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MacWednesday

  1. It all goes back to Descartes, then Hume. Bundles of 'I' thoughts; but what ties them together?
  2. UK census Q 28. Odd. Scraping gum off streets in Romford - No. Rubbing suncream into the backs of women on Bondi Beach - Yes.
  3. One day I hope to realize my dream. It was of giant purple frogs leaping over London buses into a sea of tutus. I'm not sleeping so well.
  4. Well, the New Ice Age seems to have come and gone. I wonder what's happening to the Gulf Stream. It seems important.
  5. We must be due another ice age; haven't had one for about 12000 years. I blame global warming.
  6. Slow slide on a slow day, slowly slipping away. Fade out.
  7. In her last years my mum had dementia. Her "ramblings" and fantasies were actually a poetic code to her feelings. Listen to those like her.
  8. ..."When I stand on my tiptoes, I can touch the ceiling". And that's an actual fact.
  9. ...many hours later, after she'd come down. The scientists unfolded the paper. This is what she'd written...
  10. ...but she was persuaded to write the secret on a piece of paper. She folded it up and wouldn't let anyone see it, until...
  11. In the 60s scientists tested LSD on volunteers. One, a girl, said she'd discovered the secret of life and everything. Then she went quiet...
  12. My novel, Oliphan Oracus, is published by Immanion Press on Smashwords. Best new fiction in the universe - Immanion Press. Have a look.
  13. A dog tried to bite my foot as I cycled along. I love dogs. Later I found dog crap on a bike tyre. I still love dogs...for now.
  14. Can anyone tell me the true meaning of Christmas. Whatever you say, I promise not to believe you.
  15. My Christmas tree stands in the corner awaiting decoration. Its aura is vaguely menacing. It's not as if I was the one who cut it down.
  16. I found a wood blewit. Maybe I'll fry it in garlic butter. But of course I won't. Identification errors are a painful way to find oblivion.
  17. Must we have Christmas every year?
  18. of to order the happened words What my? Oh no, shredded tweet. Bet I'm the first to make that joke...really.
  19. The country park is partially flooded. Ancient spring-lines are revived by heavy rain and water shimmers and rattles over the asphalt path.
  20. I startled an animal as it lay in long grass in a clearing. Maybe a fox...or a panther. Or a puma. Except that it was actually a fox.