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To cut down a tree is not a crime, just a sin. It’s a crime if it hits your neighbour’s house. The hole it leaves can be filled, but there will always be a part of you that says, ‘something grew he...
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A broken appliance is like a broken heart. Washing machine dies = love dies. Life goes on but it will never be the same. I passed the place where all appliances go to rot. On the side of the highwa...
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There’s a fire in my heart. It burns with passion for adventure. I rev up my bike and go where the road takes me. Usually to my mother’s place. Well, I know that’s not exactly a searing drama, but…...
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Xmas wreaths that pop up in October are a bit like Billy Porter in a dress. Quaint, but we’ve seen it all before. Planning a party when the world is such a mess seems selfish. But people are always...
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Sex is not overrated, because it’s just as necessary as going to the loo. Which means it’s good for one’s health, and every now and then it comes out wrong. I have forgiven myself for not making a...
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Wish I could just Shazam random people and find out who they are, and what they are like. Apparently the great migration is going to materialise when your stupid little phone will have an extreme a...
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We are all looking for ourselves. I don’t say that we are lost but the signs on the highway tell us our destination, but not our current position. On the highway there’s a billboard for some debt c...
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When the aliens make contact I’ll be rooting for humanity, and not the other side. One hopes it won’t be an either/or situation, but if it is I want to embrace the change, without giving up on my l...
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If dentists worked at public pools they would not be lifesavers. Dentists have the uncanny ability to inflict pain while casually talking about the rugby scores. Meanwhile, very few dentists’ room...
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Energy is this mega commodity that is sold to us like cheap candy. It absolutely is, when we buy sugar-laced vitamins that promise us a better day. I’m so tired of buying energy. I buy it for the l...
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Old men in the steam room at the gym say the same things about business every day. These days I go there just to see if the prime rate has helped any of them lose weight; but for men over a certai...
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As I drove through a cop stop yesterday, I had the same feeling I had in school class. I hadn’t done anything wrong, and all my paperwork was in order. Yet I still felt that I may get caught out. G...
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Drove into town for supplies, and by that I mean some part of an old machine that doesn’t get manufactured anymore. And an old book that’s out of print. Ancient things that give away their secrets...
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You have to admire vegans for their pure determination. Giving up cheese on your pizza may seem like a small sacrifice, but committing to a war of bargaining with every waiter takes guts. Waiters ...
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The beautiful truth about art lies in its sacrifice — how it tries to make our little lives a little bigger, while dreaming of conquering the universe. If I’ve devoted my life to anything, it’s be...
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