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Week 2

Week 2

Monday, January 18 Chutney Rolls They're actually garlic rolls but the Indianised version. They gave us the eye-watering, arse-burning g...

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About Me - Updated

I used to write for a living. Now I bake. I would continue writing even if no one read me. I wouldn't know what to do with a bunch of un...

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the corrosive effects of mid-night blogging

most nights i have the radio on until 2 am. yes, i love music. but sometimes it's just a way to kill the deathly silence. there is only ...

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Classifieds

Classifieds

Put a pair of boobs on him and you got me. Any takers? I promise to cook/bake while you get me the beer. Or at least talk about cooking/baki...

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Bread in a loopy loop loop

Bread in a loopy loop loop

Too Much Love Too much sorrow Too much pain Too many reasons Not to go back again Leavin' without her Is too much to bear But when we...

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Howdy?

Howdy?

Coffee walnut choco chip loaf. Made two of these today for a couple of friends who ordered them for their friends. I can't believe peopl...

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B-School Bulletin!

B-School Bulletin!

Wednesday, January 13 Tiny vanilla cup cakes using the basic sponge cake recipe. Most of us can make this in our sleep, right? Wrong! We had...

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ticking clocks, ebbing lives

a few years ago, i lost my young cousin in a fatal bike accident. everyone was in a state of shock. my aunt was, understandably, inconsolabl...

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I'd like to make it with you...

I'd like to make it with you...

So this is the best school that I've ever gone to. I get to play with sharp objects, wear cool caps and munch in class. I can actually u...

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Back to School

Back to School

Yesterday I got flowers! I don't remember the last time someone brought me flowers! And this bouquet has yellow roses, which are my favo...

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I Swear!

It bothers me when women in their late 30s say B instead of bitch, UGs instead of undergarments/underwear/bras&panties/chaddis/lingerie,...

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Wish You Were Here

Wish You Were Here

I have always loved postcards and everytime someone I knew travelled, I would ask them to mail me some from the places they went to. These d...

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Birthday Boy!

Birthday Boy!

Meet Inspector T. The international man of mystery. Last to arrive at the scene of the crime. The mutt without a clue. AKA the love of my li...

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The Loneliness of the All-Night Snot Blower*

The Loneliness of the All-Night Snot Blower*

*With due apologies to Alan Sillitoe I used to be quite a sickly child and was always in and out of the hospital. During these times, my Dad...

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Wondering if I should knock off the titles this year...

Wondering if I should knock off the titles this year...

I've been writing a post since Saturday and I just can't bring myself to finish it. It's stuck like a pebble in the shoe of man ...

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Blue Moon!

Blue Moon!

Took some pictures of the moon tonight. What a lovely end to the year! How I wish I had an SLR. How I wish I had hands that didn't shake...

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It shouldn't have to be so tough There are things you can do To get over me. I should know, it's an art I've perfected ov...

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Where are you seated tonight, To the right or the left of my brain? And all your soldiers, Are they standing to the right Or the left of thi...

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Countdown to Avoid Extinction!

Countdown to Avoid Extinction!

I want to write. I have to write. I must write. About it. But I will not! I've suddenly turned superstitious, and I can only blame it on...

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I'm exhausted and sleep-deprived, haven't read the newspaper in 3 days, but also happy that this month has practically whizzed by. N...

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Caught up in circles Confusion is nothing new Flashback, warm nights Are what's left behind She sings Drowning in golden glows Deception...

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This is the end, beautiful friend This is the end, my only friend The end of our elaborate plans The end of ev'rything that stands The e...

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The Beginning of the End

Definition of Euthanasia: the intentional killing by act or omission of a dependent human being for his or her alleged benefit. (The key wo...

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Rush

Rush

This is Chocolate Cake. But you already know that, don't you? It's not just any chocolate cake. It's THE cake. The one I'll ...

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Variations on the Word Sleep

Variations on the Word Sleep

I would like to watch you sleeping, which may not happen. I would like to watch you, sleeping. I would like to sleep with you, to enter your...

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For All You Voyeuers (I should know, I'm one myself!)

Today would have been my 8th wedding anniversary. This morning I step out of the bathroom to find my maid, surprisingly without being asked ...

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Come December

The toughest time of the year, for me personally, is here again. Ironically, this used to be my favourite month. I used to love December wit...

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Bake Your Cake and Eat it Too!*

Bake Your Cake and Eat it Too!*

Today is my oldest friend's birthday. We've known each other since I was 4 and she was 5. We spent it together after ages and it was...

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You

You

Like the wax of a burning candle, the image of you has slowly begun to melt inside my mind. In its place now, is a shape I no longer recogni...

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The End

Continued from here He was far away that night but his love came through in a flurry of text messages. They'd been together a long time...

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Useless Facts from Childhood

I just came across something I had written years ago. I had meant to finish it of course, but never got around to it. Anyway here it is… Use...

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Things you can tell by looking at her face

If nothing ever happens. If we never meet again. If you go away. I'll always remember such tenderness. Someone once said that to her. Sh...

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Check Your Brain at the Door

A couple of months back I had this idea to do something I thought I might enjoy, and do it for a living or, at least, as a means of earning ...

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Losing My Religion

K calls me up to say that she saw her Dad wearing a short, frilly night gown. Mom calls to say the kabootar* went over to her place with a ...

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...Where Angels Fear to Tread

I'm a Fool. Yes I am!

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The Sexy Time!

No, I'm not back... This is just a short one for my crazy friend Agent Green Glass , who started a very interesting debate on her blog a...

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FYI

I'm taking a short break from blogging. I need to cut off access to the blog during that time so I thought I'd let you all know. I w...

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Thorn in my mind

When the best lines you write and the things you really want to say, get relegated to draft status once too often, you know it's time to...

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Spilt Milk

No more tears. No. Tears are for when someone dies or a baby on the TV screen cries. Tears are fine if you're having a bad hair day or w...

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