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Why I gave up on “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire”

I think after about 300 pages in with about another 300 pages to go, I'd simply started to lose interest. With the previous three books coming in at 300 pages or less, this one was simply too big and impractical … Continue reading

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My first job: retail

Installing TV sets on display in a tiny independent electrical retailer at the local shopping parade. Extra bonus points were heading out on my BMX to provide on-site 'technical support' to the old boys who couldn't figure out how to … Continue reading

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Songs for the road

How many songs mention a car part in the title? Not many, I can tell you. The pace and the rhythm and possibly the fact I heard this twenty dozen times in other people’s cars on the way to gigs/clubs make it stick in the mind. Continue reading

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