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Borrowed time
Let go of the week Let go of the work And find yourself alone Free of judgement An epiphany of reflection Mostly self-serving deflections Letting go...
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Boomtown
Podge clutched at the soft fitting on the chair and it helped pull himself upright. Glanced at the pints and tumblers on their table and lifted a...
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Head scratching.
The One Who Must Choose In some traditions (Norse, Slavic, Celtic), fate is flexible. The naked dreamer stands at a crossroads, exposed but empowered...
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McCann case 5
She tugged the high-viz a little over her big belly as they walked back. A rattle in his throat. He dropped back a step, holding a hand up to show he...
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McCann case 4
He was close enough to the other workers to be part of the huddled group of smoker, but far enough away not to get involved. Non-smokers stumbled...
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I guess we all do, some more
Posted on Tue, 10 Feb 2026
I guess we all do, some more readily than others.
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thanks TJ and Vera and Insert
Posted on Wed, 10 Dec 2025
thanks TJ and Vera and Insert and Turlough as you know without readers, we don't really exist.
Read full commentPosted in R&D 5
Whatever the question was,
Posted on Wed, 05 Nov 2025
Whatever the question was, the answer is absolutely. I'm no music man. I don't know any of those artists. But Bloody Mother Fucking Arsehole. Absolutely. Absolutely. Absolutely.
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I understand your pain.
Posted on Thu, 24 Jul 2025
I understand your pain. Although, of course, I'm too busy understanding my own pain. I'm reading about contagion and infection rates and mathematical modelling. Books are like that. Well, not mine. Or not yours. But we can only hope.
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AI is a worry, among others.
Posted on Thu, 05 Jun 2025
AI is a worry, among others. Poetry may be the answer.
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The love robot rivals and now
Posted on Fri, 18 Apr 2025
The love robot rivals and now Cedric has a screw loose (metaphorically) of course.
Read full commentPosted in Parcel for You - Part 58
wow. exactly. I once gave a
Posted on Tue, 18 Feb 2025
wow. exactly. I once gave a talk and one of my lines were: Everybody was allowed to hit you. And they'd think of a good reason for it later.
Aye.
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cybermates, Spencer and
Posted on Fri, 10 Jan 2025
cybermates, Spencer and tweezers. It's all gadgets going.
Read full commentPosted in Parcel for You - Part 47
aha. Spencer reaps revenge
Posted on Thu, 02 Jan 2025
aha. Spencer reaps revenge for his bad wiring! We need some scary music. Dddddddddddddddddddd.
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great stuff. good definitions
Posted on Fri, 04 Oct 2024
great stuff. good definitions of sheep singular and plural. They replaced people in large parts of the Highlands and Island, while not being very large. My guess is Spencer and his ilk will do the same with us.
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