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Are we human?

On the latest Killer’s album (Day and Night) Brandon Flowers asks “are we human or are we dancer[s]“? I really like this - for me is probing what it is to be human, maybe touching on our spirituality, primal desire and recent lust for knowledge.
People seem to be able to relate.
I expect that maybe 99% [...]

At frickin’ last!

It’s been a long time coming. Sometime in the last couple of days I picked up a new fifty pence coin. If I knew where I’d go back and kiss the shop assistant. I now present the completed UK coin set blu-tac’d to my desk:

It seems that it is the cumulative effect of small things [...]

Finding a “special someone”

So here is a question for you to ponder….
Is it easier to find someone to spend the rest of your life with when you are younger or older?
As we get older I’d like to suggest that:

we gain more life experience
we have more specific points of view (i.e. mindset)
we become more understanding of others

So is it [...]

To buy or rent; have tangibly or intangibly?

It’s a pretty odd transition for one to make. Even in our heavily consumer focused culture, it seems that many people like to own a tangible asset. Buying a right isn’t the same as owning. A file on a computer isn’t the same as something that arrives in a box.
I’m particularly thinking about music in [...]

Cooking and baking

I really enjoy cooking and baking. More so when I have plenty of time and I’m doing it with others. Tonight I made a vegetarian thai green curry and some white chocolate and cranberry cookies - both in the company of my new flatmate NJ, who was a helpful assistant and attentive learner (she has [...]

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Are we human?

At frickin’ last!

Finding a “special someone”

To buy or rent; have tangibly or intangibly?

Cooking and baking

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