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Reflect well

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Hi, How’s things with you, dear reader? Hopefully okay and if not, hopefully moving that way. As an unprofessional waffler – you think I’m paid for this guff? 🙂 – I keep a list of ideas should the creative waters run dry. No, not a climate change reference but a case of knowing – and sadly having experienced – having nil in the tank when it comes to a weekly post. Tiredness is the enemy. Odd given my superpower is napping and to prove it, my proverbial Kryptonite are ticking clocks. They’re just so… regular… with their accursed ticking! 😁 Where was I? Yes, creativity, tiredness, and a stash of ideas. So it is that this week I’m drawing on […]

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Fabulocity

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Hi, Ah, the luxury of a Friday off and nothing to rush around for. Instead, the simple joy of a long walk in the countryside, a coffee with the Ever Lovely Mrs J, and the beauty of a cool Spring day. Truly, the gifts of time and a chance to unwind. I had a call with a friend last night (hello Andie! 👋) and I was saying that I’d take cross with myself over the faffing around in getting ready. Again, we’re back to that phrase of “would you say that to a friend?“. Perhaps if you had a train to catch, but glib comments aside, no. So, again, perhaps useful to not say it to myself either. As with […]

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The Formula of You

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Hi, It’s been a bit of an odd week this time around. Some good, some could-be-better, some WTAF?!, and a few tears along the way. My, that does sound dramatic that last bit! But it’s nothing serious or life threatening. I guess things build up and the eyeball sprinklers go into test mode 😉 Readers of a more fabulous nature may prefer the phrase mascara bothering egress 😁 but I wouldn’t know anything about that (Ted 😉). Could-be-better You might have picked up on an earlier link about Highly Sensitive People. Do please click the link if you’re curious. I’ve since read – and I can’t find the link – that the word sensitive comes with extra cultural baggage. E.g.: […]

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Giving in

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Hi, It’s Friday and I’ve had the day off. I think there’s a lot to be said about a four day week (but five days pay). Indeed, another research study has shown some very positive results. Not just for the employee, but the productivity (and morale) gains for the organisation. I guess one can dream right? No news yet on my application to drop my hours, as it seems to be working through the system. Puzzling skies This week has been a bit of a mixed bag. Dark clouds gathered – and not in a cool sword raising I have the powwwwer! kinda way. 😁 Mind you, must be a right pain finding clothes to fit that ripped frame. No […]

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Bad apples

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I am married, but I don’t assault my partner. I am a parent, but I don’t abuse children. I am a man, but I don’t molest women. I am straight, but I don’t hate people who love differently to me. I am genderfluid and I don’t think I am a woman. I am an atheist, but I don’t want to destroy religion. I am white and racism disgusts me. I have male parts, but I don’t expose them. I have struggled with mental illness, but I am not a threat. I went to university, but I’m not part of the elite. I am English, Scots, and Irish: a citizen of nowhere. I was a biker and a metaller, but I’m […]

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2022: a look back

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Hi, How was Christmas? Hopefully relaxed and not too stressful. With the end of the holiday year and company shutdown, Mrs J and I have had nearly a full week off together. It’s been great not having to rush anywhere and be able to take things easy. Happy holidays indeed. Plus, there’s a few days left before it’s back to work in the new year. So, new year huh? It seems traditional to start one after the end of December 😉 So, 2022? I was going to write that it felt like a hangover from 2021. But that feels somewhat negative, even if the years previous have cast a long shadow. Yes, there’s been some awful events this year and […]

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