Author Archives: blogmywiki

Oppostion is true friendship

Posted on April 17, 2011 by blogmywiki

I’ve never been a very blokey bloke. I’m not interested in football – or any other organised sport. Cars, to me, are things that get you from A to B, occasionally breaking down at point C, necessitating a call to … Continue reading →

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Bittersweet Lucy Ellman

Posted on April 10, 2011 by blogmywiki

Poorly, elderly parents abound. I was convinced the other week that there was a great quote from the writer Lucy Ellman about the death of one’s parents. It was sad, it was witty, it was pithy. It was up there … Continue reading →

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Grace in Small Things (1)

Posted on March 25, 2011 by blogmywiki

Inspired by Sarah, here’s my first ever Grace in Small Things list. These are the little things that make life worth living. Walking to work in the sunshine. A tweet that makes you LOL but which is too rude to … Continue reading →

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The Curious Case of Mr Faulks and Mr Fry

Posted on March 20, 2011 by blogmywiki

Mrs Wiki has been on at me for ages to read some Sebastian Faulks. Somehow, I never got round to it. I’m not as fascinated by the First World War as she is, and frankly, that Sebastian Faulks (Seb!) was … Continue reading →

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The Sacred Art of Stealing

Posted on March 2, 2011 by blogmywiki

Thanks to Annie, I am almost at the end of my first Christopher Brookmyre – The Sacred Art of Stealing. A Situationist / Dadaist bank heist, some excellent misdirection, a girl and quite a few guns (though I always thought … Continue reading →

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