Category: Everything Else Drawer
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To every taxation year, there must come an end
I do not believe in making “new year” resolutions. I do not celebrate the ushering in of a new year until spring. Yet with this taxation year coming to an end there are some changes I am focusing on, and have been focusing on, for a few weeks now. My “second mum” told me over…
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It’s like there’s a different word for everything
What’s that word for “I think I touched your boob completely inadvertently; I meant to give you a good ol’ chuck on the shoulder”? I’m sure there is one. There has to be. There has to be a word for that in German. Or, you know, Esperanto or whatever. Because as we all know, the…
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A time to sow, a time to reap
I have a love-hate-ambivalent-hate-hate-love relationship with my garden. With the ACT of gardening. I think it’s probably also indicative of my parenting style, which pretty much makes me a terrible person. Here’s the deal. I’m sure most of the gardening gurus tell you that the key – the SECRET to a lovely garden is to…
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An ancient archived post
Here is my new favourite post I have ever made on my blog, ever. In the history of things I have posted on my blog. In going through an old backup copy of the blog, I stumbled upon this post draft from 16 November, 2011. [Untitled] Here is a very…
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DIY instructable for DIY guides
After seeing the sock tutorial posted yesterday, an insightful viewer requested a subsequent DIY guide focussed on how to make DIY guides. Since the Internet was CLEARLY correct in recommending good ideas for blog posts, I have decided to prepare that for you, the Insightful Viewer. The trick to writing a DIY guide is to…