Feeling Younger

It’s so easy these days to get stuck in a rut.  The pressure of just getting by day to day with the usual daily chores be it going to work, doing the school run, housework, whatever it is you do on a regular, mundane basis.

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Letting Go

On the school run this morning I passed one of the mums who looked like she’d been crying.  Her face was a little puffy and her eyes had the tell tale signs.

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Books

I read this book a little while ago and I knew then I was going to love this book even before reading it. My measure of a good read is how fast I get through it.  By that, if I’ve read it within... 

This is the first book I’ve read by Harlan Coben and it certainly won’t be the last. His style of writing is easy, humourous and to the point ie he describes what is necessary and doesn’t... 

Television

X Factor – Live Show 5 – Movie Week

Movie week should have brought about some fabulous songs.  For goodness sake how many movies have been made and how many hits have come from them.

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X Factor – Live Show 4 – Joe and Jamie the Rockers

Rock week this week saw some great singing.  It’s probably easier to say which acts weren’t the best.

Lloyd, Danyl and John and Edward were in my bottom three this week.

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Money

Tax on £1m Houses

So the Lib Dems want to introduce a new tax for people that own homes worth over £1 million.  This is to help people who are on a low income?

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Technobabble

In a deliciously ironic moment, Amazon (who we quite like) have shot themselves in the foot after an incident with the Kindle e-reader. I’ve fancied one of those for quite a while, but as I live... 

I’ve never been too excited about the thought of High Definition movies. I’m quite satisfied with the DVD format, and the benefits of Blu-Ray over DVD are – when you look closely –...