Category Archives: i can read y’know

A close call

Is it wrong that I saw this and I thought… Idiot! Married doesn’t have a capital letter when it’s not at the start of a sentence. It’s not a proper noun or the name of someone, is it? Oh, and … Continue reading

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Choose a word, any word…

I’m stealing. And I’m not afraid to admit it. The Ignorant Historian has a great regular post where she asks her readers to submit a word into her comments and she’ll make it into a post. I’m going to go one … Continue reading

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Bullet pointed wonder

Radio silence. Yes, sorry about that. Quick bang whizz update until I get my blogging mojo back. In the past two weeks I’ve… travelled over 15,000 km for work (most of those miles were here) spent two sunkissed weekends on … Continue reading

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10 years younger

In the inevitable “sorting out of junk” which accompanies moving house, I recently found an old diary. From 10  years ago – very slightly before I had a blog. I was 18. I had just started doing my A levels. … Continue reading

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Oh neigh!

  At £17 a kilo, I’d better be eating Red Rum!

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Optimistic scamming

To: nuttycow@gmail.com From: Edgelow, Cynthia J., R.N. Subject: Settlement Good day, This programme is awarded for all victims who were previously scammed by the internet fraudsters ,the Financial Commitee of the UN-HABITAT Programme have deposited your Settlement Check Parcel of … Continue reading

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When does private become public?

There’s an uproar in the UK media at the moment. Carol Thatcher, daughter of Margaret, made an ill advised comment and because of her refusal to formally apologise has since been suspended from her job. I do not condone racism … Continue reading

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You killed my father… prepare to die

The Princess Bride. A fantastic film in so so many ways. Anyway, that’s not the point of this post (sadly – maybe another day). The point of this post is that copyblogger has a great post about commonly misused words, how … Continue reading

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Wednesday miscellany XVIII

Posts I’ve liked in the last week: Nunhead Mum of One embarrasses the Sky man English Mum helps us spend some money Gareth has some new additions Red writes to herself Brandy incurs the wrath of Jenn from F&F (probably) Cordy … Continue reading

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The bigger blog swap

    Today’s guest post is brought to you by my new American friend, Kelvin from Moments in time. This is all part of the 20 Something Bloggers “Blog Swap 3“. Don’t forget to go check out my post over on … Continue reading

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