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Breaking news in Vermont

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Telegraph turns into gossip rag

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Shock as Bowie doesn’t look as good as he did FORTY YEARS AGO.

FFS.

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Amazing Breaker

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The best game on the iPhone IMO. Clever and compelling.

Try getting three stars on all levels.

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I have this idea for an art project

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Collect/exhibit hundreds of similarly cloying “imagine all the towels
in all the hotels in all the world” messages.

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You’re so vein

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Anglican chapel, Nunhead cemetery

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Lovely autumnal morning

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Man with amazing hair on the news

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Thinking of re-reading this

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Seems perfect for our times. Surprised it hasn’t had a revival?

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I’m no cycle mechanic

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But I think this might be the cause of that flat tyre

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iOS sat nav

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Apple maps may have their faults, especially with well out-of-date
points of interest.

But the in-built sat nav works great. Really clean and well thought
through. Better than TomTom or android in my view.

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Guinness pin badges

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Found these in a drawer. The senior management at Guinness insisted we
made these for all kinds of occasions. Landlords loved them.

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Toon logic

Just heard a spokesman from Newcastle FC explaining the decision to
give Pardew a long, eight year contract. Explaining that the aim was
stability, he said, “Ferguson has been at Man Utd for 25 years, Wenger
at Arsenal for 15 years and it’s no coincidence that they’ve had
success”.

I think there may be some confusion between cause and effect there.
Surely it’s not that they’ve been successful because they’ve been
there a long time, but that they’ve been there a long time because
they’ve been successful.

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That ain’t worth Jack

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Just watched the trailer for the forthcoming Jack Reacher movie. It may be an enjoyable film in itself, and Tom Cruise is a great action star, but Reacher is 6′ 5″ and his stature is (literally) a big part of his character in the books. Tom just can’t be Jack for me.

Oh, and Reacher’s not a car-chase kinda guy either.

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Hack: How I Stopped Worrying about What to Do with My Life and Started Driving a Yellow Cab

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The author of this now works for the same company as me, and I picked up her book on a trip to our New York office. I met Melissa only briefly, and was hoping as I started to read the book that I'd like it, as otherwise it'd be a bit awkward.

Anyway, it's great. A really enjoyable memoir about her experiences as a New York cabbie ("hack"). 99% of drivers are male, with English as a second language so she definitely stood out. Melissa's purpose in trying out cabbing was to have an adventure, and there are vicarious thrills aplenty to be had for anyone wondering what to do next with their life.
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Lee Child – A Wanted Man

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Probably the worst of the 15 or so Jack Reacher books. I wonder whether Lee Child got distracted by all the Tom Cruise shenanigans, or whether he thought he had to change the formula a bit. Either way, this is just dreary. The one upside is that it helped me nod off on a transatlantic flight.

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iPhone 5 queue on fifth avenue

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Lads (it’s all male), pre-ordering is easier.

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Film quiz: what am I watching?

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IPhone 5 ready

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Ding!

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Abandon ship!

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Final day on HMS President

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Aah…

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Back from long work road trip. Heavenly.

(With awesome new JamBox in background too!)