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Never had the Latin

Posted on December 19, 2008 by blogmywiki

“I could have been a Judge, but I never had the Latin for the judgin” – Peter Cook. Well I did have a bit of Latin and I was thinking the other day of The Aeneid which I did for … Continue reading →

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Becoming more like Guy

Posted on December 15, 2008 by blogmywiki

Someone at work today told me that I am looking more and more like Guy Garvey out of Elbow. Now that’s fine and dandy but it occurs to me as a bit odd as I’ve been listening to an awful … Continue reading →

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Myers-Briggs for Blogs

Posted on December 2, 2008 by blogmywiki

This website reckons it can analyse your personality type from the writing style of your blog. It took about 3 seconds to decide that I’m ESTP when on written tests I’ve always come out as INTP or INFP. Oh well. … Continue reading →

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Martin Parr on Flickr

Posted on November 10, 2008 by blogmywiki

Someone on Flickr quoting Martin Parr on Flickr – he’s quite right, of course… there is a huge compulsion to conform to what will make an image that will be popular on Flickr. I do it all the time. So … Continue reading →

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Word association football

Posted on November 3, 2008 by blogmywiki

I was doing a bit of writing this evening and ended up at one point including the phrase ‘ee-ay-addio’ which had me wondering about its origins. Via Private Eye’s football reporter E I Addio, I ended up looking at football … Continue reading →

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