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Friday Night Fever

I got veh, veh drunk on Friday night. On my 30th birthtday (nearly six years ago now) it was like some switch was flicked, which meant that I went from being able to drink endless pints of snakebite/tequilla slammers/vodka…

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St Angela of the blessed blog…

I could use this blog to make a very weak joke about how the new Pope will be chosen by ITV viewers on the new series of ‘Pope Idol’ (geddit)! However, as half my family are Catholic (thankfully the…

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Anger is an energy!

‘Rise’ by PiL – what a top tune! This may have to replace my previous number one song for singing out loud whenever I’m in an echoey room (which was ‘Brass In Pocket’ by The Pretenders). Even though I’m…

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Bank Holiday

As is traditional at this time of year, I have eaten far too much chocolate (those bunnies taste so damn good) and very few vegetables or food containing essential nutrients (why fill up on fibre and vitamins when there’s…

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Away

The distinct lack of blogging action here for the last week is a result of me being away in Cornwall! I had this ambitious notion that I’d be checking into internet cafe’s or hooking up to a wi-fi hotspot…

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Wax on. Wax off.

Is it wrong that I get REALLY excited when I’m in a car wash? I don’t mean sexually or anything (although I can see the possibilities), I just love the thundering pelt of the water and soap and the…

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Three things

I’m caring a little too much about the voting on Comic Relief Does Fame Academy. I have programmed the Sky+ box to record every permutation of pre-show, main show, results show and post show episode. If only I could…

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[sings] “Gotta keep dreamin’!”

Hello internet – it’s been ages – DAYS even – since my last meandering thoughts were noted down here. Apart from realising that I live in the only town in Britain not to get any decent snow (nothing that…