Chapter 38 – Jealousy August 1983 – A level results – Part 1 I was still in bed when mum brought in a small envelope. I knew its contents, my A-level results, were going to determine the rest of my life. “Do you want me to open it for you?” Mum asked. I nodded She…
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When it comes to technology, we don’t tend to notice its incremental expansion into our everyday life, then one day we realise, the world has changed beyond recognition partly because of it. Voice recognition has been around in the mainstream since the 1990’s, although back then it tended to be mainly a disability aid for…
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Things to Consider when Choosing a Smart Lock and a Review of the ‘Smartlock Slimline Deluxe’ . . First published at: https://www.smartchoicesecurity.co.uk/smart-locks-have-been-a-staple-in-the-airbnb-community-but-are-they-the-key-to-your-future-too . Keyless entry to cars has been around for over a decade, and to house doors even longer, however, initially it was mainly something of an accessibility feature for people with disabilities, or…
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Previous Chapter To see other chapters click here Chapter 37 – Part 1 Introduction “The world is a comedy to those that think; a tragedy to those that feel.” These are the famous lines of Horace Walpole, lines that I’d try to slip into every one of my English A-level essays. Fortunately, I was in good company as Walpole himself repeatedly used them…
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Previous Chapter To see other chapters click here . Chapter 36 Ideologies PART 3 It’s February 2022, and the threat of Nuclear Armageddon hasn’t been this tangible since 1962 when the Cuban Missile Crisis occurred. Back then, the Russians placed nuclear missiles on Cuba partly in response to the US’s deployment of atomic weapons in…
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Previous Chapter To see other chapters click here Chapter 35 Ideologies PART 2 Children are their parents’ teachers. 1970 London – Aged 5 – The Battle of Waterloo The green-painted panels, dark red patterned chairs, red leather armrests and wooden framed windows wrapped themselves around me. Through the rattling panes of glass, I watched the…
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Chapter 34 – Ideologies Part 1 Previous Chapter To see other chapters click here A zen student once asked their master, “What happens after death?” The master replied, “I don’t know.” The student, taken aback, exclaimed, “but you’re a zen master: you MUST know.” The zen master smiled then answered, “Yes, but I’m not a…
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To see other chapters click here Chapter 33 A Story of Love – Ideologies of Love Image used by kind permission of Eduard Shruster Forward to Chapter 33 . From 16 onwards I became increasingly interested in psychology and philosophy. In the remaining chapters, I’ll be covering what happened in my 17th and 18th…
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Ideologies Chapter 32 – 1981 to 1982 WARNING – CONTAINS EXPLICIT SEXUAL CONTENT Chapter List . . Poem to Jules – 2020 . You pull back your curtains Birds blur the clouds The scent of wet grass fills the air Time and space Separates Our unhurt laughter . 1982 Jules It took me…
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. . . In 2003 I co-drove 2 cats across the US from New York to Phoenix, mainly because at that time of year animals couldn’t travel in the cargo hold on planes due to the heat. I decided to write a travel diary of the journey, which became one of 8 that I wrote…
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