordeaux and fresh parsley. And the mash? To die for: soft and buttered, laced with just a touch of nutmeg.
I polis... Comment - Like
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Oct 3, 2009, 3:52 am
I woke buried in ice, burning like hell. I told her to wake me up, but she didn’t.
I guess I should have apologised for the comment about her walrus butt, but she deserved it. Fish … fis... Comment - Like
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