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Lessons in life
The 3 most important things I learnt at university were:
  1. You aren’t as big or as clever as you thought you were,
  2. Shut your mouth and listen, you might just learn something,
  3. When making instant coffee, put the milk in before pouring in the hot water; when making tea with a teabag in the cup, put the hot water in first.
All the rest was purely incidental. (0)
My Mate Andy (1)
My mate Andy went to a party. My mate Andy stayed till late. My mate Andy left the party to go back home in his car. My mate Andy couldn’t find his car where he left it. My mate Andy called the police. The police came and drove him around the streets to see if he could find it. My mate Andy, sat in the back of the police car, drove past his car, but my mate Andy, too embarrassed, didn’t tell the police as they drove past it, parked in an identical street parallel to the one he thought it was in. Unsure what to do, my mate Andy called the police the next day to say that he’s found it after all. My mate Andy is a high-ranking executive in a large pharmaceutical company. My mate Andy is just as daft as when we were kids. What a relief. (0)

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Thursday, May 1st, 2008

One year ago, I read very few blogs, and the thought of actually writing one made me cringe: lack of confidence, poor ideas, badly written, leaving you open to criticism. That was until John visited. He persuaded me to give it a go and I’ve never looked back. OK, so I do have poor ideas, badly expressed, however, for me it is a creative outlet that definitely beats sitting in front of French television or Sky News.

The problem is finding the time and the inspiration. I have several ideas that never make it here because I can’t see how to develop them and spin them out to a full post. That is why I have decided to add little soglets to the blog. Here is the dictionary definition:

Pronunciation “sog-lut“: a short blog post designed to provoke a short-lived emotion, usually a curve of the lip or a roll of the eyes, and to be immediately forgotten” (source, Lyon, 2008).

The advantage is that I can write a bit of nonsense quickly without having to develop it any further. The disadvantage being that I can write a bit of nonsense quickly without having to develop it any further.

So anyway, I might spew a few of these out when the spirit takes me.

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