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Keep Left
Went to see Michael Moore the other night. A great show, part stand-up comedy, part rant, part game show. He also got extremely pissed about particular attitudes within the crowd (I think that’s what it was about). National Novel Writing month (NaNoWriMo) is coming to a close, and I’m hoping to get to my 50,000…
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More from the Hagakure
There is surely nothing other than the single purpose of the present moment. A man’s whole life is a succession of moment after moment. If one fully understands the present moment, there will be nothing else to do, and nothing else to pursue. Live being true to the single purpose of the moment . Everyone…
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Tuesday, 11:20am
The winter is coming to London. The trees are starting to look as though they are dead. It is cold. It is also raining. And someone has a washing machine on their balcony. If it is old and waiting to be thrown away/recycled that may not seem so strange. Except that this one is plugged…
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Faking It
We’re sitting in the flat watching a program called “Faking It”. The concept is to get a plebe and then a group of coaches teach them a lifestyle. They have four weeks to pass themselves off to a group of experts. The point of this episode is to get a London pen pusher and turn…
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From the Hakagure
There is nothing so painful as regret. We would all like to be without it. However, when we are very happy and become elated, or when we habitually jump into something thoughtlessly, later we are distraught, and it is for the most part because we did not think ahead and are now regretful. Certainly we…
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It’s Easy Being Green
Unless you use Opera. Then some funny things happen with the style sheets. So a tip – use your Mozilla browser until I can sort out the Opera glitches. Anyhoo. It definately looks better in Mozilla than IE5. I have still only written 2000 words of my novel , and I’m still trying to figure…
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Novel Writing
Last month I mentioned that I was taking part in National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo). It has started and I have laid down the first 2000 words of a master work. It took me 4 hours to write 2000 words and that is cause for alarm. Still, it’s a start and I’m sure that as…