Category: words
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Best Friend Competition
The next few weeks are going to be a bit odd for me. Bad odd. My parents are moving permanently to Australia on the 7th, which is very exciting, but I don’t have any visits planned to see them and I haven’t given much thought about what life is going be like without them living…
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Ironing
On Sunday 28th November 2010, over the course of an hour, I livetweeted ‘doing the ironing’. At the time I imagined it to be an informal guide to ironing for the casual onlooker, but looking back I realise that I had perhaps gone very slightly mad. These are those tweets. The board is assembled. The iron…
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Spell Check
I always wonder if people whose names are flagged by spell check have a lower quality of life than those whose names are ‘correct’. It’s heartbreaking to have to add your own surname to a custom dictionary.
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I emailed the Queen
[Well, I actually sent the following email to the Royal Household but you get the idea.] Hello, I am visiting London this Saturday. It will be my fourth visit to London, I will be flying from Aberdeen (where I live) and staying the night. I wanted to get the Sleeper Train but it was cheaper…
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Writing Notes for Strangers
I’ve started writing friendly notes for strangers again. I’ve been hiding them around Aberdeen and hoping that whoever finds them gets in touch. You can read more about the messages and any responses I get here.
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