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‘Tell it like it is’ Tuesday – Is there anybody there?

So…turns out, I’m not dead. Phew! I’m more glad about that than you might think. I’ll tell you why a bit later. But enough with the pleasantries, how’ve you been? Sheesh, it’s been ages. I mean, like, forever. Well, it

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Thanksgiving ‘Tell it like it is’ ~ Why you should be thankful you didn’t call your cat Azzie

Right, let me just get this out there before my inbox explodes, okay? No one, but no one likes a big grey problem lurking in the corner… Yes, I know: my last blog was July 2013… (Oh and yet again,

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‘Tell it like it is’ Tuesday – Anyone for tennis?

Ahoy there! Well, it’s Wimbledon time again. The supermarket aisles are stocked with Pimms and there isn’t an uncultivated strawberry in sight. Oh and it’s raining! But wait, it was also Glastonbury a few days ago. What did you expect?

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‘Tell it like it is’ Tuesday ~ ‘Imagine me & you.’ Characters and why you have to shoot them in the head.

Okay, I know it’s not Tuesday and that is the whole point of this post. Please forgive me (or send your strongly-worded letter to the White Star Line slash Points of View) They say if you have to get up

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‘Tell it like it is’ Tuesday ~ April: Writers’ Room 101

*grumblegrumblemoanmitherwhingegrrrrrr* No, Victor Meldrew is not guest posting on my blog today. I’m just not in a very good mood, can you tell? Why? ‘cos I’m 40!! Booooo! BUT, here’s the good news: I am now officially allowed to moan… Here on

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‘Tell it Like it is’ Tuesday ~ February 2013

Ahoy there! Did someone say it was Tuesday? The first Tuesday of the month by any chance? Hmm, well, in that case – it’s time for a bit of TiLiiT! Like the new logo? 😉 Don’t worry, it won’t be that

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Welcome 2013 and hello ‘Tell it Like it is Tuesday’!

Ah, there you are? Did ya miss me? Did ya? Come on, admit it, you know you did… So, here we are: 2013. The fact that I just typed that means that the world didn’t end (again) as predicted and

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The Hundred Year Old Man That Climbed Out Of The Window And Disappeared.

The Hundred Year Old Man That Climbed Out Of The Window And Disappeared..

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‘Banning the Bullshit’ Sunday ~ ‘A Christmas Carol’ by Charles Dickens

Sniff… Did you hear that? Yes, the day has come. Today is the last BtB ever. Angles will fall from their celestial seats in desperate spirals toward earth, their wings tattered and useless; tidal waves of tears will meet at

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‘Banning the Bullshit’ Sunday ~ ‘Four past midnight’ by Stephen King

Ah, there you are! And here Sunday is again… Another week gone, another 7 days of our lives that we’ll never get back. 1 more week closer to the next birthday, 168 hours nearer to Christmas, the sands of times

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