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Questionable opinions and pointless ramblings

This isn't so much a blog as a loose assembly of things that occured, failed to occur, or just occurred to me. Feel free to disagree with my opinions and question my facts - I make no claims to wisdom or erudition. Well, actually I lay claim to both, right up until - and usually after - I'm proved wrong.

Those looking for meaning, reason or enlightenment would be well advised to try Immanuel Kant, Thomas Paine or Gilbert O'Sullivan.

Playing With My Crayons

It's easy to become obsessed by detail. At least, it is for me. I've long intended to produce an illustration of each of the main aircraft...
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Bestriding the Genres

Inspired by actually getting something finished and published, I've completed the long-promised collection of disconnected stories. Originally...
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The Larks Amending

I'm somewhat ashamed to see that nine years have passed since The Larks was published. It's sold in decent numbers and received favourable...
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Entitlement

A repeat visit to the Bovington Tank Museum (it's worth it) had me gazing for many minutes at a sprawling diorama of the tank assault on...
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Fact Becomes Fiction

Having worked hard (well, hard by my standards anyway) on the dramatised account of Fray Bentos that I mentioned in a previous post, I found myself...
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Another Fine Messer

Approaching yet another birthday, I determined that I needed a resonator guitar in my life. For those that don't know, these strange creatures...
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Round the Bend

My knowledge of football ranks slightly behind my ability to calculate Planck's Constant, but even I recognise the number 7 shirts worn...
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Iron Titans

I'm just back from a great day out with a couple of mates. While I knew of the Tank Museum at Bovington, I'd never visited it. Bloody hell,...
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Speaking of Guitars...

I mentioned fitting more guitars into my new man-cave. Then, while moving years of randomness to its new home, I found this photie. What...
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Man Cave!

I began working from home in 1990, writing marketing copy on an Atari 520. My first PC followed a few months later, boasting a mighty 386SX...
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