Archive for December, 2009

Haven’t we done well, this year?

Haven't we done well, this year?

Preparations A few weeks ago I decorated the apartment complete with Christmas tree and lights ready for my first Yule & Christmas in the apartment. See below for photos: Yule Yule has become an annual celebration at Chrys. Unfortunately I did not feel well enought to attend. However on the 21st December which is actual [...]

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Keeping you updated…

I have been extremely busy recently (see Mad Busy) and coming up to the Christmas/New Year break its got even worse, if that’s possible? I hope to write up a number of blog posts sitting in my WordPress Drafts Box during the Christmas/New Year break. But in the mean time here’s a brief update: University [...]

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Book List 2009

Regular readers will know that I love to write. Well recently I’ve started reading Wannabe a Writer? by Jane Wenham-Jones and a lot published authors recommend you read books to improve your writing. So here’s the books I’ve read this year: Read Books List 2009 1. Dear Fatty by Dawn French 2. Advanced Witchcraft by [...]

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Six NOT Four

I orignally thought I had to complete four modules to get my university degree (see Back to University). I was disappointed to find out I need to do six modules. The cause of this disappointment was not only the additional time that it will take to complete the course but also the associated cost (£760). [...]

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More funny cartoons from a friend

More funny cartoons from a friend

Sometime ago I blogged Funny cartoons from a friend. Then Sye lost his website and the link to his cartoon didn’t work. I’ve updated the image file so it now works and in addition to this here are two more cartoons he’s done: All cartoon images are Copyright (C) Sye Watts, 2009. Reproduced with kind [...]

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A pearl of wisdom from Dame Edna

“In this modern world don’t we need to laugh, more than we’ve ever needed too before in history?” Dame Edna, Just for Laughs 2005 “Absolutely, Dame Edna.” Antony Simpson, 15th November 09

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Tom Dick and Sally – Online Dating

Tom Dick and Sally - Online Dating

It’s coming up to Christmas and I’ve been noticing a lot of couples around. I recently joined Tom Dick and Sally a gay dating website. It was accidental as I clicked on a link on Facebook. Here’s what their website said: Our vision was to create a same sex dating website which you could show [...]

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Adam Lambert

Adam Lambert for those of us in the UK who might not know about him is the runner up in American Idol (the American equivilant of xfactor). Tia a fellow blogger has blogged about him on several occasions. Well according to Daily Dose of Queer has caused a storm in America for his raunchy act [...]

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The Story of Rosa Parks

On today in 1955 in the state of Alabama a black woman called Rosa Parks sat on a “black seat” on the bus. Rosa had worked a long day as a seamstress (a job sewing and making clothes). In these times it was the law was that a black person had to give up their [...]

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