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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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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...
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...
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When we Felt Sorry for Them

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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...
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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...
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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 ,...
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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...
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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...
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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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Advice to future generations
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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...
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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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A Night At The Unity
A Night At The Unity By Paul McCann When I was young I had job in the evenings working at the Unity club in old Ardoyne . It stood proudly there...
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Sunday Walks After Mass
Sunday Walks After Mass By Paul McCann Daddy took us for Sunday walks And we never got lost . We always went first to early mass Up at Holy Cross. We...
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Aunt Lily’s Cat
Aunt Lily’s Cat By Paul McCann Tiddles was Aunt Lily’s cat and she always had a lot to eat as she wandered in and out all the houses in Jamaica...
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