Yeah, dont worry this is the final part of this & then I'll stop boring you all with it. This is S2 the last year you have to do all the subjects, at the end of this year it gets cut to 8 subjects to be studied to national exam level plus 1 modular course. This is also the year I peaked intellectually, it has all been downhill from here on out. Modern Studies (Politics etc): Andrew is a very able boy, who understands all aspects of the course ...
Thomas Mensah, known to you all as Mr Mincer during his brief mentions in my blog. I’ll be brief and this will be the sole subject of today’s entry, no complaints or patches of random insanity. Now that he is gone, I feel that his real name should be used. Sadly, the subject of today’s entry passed away yesterday afternoon having recovered from cancer (for his privacy still, I shall not tell you what kind. All you need to know was that he was having chemotherapy for it and we were ...
(Aside: I am so sick of carpel tunnel syndrome. I wake up in the morning and my arms are on fire and numb - the pain is excruciating). So, I went to my little soiree Tuesday for lunch, and I'm much more adept at social conversation than I think. After several moments of awkward silence, I decided to take the lead and initiate dialogue. I have found that people's favorite topic to discuss is themselves, so I began asking questions - and everything rolled on smoothly from there. ...
I've been mulling over several true stories from my past to elaborate on. Several possible entries may consist of the three Susans, my clerk Charmaine, my buddy Gary B., the 10th Year High School Reunion, the Devil Child, the nephew's wedding etc. While waiting for the long suffering wife to give up the box it occured to me a Ruth story was long overdue. With me as special guest star of course. The year is 1995 but the start of this particular adventure is actually June 1991. ...
I have always liked the very macabre, ghoulishly funny works of Edward Gorey. He wrote and illustrated several books, but I think one of my favorites is The Gashlycrumb Tinies. It details the sad fates of 26 children who all come to a bad end...a very bad end. Here is a little sample... B is for Basil assaulted by bears. ...
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