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April 20, 2011

Royal Wedding Pizza

The upcoming royal wedding means very little to me, beyond giving all us Brits a day off work (for those who have still got a job) . I am a bit of a Republican anyway, purely in the sense of not wanting a royal family, not in any elephant-based political way, I hasten to add. The whole event reeks of keeping the proles happy for the day with a national holiday and cheap romance amid financial uncertainty and political strife. Hah, watch me with my Political Comment! Read the rest of this entry »

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April 8, 2011

Detective Story

Continuing my blog post idea challenge, here’s a little piece of fiction, following Mr Pizza Cottontail’s suggestion that I write a short story (slash, detective, Southern gothic, etc.) about my blog’s commenters. It is very much tongue-in-cheek, I went for a detective story (I guess you worked that out from the title of this post, eh?) and I assure you I intend to cause no offense! Here goes… Read the rest of this entry »

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March 29, 2011

Steve’s Blog Post Idea Challenge

Well, a couple of weeks back I asked for some feedback on this ol’ place. A massive thank you to everyone who got back to me. You really are the loveliest readership anyone could wish for. Read the rest of this entry »

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March 25, 2011

Feathered Friend

A short tale for you, dear reader, to ease you into the weekend. It is all true. Read the rest of this entry »

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March 11, 2011

New adventures from my RSS Reader

And so, your correspondent tumbles towards the refuge of the weekend without offering you, the reader, a whole lot of insight, value or entertainment. It’s been a long week, and I doubt any further inspiration will spark anytime soon, so instead I’m falling back on other stuff I’ve read on the internet, that you may or may not enjoy. It’s a old, well-used format, but who doesn’t approve of a little link-love now and then? Read the rest of this entry »

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