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So farewell then Steven Wells
Steven (Seething) Wells, (or Swells), was a punk poet, turned journalist, turned comedy writer, turned author, turned cancer-diarist. He was a...
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So farewell then Smiley Culture
The first reggae album I every bought was Tongue in Cheek by Smiley Culture (real name David Victor Emmanuel). The first single from the album,...
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So farewell then Simon Veness
The first in the gang to die. On 20 June 2002, Simon Veness, a 35 year old financial risk manager for the Saudi French Bank , was killed by an Al al-...
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A hundred moments in autism - What about the Infadels?
I am at a writers group. One of the people at the group is a DJ on local radio and is preparing a show for later in the week. “Can anyone think of a...
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Lordy Lordy - Buses
I was woken by Box with my tray of coffee, toast, and assorted toast adornments. "Thank you Box," I said, expecting him to go away, the B oxes of...
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Thanks Harry. Starmer built
Posted on Sat, 14 Sep 2024
Thanks Harry. Starmer built his entire castle on lies so I see it as my duty to call him out. The idea that the pensioners have to pay for everything through cuts while taxing billionaires and oil company excess is out of the question is a...
Read full commentPosted in Sir Kier Starmer Superhero – Sir Kier and the energy crisis
Thanks Di
Posted on Fri, 08 Sep 2023
Thanks Di
I was attacked by a gang of ducks once, when I was eating sandwiches by the river in walk and the ducks decided that the sandwiches were theirs, not mine. I was saved by a dog
Read full commentPosted in Today’s TV
Many thanks Rich & Insert
Posted on Fri, 21 Mar 2014
Many thanks Rich & Insert
Sex is like a rubix cube - I spent £4.99 on a manual showing me how to do it, but didn't really understand it, and found the best way was just to twiddle things around until I found out what worked
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Autists seem to learn empathy
Posted on Fri, 13 Sep 2024
Autists seem to learn empathy a different way to neurotypicals, and there is actually a lot of evidence now that adult autists are MORE empathetic than adult NTs. Which means that the diagnostic tools for autism, which allocate a number of points...
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I wrote this shortly after
Posted on Mon, 23 Sep 2024
I wrote this shortly after the death of Steve Sibleman, at the age of just 66 - I followed him on Facebook and had read a post from him just the day before he died.
This is the New York Times Obituary: ...
Read full commentPosted in A hundred moments in autism - Reading Nuerotribes
We bought a new fridge today,
Posted on Sat, 06 Apr 2024
We bought a new fridge today, very modern, let's see what happens
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Thanks L
Posted on Sat, 06 Feb 2021
Thanks L
Yes, very sad news. Nice Piece in the Liverpool Echo
Read full commentPosted in The Campaign for Terrence Oblong - Probe Plus Records
Find a nearby primary school
Posted on Tue, 28 Jan 2014
Find a nearby primary school and gatecrash the science lessons.
Read full commentPosted in The darkness of the universe: Insufficient light or insufficient material?
Thanks David
Posted on Thu, 25 Aug 2022
Thanks David
I actually wrote this about 6 months ago (hence the reference to the Chancellor being richer than the Queen) - so there really is no excuse for the government doing nothing.
Read full commentPosted in True Tales from an Austere Kingdom - Inflation
Thanks David. I was shocked
Posted on Mon, 22 Aug 2022
Thanks David. I was shocked into this by the recent poll of Express readers which showed that 91% of Express readers back water privatisation, at the same time Starmer has essentially ensured that anyone who backs privatisation of water will not...
Read full commentPosted in Statler and Thatcher (deceased) - the energy crisis
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