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Odd Inspirations
The creative process can be mysterious, and many are reluctant to analyse it in any way, lest the inspiration disappears altogether.
I used to have a book called Bob Dylan: In His Own Words (you could get others in the series for people like The Beatles etc.), and there was a funny quote in it, not [...]
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Tags: songwriting
Smug
I hate to seem bitter, but one thing that’s been bugging me over the past few snowy/icy days has been the smug little faces of the 4WD owners as they thunder along through the snow and ice, as if immune to the laws of physics. You could see it in their eyes: they thought they’d [...]
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3 days of the condor
If it’s Thursday it must be a snow day, the third this week. I’m not keen on snow (not keen on much of anything), but since becoming a teacher I’ve learned to take it as a blessing. An extra day off work in the dark half of the year is not to be sniffed at, [...]
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Tags: snow days
Don’t
Yesterday’s trip to work was lengthened by a lorry making a delivery in the entrance to the school.
Don’t Ask Why Alan Jackson
Don’t Change On Me Alan Jackson
Don’t Come The Cowboy With Me Sonny Jim! Kelly Willis
Don’t Know Why Kelly Willis
Don’t Pretend With Me Vince Gill
Don’t Rock The Jukebox Alan Jackson
Don’t Stop Fleetwood Mac
Don’t Think I Don’t Think About It Darius Rucker
Don’t Think Twice [...]
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Don’t point that thing at me
Tell Cupid not to point that thing at me
One more hole in my poor heart is just what I don’t need
I’ve been teased by fate, burned by love, and left by destiny
So for my hearts sake tell Cupid wait don’t point that thing at me
Here in my early days of iPodding, I have discovered that [...]
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The story about Linda Lusardi dialling 999 because she was stuck in traffic on her way to a panto makes me laugh on so many levels. Of course, it’s the usual fare we’ve come to expect at this time of year from the emergency services, as they seek to instruct us on the wrongness of [...]
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One story (only one?) that’s driving me mad this week is the vehicle excise duty one. The government announced the new bands in the budget, saying that the “majority of motorists would be better or no worse off in 2009″. The tone of the reporting on this gives the impression that there has been a [...]
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Tags: excise duty, tax
I had cause to drive down to outer London at the weekend for a family party, and recorded a cool 53 mpg for the journey in my diesel estate. My bro-in-law arrived in his similarly-sized car, and when conversation turned that way (we were discussing the shocking price-per-litre at the moment – I’d paid £1.20), [...]
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Tags: driving, economy, fuel economy, fuel prices
Strictly for Car Bores
Billy, look away now.
2008 will be the year I replace my car. Probably. I figure the middle of a credit crunch is a good time to do this. My current car is 5 years old and has nearly done 100,000 miles. It’s reaching the point where components will start to fail through wear and tear. [...]
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If that’s a gagging order…?
QFD: Quelle Fashion Disaster
Poor old Heather Mills emerged from court today wearing a cobbled-together outfit: some kind of suit made from remnants of other clothing. She’s reduced to sewing together pieces of her old clothes because she’s been left penniless by her divorce settlement. She gets to keep the family caravan in Wales and Evil [...]
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