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Monkey Boy's out

Well, here we are at another Wimbledon, and isn't it lucky that it started before the World Cup finished. Now we can all focus our attentions on willing Timothy on to the finals instead of whining about England getting knocked out by favourites Brazil.
That was really starting to get on my nerves, actually. What a […]

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Arse.

Motivation - what is that exactly?

Well, today is turning into a disaster day. Not because anything in particular has gone wrong. Far from it, as nothing much has happened today to go wrong. But today is still a bad day for me. I work for myself, and when I should be working on a grant proposal (involves obtaining large sums […]

Brainpower and hypnogogic states

Don't you always find yourself feeling most creative whilst a) on the loo, b) walking, c) staring out of the bus/car/train window or d) just as you're dropping off to sleep? By far my most creative time is that period when your head has hit the pillow, your brain is winding down and you slip […]

Offside!

I can't believe that the USA are one up against Mexico already. Wtf happened there? I mean, most Americans don't even know what football is (i.e. it's football, it's not 'soccer'), and as for America being in the World Cup, half of them are somewhat unaware that there's a world outside of America in the […]

Post number one

Well, I thought I'd start up this blog as a way to empty my head of all the crap that tends to accumulate in it. You know how it is, all those thoughts that keep piling up, one upon the other. Before you know they start leaking out of your ears… most unattractive, really. So […]