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I hate dancing more than I can possibly explain. I hate doing it myself, which I can’t anyway, but I loathe and resent the necessity to try....

Our house has too much clutter.  Want to know how  I know this? Last night, I was sorting through my wife's pile of paperwork that she...

I have been eligible to vote since 1996. I find it interesting that for the very first time in my voting life, I will be represented at a n...

It's been a while, and so much has happened yet nothing changes. In the last couple of months we met Tori Amos, I was involved in a mino...

At least, according to this article on The Economist ( Sex, shopping and thinking pink ). Puts those brochures below into perspective I gue...

Two identical pieces of advertising copy. One of these was addressed to me and one of these was addressed to my wife. Guess which one is whi...

I'm not a perfect husband by any means. I'm often tired and grumpy, I can be impatient and I have a nasty habit of being sarcastic,...

I've received a number of notes from people checking to see how I'm going as the nasty looking photos of my knee are the latest bits...

I'm out of hospital and feeling okay (painkillers help, although they are a little strong). The worse-case scenario didn't material...

It's official - I'm going to be operated on and I'm booked in for Tuesday. I knew when I injured my knee playing football four w...

Braiiiins Originally uploaded by smperris In Case of Zombies . Threadless t-shirt birthday present number 2.

This is definitely a late post. I am aware of that. I have been absorbing the lessons from my disastrous attempt to spend 30 days actually ...

"Mind like water". That is the state I want to reach.

This 30 Days experiment has revealed to me a part of myself that I was only dimly aware of previously - there's a part of my self that l...