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Continue reading →: Compulsion – Obsession
Preparing myself mentally for the challenge ahead, I have done some soul searching. Realising that I do not hold any religious feelings or faith, does not mean that I am excluded from the act of self examination. I like the theory, put forward by a neuroscientisr in a book I…
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Continue reading →: Nature – Beauty
The nature of beauty is often debated. The form, content and performance are all relevant to the aesthetic experience. One of the most powerful portraits that I ever saw was of Myra Hindley, the child murderer, painted by Marcus Harvey using children’s hand prints. The scale and form of the…
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Continue reading →: Rhymes with roses
The Wondrous Rose by Ann Russell The sweetest scent I e’er did take Was when I stumbled, by mistake Upon a garden, beauteous fair – Its very fragrance filled the air. And there I searched for many hours To find amongst the lovely flowers That very blossom, from whose kind…
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Continue reading →: Contact sports
Rugby and other contact sports organisations and controlling bodies are taking seriously the long term risks of hard physical contact on players. Gone are the days when bruised and bloodied people would stay on the pitch to continue with the battle. Erring on the side of caution will save lives. There are…
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Continue reading →: 11.3 Blood Sugar Reading
So 11.3 is not good. But the long term goal is still in place. I intend to use the 8 week diet programme to get my blood sugar levels back to normal. Planning to start the 8 week diet after St Patrick’s day might seem weird, but realistically there are…
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Continue reading →: Two more pricks
Goodness knows how long it is since my last blood sugar test, but I thought I should get another reading. 11.3…..what does that mean? I should really try to find out,.since it is higher than the last test. But I will be seeing the nurse in about a week so…
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Continue reading →: KT vs Training
KT, or knowledge transfer, is popular in some organisations, but what does it really entail? It should,as the name implies, be a process whereby specialist knowledge is shared. Unfortunately, in most cases there will be some kind of presentation with little opportunity for examining just how much knowledge has actually been…
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Continue reading →: Oven delayed gratification
This is not what you think, unless you were thinking his oven delivery has been delayed, in which case you’re bang on. Ordered a Bosch in-built oven on 7th January from Argos – told delivery would be 16th February – accepted delay reluctantly – checked online to see why they…
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Continue reading →: Massacre in Chicago
Today we commemorate the brutal slaying that happened in Prohibition era Chicago. Yes, it’s Valentine’s Day. Duped lovers will be buying cards, roses and champagne, whereas true romantics will have penned poems, baked heart-shaped scones and wooed away without commercial exploitation sullying their efforts. Cheapskates or romantics? Chicken dinner is…
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Continue reading →: A right card
My enthusiasm for my website project is unabated. Having designed a business card, I have ordered 250 to be printed silk\matt 440 something or others. I picked an image of a hand holding a fancy fountain pen and made it appear to have written When English matters…my tagline. I will be looking…
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