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100 Words, 100 Days: Day 91. On Gobshites.
I suppose every language has that one word that stands out from the crowd. The kind of word that says what it means and means what it says. I don’t think gobshite is Irish (or Gaelic) but it’s as much...
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100 Words, 100 Days: Day 92. On Mothers.
Unless you were born in a test tube, you have a mother. By and large they’re in a class of their. Not everyone has a great relationship with their mother, so I consider myself fortunate and indeed...
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100 Words, 100 Days: Day 93. On Good Reads.
I pity those who say they’ve never read a book and don’t feel the need to. Sure isn’t it a waste of time? they say. We have bills to pay, mouths to feed, and work to be done. Who needs … Continue...
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100 Words. 100 Days: Day 94. On Classic Novels.
There was a time when I wouldn’t touch a classic novel with a lighted pitchfork. They were too dense, I thought, written in a language no longer relevant for today’s modern needs. Too many thees, thous...
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100 Words, 100 Days: Day 95. On Libya.
So an entire country rejoices and has the party to end all parties, right? Someone somewhere is playing the soundtrack to The Wizard of Oz and Wicked. After all, no one mourns the wicked. But once the...
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100 Words, 100 Days: Day 96. On Health.
To your health! we toast sometimes. But what kind of health are we toasting? Good health, bad health, mental or physical health? It’s a kind of superman or woman who has excellent physical and mental...
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100 Words, 100 Days: Day 97. On Repetition.
You go to a pub on Saturday night. The music is crap, the singers are atrocious (it’s Karaoke – what did you expect?), the beer is overpriced and the staff are cranky. So much for your night out, yes?...
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100 Words, 100 Days: Day 98. On Series Finales.
We put down our favourite book, one that has travelled with us for nearly ten years, and we can’t help feeling sad. The writer says there will be no more new stories involving characters we have come...
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100 Words, 100 Days: Day 99. On Unfriending.
Yesterday morning, to my horror, I lost two friends. But I don’t know who they are; not yet, anyway. My Facebook friends list was reduced from a total of 284 people to 282. I scanned down the list to...
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100 Words, 100 Days: Day 100. On Discipline.
It may look easy, but blogging on a daily basis, be it in 100 words or otherwise, requires persistence and discipline. There is a world full of material from which to write about; all the writer and...
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