please don’t go Doctor

This is not good. But the bigger question is who will they get to replace him?

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we’ll hitch-hike, bus or yellow cab it

Now I’m really indulging myself. But hey, it is my blog after all. Enjoy these wonderful muppet memories. The fork in the road joke still makes me smile. (I’m also pretty chuffed that I worked out to read the blogger help to embed a video!)

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we’ll hitch-hike, bus or yellow cab it

Now I’m really indulging myself. But hey, it is my blog after all. Enjoy these wonderful muppet memories. The fork in the road joke still makes me smile. (I’m also pretty chuffed that I worked out to read the blogger help to embed a video!)

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"I love my shirt"

Now I have to admit that I was only half listening to the television, because I was starting dinner at the same time, but this evening on Extra (channel nine) there was a story about mothers using classical music, specifically opera on their unsuspecting small children. Presumably, this is a bid to increase their intelligence. […]

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“I love my shirt”

Now I have to admit that I was only half listening to the television, because I was starting dinner at the same time, but this evening on Extra (channel nine) there was a story about mothers using classical music, specifically opera on their unsuspecting small children. Presumably, this is a bid to increase their intelligence. […]

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semicolon?

After following the link to this from Catriona’s post I have now spent a good hour or so at work browsing through the other punctuation blogs. Is this the most productive use of my time? Well, arguably not I suppose. But, I do teach writing and literacy in some form so it could also be […]

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semicolon?

After following the link to this from Catriona’s post I have now spent a good hour or so at work browsing through the other punctuation blogs. Is this the most productive use of my time? Well, arguably not I suppose. But, I do teach writing and literacy in some form so it could also be […]

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sleep-inducing television

This afternoon I fell asleep on the lounge while watching (although I use this word with some hesitation) Dana Carvey in Master of Disguise. All I could gather was that Carvey does a lot of voices and disguises (duh!)- in a kind of “I’ll show you Mike Myers Mr Austin Powers who can do the […]

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on reading

‘The Well of Lost Plots is where we interface the writer’s imagination with the characters and plots so that it will make sense in the reader’s mind. After all, reading is arguably a far more creative and imaginative process than writing; when the reader creates emotion in their head, or the colours of the sky […]

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on reading

‘The Well of Lost Plots is where we interface the writer’s imagination with the characters and plots so that it will make sense in the reader’s mind. After all, reading is arguably a far more creative and imaginative process than writing; when the reader creates emotion in their head, or the colours of the sky […]

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