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Posts Tagged ‘Miscellaneous’

Bono’s Green Guitar

Bono’s Green Guitar

Friday, October 21, 2011 5:00

Recently, Adam Bevell, who lost his sight more than two decades ago, attended his 20th U2 concert in Nashville. Throughout the show, he held up a sign that read “Blind Guitar Player: Bring Me Up!” And eventually Bono took him up on the offer by inviting him on stage to ...

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X Factor Bingo

X Factor Bingo

Friday, October 22, 2010 6:10

After hearing the same old tired phrases repeated on every episode of the X Factor, I thought it would be a good idea to make a game of it. So, without further ado, I present to you: X Factor Bingo. There are two cards, so you can play against a ...

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Be Careful What You Wish For

Be Careful What You Wish For

Sunday, October 17, 2010 4:52

It would be an interesting experiment to stop people on the street and ask them what they would ask for if they had one wish. Would it be happiness? Security? Or perhaps money? Many people believe there to be an intrinsic link between money and happiness; and, to a certain ...

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“If the wind changes, your face will stay like that…”

“If the wind changes, your face will stay like that…”

Wednesday, September 1, 2010 14:45

One day, back when the world was in greyscale, my mum – then just a young girl – was playing up at the dinner table. This annoyed her father (my grandfather, of course), who warned her that if she didn’t stop misbehaving, he would take his bowl of baked beans ...

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Watching the Fur Fly

Watching the Fur Fly

Saturday, August 28, 2010 15:07

This past week, there has been devastation in Pakistan, an MI6 employee has been found dead in a sports bag and 33 Chilean miners have a long wait before they see daylight again. But, for people in the UK, tongues have been wagging about one thing. A woman who lobbed ...

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Make Yourself Useful, Cleggy

Make Yourself Useful, Cleggy

Friday, August 27, 2010 17:00

I’m not normally one to talk about politics, but I’m going to begin this post by disagreeing with our Deputy Prime Minister – who, by the way, is every caricaturist’s nightmare, as he has no prominent features. He was speaking at a public meeting in Croydon, and the topic of conversation ...

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The Gallery: A Photo I’m Proud Of

The Gallery: A Photo I’m Proud Of

Wednesday, August 25, 2010 16:09

I’ve recently begun to read what is written on Twitter by the 370 people I’m following, and have stumbled across this great networking venture by Tara of Sticky Fingers fame called ‘The Gallery’. If you’ve come through to this post after clicking on one of my Twitter links, then you ...

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Ker-ching!

Ker-ching!

Wednesday, August 25, 2010 3:09

I don’t know why I’m even writing this blog post. I’m rich, you see; rich beyond my wildest dreams. That makes me better than you. In fact, just to prove it, here’s a tenner – or, if you’re American, $15.4559. This week I have been fortunate enough to have received ...

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Who Needs Qualifications?

Who Needs Qualifications?

Thursday, August 19, 2010 14:33

Today, across the UK, thousands of A-level students received their results. Cue the cliché photographs: pretty young blondes jumping whilst clutching handfuls of paper; beaming pupils clutching one another in an awkward first-time embrace; and the inevitable nine year-old who has achieved an A grade. Little git. So much onus is placed ...

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All I Want For Christmas…

All I Want For Christmas…

Wednesday, August 18, 2010 15:48

School, for me, holds many memories: some good…and some bad. Bad, like being part of a relay race in the house swimming gala. I dove in first, thrashed around, thinking I was doing really well, and came out last. Goodness knows what I must have looked like. Or the time ...

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