The meaning of a title
Some people have asked why my blog is titled “Now is here, here is now”. It’s taken from a song by an Irish band called Clannad. They often write music…
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The Noughties in a nutshell (My last ten years)
Well here we are not just at the end of another year but also another decade. I look back on this year first and it’s been an eventful and beneficial…
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The Artic will be ice free in the summer
The Arctic Ocean could be largely ice-free and open to shipping during the summer in as little as ten years’ time, a top polar specialist has said. “It’s like man…
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Did Hitler escape to Argentina to become Father Crespi?
Found a rather interesting article on the possibility that Hitler survived WWII and escaped to South America. Here is an extract, makes interesting reading. “A bone fragment believed to be…
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Learning to let go of the past
In life we are guaranteed one thing and that is we are, at some stage, going to part from someone. This parting of ways could be through death, end of…
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London vs The World
Today was a strange day. The weather started appalling, and then became sunny before erupting into a complete shower on the way home. Rather than a typical summers day it…
Of all pubs in this town I had to walk into mine
Friday night I missed the last train home by several hours. No real reason except that I went out with some friends and ended up in a cocktail bar having…
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I get by with a little help from my friends
In times of trouble there is not a better feeling than being surrounded by friends. Regardless of how we meet people if they stay in our life’s and drag us…
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Even in the darkest of days, there is always hope.
The world ain’t all sunshine and rainbows. It’s a very mean and nasty place and I don’t care how tough you are it will beat you to your knees and…
Who are you? Who are you?
There is a line from one of my favourite movies, The Breakfast Club, that goes “In 1000 words I want you to write down just who you are”. Not to…