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It’s nice to have a little break, isn’t it. Nine consecutive days of no work (OK, I did a small amount of work) and more time with the family - time to chill. We didn’t go anywhere, but we did embark on day trips, with at least one
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Local Man Fails at Making a Living Writing About His Uneventful Life Veteran video games journalist Tom Orry, a man who survived over two decades scraping a living in games media - founding VideoGamer.com and directing operations at VG247 and Eurogamer - this year turned his focus toward his most formidable
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“If only I could turn back time, if only I had said what I still had. If only I could turn back time, I would stay for the night. For the night.” It’s Monday night and I’ve just watched half of the Keanu Reeves sort-of-comedy, Good
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It was a normal Tuesday, or what we have now seemingly accepted as a normal Tuesday in July. It’s not 37 °C, just a mere 29 later in the day, so everything is fine. Of course it’s not, as 29 °C is a ridiculous temperature, but we’re
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A few years back our local playground was in a complete state. This is a playground that had been run-down to the point of falling apart - the kind of place where you say a prayer before tentatively putting your precious child on the swing, because no amount of parental
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I'd been asked by my sibling (travelling and with no internet or phone access) to do something described as "the most important thing in [their] life." You might anticipate this to be a life or death kind of task, a job so important that everything else
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I think I’ve figured out what makes my blood boil above all other things (barring anything annoying my kids do on an hourly basis). It’s when I try to carry out a simple task and it ends up being so frustratingly difficult or troublesome for a reason no
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Summer is here, as I can confirm by the uncomfortable dampness in my office chair. When temperatures start to rise it’s time for one thing: big fans. But it’s also the season of summer fairs. If there’s a large, open bit of green space within reasonable distance
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I had the weirdest dream this week. It was a funeral. A funeral for a friend I hope to stay in touch with forever, despite the fact that we haven’t actually seen each other in ages - we’ve got a shared history, and that counts for something. Obviously, dreams
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We'd been walking in the mid-day sun for almost an hour. Six of us, including three kids, all near the point of giving up. Except there's no giving up in a maze - we’d just be stuck there. Sure, given that this particular puzzle has
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I’ve had to be more careful about spending money since I lost my job, limiting my purchases of branded baked beans to special occasions only, buying porridge from Lidl, going ad-supported on a number of streaming services, and cutting my coffee intake to just six double espresso lattes
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Have you seen The Long Walk, or read the book? It’s a rather harrowing tale of young men competing on television for riches, with the goal to be the last person walking. Miles and miles of walking. Slow down or stop for too long, get a handful of warnings,