Category: Regrets
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None Of Those People Know What I Know
” And none of them are telling the truth, or care, or anything good. Like I do. They think they’re so high and mighty…”And none of them are telling the truth, or care, or anything good. Like I do. They think they’re so high and mighty… And just because they are actually higher than I…
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Who Do You Believe When You Want A Good Honest Lie?
I have just finished reading a book about the Duke And Duchess of Windsor that seems full of scandal and sensation – interlaced with what may be exact records from official sources. I cannot say which is better or worse. What is most remarkable to me is that they got away with behaviour that would…
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How Private Are You?
If you are reading this on the internet, not very private at all. I don’t know the details of your life, but I’ll bet a dozen other people do, and a great deal of their information came off a screen. In a lot of cases, you put it there. Well, if you blurted and blabbed…
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If They Go Away Unmourned
Were they really worthy of attention? The social media sites, I mean. So far I have not missed them and there are only the faintest hints that they have missed me. I rather hope that these vanish and leave a pristine scene for all of us. I disappointed one subscriber, but explained my reasons for…
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Be Careful What You Make Someone Else Wish For
We are often cautioned about setting our desires and ambitions – for fear that they will be realized. More dangerous still is evoking them in others – for we have even less control of their actions than our own. If we make them desire something that will be harmful to us, there is no guarantee…
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The Useful Regrets
Vs the valueless ones. There are any number of difficult emotions that beset us; sadness, anger, fear, for example. And regret. Oh, how I wish I did not feel regret. If only… And away you go – off on a journey of shame and sorrow and frustration. And it’s a circular railway of unhappiness –…
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If You Want Sweetness And Light
Dip a flashlight into a tin of Golden Syrup. Otherwise just do like the rest of us and lash out all round you. It is all very well if you are tempted to do random acts of kindness – giving in to temptation is approved by the Backstabbers Guild of Australia. But observe the word…
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Grumping For Australia
Are you an older person? Are you getting meaner by the day? Would you like to speed up the process? Well you’ve come to the right place; we are on your side here and will do all we can to make sure that your complaints are not only heard, but justified. No longer will people…
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The Expurgated Version
The current outcry against censorship of children’s books is not new – Canadians will well remember the controversy when ” Lesbian Lust Leopards of Lethbridge ” was introduced into the junior-high book reading list in Alberta. The fact that there were no illustrations and the entire text of the book was printed in Latin is…
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Your Robot Addiction
And it is a strict one. A recent day outage from the Facebook network pointed out several things – things I knew already but ignored: a. I am no more than an attractive nuisance to this advertising scheme – as are all the other users. My presence is tolerated only in the sense that I…
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