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Get my eBook for FREE, Towel Day 2022
Grab your towel, froods! Although it has nothing at all to do with The Hitchhiker’s Guide… On 25May2022† my eBook is available totally FREE! Just click on this link right here to get it. If you don’t have a Kindle,don’t … Continue reading
Posted in ... wait, what?, Fantasy, Phlyarology, Science Fiction
Tagged #towelday, Douglas Adams, eBook, free, HHG2TG, HHGTTG, The Eclectic, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Towel Day
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The yarn that got away
Back in 1982, or perhaps it was ’83, I was working on a short story; it was my first real attempt in my quest to ‘become a writer’. I wrote the story on my first computer (an Amstrad PCW), which … Continue reading
Posted in ... wait, what?, art, Fantasy, Flash fiction, Tech tips
Tagged backups, By His Bootstraps, Kriston Masters, Robert Heinlein, Takahiro Miki, The Door into Summer, time travel
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The Anti-Democracy Movement Run Amok
Originally posted on Filosofa's Word:
As I lay in bed at 5:30 this morning seeking that elusive thing called sleep, I received an email with Robert Reich’s latest newsletter. Despite my better judgment, I started reading the piece and…
Posted in ... wait, what?, Core thought, News and politics, People, Reblogs
Tagged billionaires, injustice, politics
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Encouraging literacy in memory of Douglas Adams
Towel Day is just over a week away! Gery Deer, Towel Day Ambassador for 2022, has launched a literacy initiative to raise funds to help improve reading skills. Literacy is the silver bullet to poverty, ignorance, and socioeconomic issues. Gery … Continue reading
Posted in Communication, Education, Strategy
Tagged #towelday, 42, Douglas Adams, HHG2TG, HHGTTG, literacy initiative, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Towel Day
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Georgius Piscator: gone, but not forgotten
It was ten years ago todayThat my dear father passed away.Were he still here, and in his primeHe’d walk ten miles to drop a line. Dad’s Eulogy, by R. R: Can you hear me talking?M,C & V: Only in words!R: … Continue reading
Posted in Tributes
Tagged Dad, eulogy, George, Georgius Piscator, The Wayfarers' Journal, Viatores
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The writings of Chat Qu’éspire
About four hundred years ago, William Shakespeare was born and died in the Aprils of two successive centuries. As I sit here putting the final touches to this post, it’s the last day of this year’s April; the first day … Continue reading
Posted in ... wait, what?, Just for laughs, People, Phlyarology, Poetry
Tagged Chat Qu'éspire, Dead cat, Terrible poetry, William Shakespeare
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The End Of “Liberty and Justice for All”
Originally posted on Filosofa's Word:
Yesterday, the United States Supreme Court voted to take away a substantial portion of the rights of women when they voted in private to strike down the 1973 landmark Roe v. Wade decision. We…
Earth Day ft. The Candy
Originally posted on Fat Guy Workout:
This image is made by The candy as a sweet gesture Today is Earth Day and I am bringing you a very special blog to draw your attention to this important day. I will…
Posted in Biodiversity, Core thought, Environment, Health, Reblogs, Strategy
Tagged Change, Earth Day, environment
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My technique for coping with spam comments on WordPress.com
‘Wibble’ began in 2007; a lifetime ago in Internet terms (and of course also for those now aged 15 and under, duh). In all those years, I only rarely had any spam comments to deal with here on Wibble, and … Continue reading
Posted in balance, Computers and Internet, Phlyarology, Strategy, Tech tips
Tagged coping strategy, housekeeping, information overload, maintenance, Monty Python, spam, Spam Song, UCE
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