Sunday, 27 July 2025

Phantom cat or is it just my mattress settling?

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  I've been experiencing this for about 10 years, I think. Not really scary (at least to me), but definitely an oddity. I wonder if anyo...
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Sunday, 13 July 2025

Yet ANOTHER horrific episode uncovered in Catholic Church's appalling history.

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  And in the not-very-distant past too.  Warning : This is utterly heartbreaking. It's angered me and affected me profoundly. If you wis...
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Friday, 13 June 2025

Mega-horror - yesterday's Air India plane crash.

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  There aren't adequate words to describe the scale of horror of yesterday's event, the plane crashing down onto a hostel for doctor...
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Sunday, 18 May 2025

Eurovision 2025 Grand Final - my post-event thoughts.

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  So, Austria wins. Not especially noteworthy IMO - and neither was the song, sung by JJ, a 24-year-old Austrian-Filipino in (mostly) extrao...
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Tuesday, 13 May 2025

Eurovision time here again, with an 'Hooray!' - and a 'gulp'!

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  Yup, it's first Semi-final tonight - followed by the second on Thurs, then the (very) 'Grand' Final on Sat evening. An evening...
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Tuesday, 22 April 2025

'Exploding Head Syndrome' - Do you also suffer?

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I'd never been aware of this quite melodramatic term before finding it this morning via Google. It relates to the condition of being awo...
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Monday, 14 April 2025

A most treasured possession stolen from under my nose.

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  A set of domestic wind-chimes, owned by a dear, late German friend who died (AIDS-related) at age of just 40 in 1990. I was myself living ...
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