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Ha! Ha! Said The Clown (Dead Reckoning series - Part 7)

In which Archibald is miffed and Josiah is given something to think about!
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Jackie

Jackie was born in West Babylon, New York not far from the birthplaces of Billy Joel and Gerry Rivera. Her mother, Dianne worked as a nurse. Her...

Have a Little Haircut, Have a Little Bob

I read somewhere that places we like going to for a day out are our ‘hygge’ places. Inverurie is one of mine. A lovely drive through yellow and green...
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I don’t want to adjust to bloody algorithms ( A manifesto for the sanctity of human thought)

Computer algorithms work on mathematical probabilities not actualities and therein lies their weakness they incapable of dealing with Actual reality...
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New Directions (19)

A black phone on a cluttered desk started to ring in a friendly warbling tone. I reached out to pick up the handset and woke up relieved I wasn't...
Cherry

The best painting ever

Those last words. The man should not have uttered those. If he had just kept quiet. And if this wouldn’t have been possible. Just a greeting. A...

Bedsit Days On The Cliftonville

Bedsit Days On The Cliftonville By Paul McCann Back in 1989 I was looking for a place to live and as a single person it was hard to find a place in...
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Cliftonville Will Have Their Day

Cliftonville Will Have Their Day By Paul McCann Come on Cliftonville , now’s it’s time to play , its your day . Hold up the Irish Cup , don’t let...

Irish Traditions At The Years End

Irish Traditions At The Years End By Paul McCann - When I look back at the things people used to do At the end of the year in Ardoyne and the bone ,...

1:5:1 Quatarr (Part 2)

It was uncanny how similar it was for both of them. They both awoke in their relative sleeping area; they both went outside and they both looked up...

Why do I stay alive?

During my first year of medical school, the Director of Well-Being & Integrative Medicine, Dr. Anne Weisman, gave one lecture that I will never...

Uncomfortably Close to the River

“great writers are indecent people they live unfairly saving the best part for paper. good human beings save the world so that bastards like me can...

Quinn and the Dinosaur

Canterbury called Quinn to his office first thing that morning. “Ah, Quinn,” he said. “We’d like to name a dinosaur after you.” “A dinosaur?” said...
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Ratface

It had turned out to be a beautiful sunny afternoon, a bit windy but the wind was warmer, coming from the South now, blowing a constant stream of...
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Getting Out More

It has been a very long winter of wild weather. Of course, this suits me fine; never leaving the house, snuggling up with a book or two, or re-...
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The 20th Anniversary of Anthony Ainley's Death

Today is the twentieth anniversary of the death of a talented British actor. His name was Anthony Ainley. He died on May 3, 2004 at the age of 71. He...

By Their Deeds Shall Ye Know Them

Yesterday I was in town to work on my quota, and I was keeping my eye open. It was the first day of spring and the sun was out. Everybody looked...
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