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Update on 45 seconds of fame
I received a message this morning from my good friend Patrick, also known as the King of Staines, informing me that my comments regarding Arsenal and Rory McIlroy had made the BBC sports webpage. Excited, delighted and absolutely chuffed!
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45 seconds of fame
My two favourite radio stations are BBC 5 live and BBC World Service. Probably my favourite program is something called the Monday Night Club. It is usually presented by Mark Chapman and he discusses football with three guests. Often they open the program with an email from a listener. Last night that email was from…
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Finally
My old guitar teacher regularly told me that I was not ready to tackle Cavatina. I now realise why he said that to me. I started learning it close on six years ago, around the same time that my friend Michael died. Today I managed to play it at full speed for the first time.…
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The great Mr. Wallace.
I first met Dave Wallace in the year 2000. It was my first year of Skiing in a place called Mayrhofen, Austria. I spent much of that week on my backside however I was hooked. For the next 20 years Skiing was a big part of my life and so was Mr Wallace. Dave took…
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Observing the mind
Lately, I have been taking a minute or two of silence every day in order to observe what goes on in my mind. I think it is fair to say that a lot is going on there. Random thoughts come and go all the time. The mind never stays quiet for too long. It is…
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Another life update
Music, meditation, food and drink. Kicking off with Music I still practice my Guitar several hours a day. I have made it to 30 pieces in my repertoire and there is now a pub outlet to play in every six weeks. My main ambition in life is still to become the worlds leading Vision impaired,…
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The ski trip
I started skiing in the year 2000. For the next 20 years it was a big part of my life. A few years ago I started to lose interest, probably because of my increased desire to spend more time on music related matters. I have made many very good friends from skiing and had some…
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A man is in love
So there I was last Wednesday in the great institution. One of the barmen hinted to me that there was a woman from San Francisco in close proximity. And so I started chatting to her as I often do with people sitting near to me. She was in Ireland for a few days following a…
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Darkness
Recently I noticed a change in my eyesight. The field of vision seems a little narrower and things appear to be a tiny bit mistier than they used to be. All of which means that the lights will most likely go out sometime in the next year or two. When I get up in the…
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Solid people, flaky people
I was chatting to a friend recently about an occurrence that seemed a little odd to me. My friend remarked to me that more and more he is drifting away from people that he feels are somewhat flaky and consequently strengthening his bonds with those that he feels are solid. I found myself in complete…
Blind light 