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Writing for SmartDatingUK

I’ve been writing for SmartDatingUK for a few months under a year now and, while I was initially quite unsure that I would be able to write so regularly about dating and relationships, at this point I am well into … Continue reading

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Keep the Fox Hunting Ban

As a child I used to create a lot of anthropomorphic fox characters, so I wanted to use four of them for an anti-fox hunting image. Of course, even if I’d never created those characters I’d still stand staunchly against … Continue reading

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The DWP’s Meaningless Customer Charter

On Wednesday I was at the Job Centre for my weekly visit. They saw me thirty-five minutes late, which I found rather bothersome since I remember the time the twenty minute bus ride in took a whole hour and made … Continue reading

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Bad People and Naivety

“You just have to accept that there are bad people in the world,” is something that various people have said to me at various times.    A lot of people think that I am a little naive, but I can’t help … Continue reading

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Anthony Nanson’s “Deep Time” Book Launch

Anthony and I. I had a very nice evening yesterday, because I attended the book   launch of Anthony Nanson’s new novel Deep Time. This was pretty   exciting for me, because, despite my love of books, this was actually … Continue reading

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Further Job Centre Problems

I wrote quite a popular blog post in February about why the Job Centre is not a very helpful service. Today I was asked to write another blog post on the same subject, and as I like to keep my … Continue reading

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Pro Gamer

As I’m sure regular readers will know, I like Japanese gaming site Rice Digital. If I didn’t like them, why would I write so many articles for them? Anyway, they recenty put out a video (made by none other than … Continue reading

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Four Years of Trusty Water Blog

As of yesterday, the Trusty Water Blog is four years old. If I’m honest, I’m a little bit disappointed in myself for forgetting my blog’s birthday! Well, I suppose it wasn’t strictly a case of me forgetting, more a case … Continue reading

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Political Propaganda

I feel a little bad for, perhaps, having written a few too many politically oriented blog posts lately. If you don’t like posts like that, I’m sorry and I will probably stop after the election has passed. As the election … Continue reading

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Curse

Funnily enough, somebody once actually placed a curse on me. It was a cold morning back in 2008 and there was a slight drizzle. I was standing around outside the school with some friends and waiting for the school day … Continue reading

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