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Tom Tom Turnaround (6) (i)
Then there were days when different things happened. Days when dad would take him out on the lorry when he did forage deliveries around the city and...
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Gift: A Son's Story (extract) - Settling Up (ii)
A couple of days later, he came over again. He'd brought his copy of mum's key, so I now had them all. Four door keys in total, plus two for the back...
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Gift: A Son's Story (extract) - Settling Up (i)
Following the final day with the clearance at the bungalow, it's time to pay some bills. (continued from 'Final Day') The next day, I went into Walsh...
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Gift: A Son's Story (extract) - Final Day
The final day of clearance at my mother's bungalow, following her death. Joanne, my niece, comes to help me as my brother has gone on holiday. Lottie...
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Gift: A Son's Story (extract) - Clearing the loft
In continuing with the final draft of 'Gift', I've reached the point where I'm clearing out my mother's bungalow following her death. I'd been...
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Yes, I've experienced some of
Posted on Mon, 23 Sep 2024
Yes, I've experienced some of that. When I was first referred to a psychiatrist to discuss the issue, he said to me 'You can't be autistic because you aren't flapping your hands and rocking in your chair.' So again, it was using his '...
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I only found out yesterday
Posted on Mon, 23 Sep 2024
I only found out yesterday that Steve Silberman had died. I was shocked as he was so young - and not much older than myself. 'Neurotribes' was the first book about autism I read after my diagnosis. Great book. I especially loved the first...
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Climate Change
Posted on Sat, 14 Sep 2024
Thanks, Di. I was going to put that in, but wanted to focus on the tech itself and was worried about length (close to word count). You are absolutely right, though. The data centres that power the internet are huge already and are growing with...
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It is a rant really, though.
Posted on Sat, 14 Sep 2024
It is a rant really, though. It just defeats me. I keep telling myself to drop it, focus on something else, feel happy again. But it's just always there, like this huge monster lurking in the shadows. And I also keep thinking 'What happens if...
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It was written with tongue
Posted on Fri, 20 Sep 2024
It was written with tongue planted firmly in cheek! Having said that, it was an attempt to challenge some misconceptions and stereotypes... and poke a bit of fun at attitudes.
Yes, it means different things to different people - sadly, so...
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Okay... here's the SoundCloud
Posted on Fri, 20 Sep 2024
Okay... here's the SoundCloud file. Best I can do, I'm afraid. It lacks the dynamic of a stage performance.
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Yes, absolutely. That stigma
Posted on Sun, 15 Sep 2024
Yes, absolutely. That stigma is, thankfully, being broken down. But it's still there.
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Thank you, Jenny. I'm
Posted on Sat, 14 Sep 2024
Thank you, Jenny. I'm grateful for this comment - and I agree so much with what you say. I was a child of the '60s. They were tough times. But I still can't help but look back on my life and think I've been lucky, and lived it without this '...
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Absolutely. And they almost
Posted on Sat, 14 Sep 2024
Absolutely. And they almost resolutely ignore that. Corporations like Amazon and Google, too, who use our buildings and infrastructure and get away with paying no or little tax. It defeats me how it's allowed to happen. I guess it comes down...
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I can hear Tom in every word
Posted on Sun, 15 Sep 2024
I can hear Tom in every word - in that 'The Piano Has Been Drinking' voice!
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