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After the Wedding.
We arrived tired and late at the hotel. Rush hour traffic on the M8. Tailbacks. Too few petrol stations and endless road blocks scoured what was left...
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the claimant.
That morning, a husband and wife team—physiotherapist and psychologist—shot him a glance in the stairwell. Dr Sim always took the stairs. He knew...
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run-of-the-mill sexual assault.
I guess it was a classic run-of-the-mill sexual assault. I hadn’t thought about it in a long while. Until one of my wife’s friends said something,...
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True Love
God, as I knew, was very unforgiving. Most folk think of prophets as old guys with long beards. She said cheerio to half the people in the room. That...
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Shame (The Jeremy Kyle Show July 4, 2005, to May 10, 2019).
Sometimes you forgot How odd you were And you smiled at a child She laughed and jumped in her straps She was too wee Had not yet learned how to...
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ah, inspirational.
Posted on Sat, 18 Jul 2026
ah, inspirational.
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'the kind old sun will know'.
Posted on Thu, 16 Jul 2026
'the kind old sun will know'. We infer to be fair. And never are. I remember the moon being full of Clankers. Those knitted creatures that whistled merrily and were much nicer than us. They had ADHD too, but couldn't spell it. I expect Exxon...
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vampires are interesting
Posted on Tue, 14 Jul 2026
vampires are interesting creatures, but not as interesting as humans. I read most of the stuff you mentioned too. Even Dennis Wheatley, which was awful. The film was much better. Whisper it, you got to see an almost naked woman and her boobies....
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I liked the jump. It makes
Posted on Tue, 14 Jul 2026
I liked the jump. It makes sense in so many ways. None of which I understand, of course. But that's grimoire and witches for you
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I've been with the crew the
Posted on Fri, 10 Jul 2026
I've been with the crew the whole ten yards and more. You kept the score. Well done.
Read full commentPosted in The Less Miserables Lose the Park (3)
the gang is all here and
Posted on Fri, 10 Jul 2026
the gang is all here and going in the right direction.
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Well. Dunbarton Rock was just
Posted on Sat, 11 Jul 2026
Well. Dunbarton Rock was just a resting place for their foraging. Let's hope the England defence gets Harrlanded.
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cats know the score, but
Posted on Wed, 08 Jul 2026
cats know the score, but beaten by a younger pup and new tech. He had little chance of winning a losing battle.
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Lots of give and much take. A
Posted on Fri, 10 Jul 2026
Lots of give and much take. A head of the great game.
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I couldn't tell a 12 bar from
Posted on Sat, 11 Jul 2026
I couldn't tell a 12 bar from a guitar, but it's got a beat about it and good to know the pub, you will go.
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