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Stuck Between Stations: December 2009
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Random and occasional musings on the good things in life - music, food and football. And some other stuff too. Tuesday, December 29, 2009. Today's soundtrack: Wailing Souls - Most Wanted: Classic Cuts 1978-1984. Back to football today, in celebration of an increasingly rare event - an Everton home win! Yes, it was only Burnley, and a Burnley reduced to ten men with half an hour to go at that, but I'll take that at the moment! And a very real chance that the second half would pan out exactly the same way.
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Stuck Between Stations: March 2011
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Random and occasional musings on the good things in life - music, food and football. And some other stuff too. Saturday, March 19, 2011. Paul's rules for a happy gig-going experience. These rules are my distillation of my experiences of gig-going as a fiftysomething who is now attending far more gigs than he used to, egged on admittedly by a music-mad son who likes his dad to buy his tickets for him. 1 Choose your venue with care. Preferably small, preferably standing. Standing because. 6 At festivals - ...
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Stuck Between Stations: When England was the whore of the world...
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Random and occasional musings on the good things in life - music, food and football. And some other stuff too. Monday, April 08, 2013. When England was the whore of the world. The mother of the nation has gone; she has hobbled off to her uncertain fate, having only a tycoon's salary given to her to fund the purchase of that monkey-shit-brown hair rinse we know so well. C) Cathal Coughlan, 1991. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). I'm the one on the right. North West, United Kingdom. Links to Stuff I Like.
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Stuck Between Stations: May 2011
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Random and occasional musings on the good things in life - music, food and football. And some other stuff too. Thursday, May 05, 2011. Fun and games today at the polling station - I've just sent this email to both the local council and the Electoral Commission - locations changed to protect the innocent. My name is Paul Waring - my full postal address is [xxxxxxxxxxx]. I have lived at this address with my wife for the past ten years or so. I am therefore disappointed, and not a little concerned, that I h...
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A Drake's Progress: Appointments
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Saturday, 16 May 2015. This week is PWSA UK Awareness Week. The Prader-Willi Syndrome Association UK want to spread the word about the rare chromosome disorder. They want more people to know about the syndrome, in an effort to allow children and adults with PWS to be understood and accepted, and to make more people across the country aware of what the condition means for PWS people and their families, friends, and carers. These are the appointments you have when you have a Prader-Willi person. Simple tem...
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A Drake's Progress: Shame
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Sunday, 3 May 2015. My last blog post. Was about how my daughter, previously P.E. phobic, has recently started attending a Saturday morning disabled sports club. Last week, she didn’t go, however. The entire family overslept. There was no chance of getting her to the club in time to catch the minibus which was taking the kids to the swimming pool. She was disappointed, and her anxiety levels were starting to rise, as they usually do when plans are changed unexpectedly. Labels: Belle and Sebastian. Dark M...
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A Drake's Progress: May 2015
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Sunday, 17 May 2015. This week is PWSA UK Awareness Week. The Prader-Willi Syndrome Association UK want to spread the word about the rare chromosome disorder. They want more people to know about the syndrome, in an effort to allow children and adults with PWS to be understood and accepted, and to make more people across the country aware of what the condition means for PWS people and their families, friends, and carers. What I haven’t said enough about is love. I don’t like who I used to be. I know what ...
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A Drake's Progress: March 2015
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Sunday, 22 March 2015. The things we say shape our children. Our verbal interactions with them mould their personalities, inspire them, help them as they learn how to think, how to act, and how to be. What would Einstein have achieved if his mum hadn’t regularly used the phrase: “Well, it’s all relative, isn’t it”? What would have happened to Martin Luther King if his ma hadn’t reassured him after a restless night by saying: “What you’ve had there, my boy, is a dream”? Where Peaceful Waters Flow. The mes...
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A Drake's Progress: February 2015
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Saturday, 28 February 2015. How perfectly composed this photo is," I thought. Until I realised the back of the programme makes. It look like they went to see The Lion King. It’s been a perfect day. 8220;I’m so sorry,” I spluttered. 8220;It could be worse,” my daughter told him, nodding philosophically. She won't be smiling when I tell her she's paying that bloke's dry-cleaning bill. Secured at half price with a phone call asking for ‘access tickets’ for children with special needs. (WHY d...The show was ...
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A Drake's Progress: January 2015
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Friday, 30 January 2015. You might think life is tough for a child with Prader-Willi Syndrome. There’s the hunger, the anxiety, the learning difficulties, and all the rest of the blah blah blah. There’s also the poor circulation, giving rise in my PWS daughter’s case to really cold hands and feet. But I really don’t see what she’s got to complain about. She gets to wear cosy thermal socks. Life of bleedin’ Riley, I tell you. Song is Eels - To Lick Your Boots. Labels: cold hands and feet. So we arrived, w...