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Over the past few weeks, I’ve been going through a bit of a — Actually i’m not sure what it is.  I’ve not been depressed, or even sad, just spending too much time thinking about things and prone to see the negative.

So to combat this, I’ve been watching a lot of comedy.  Chicken soup for the soul.

My comedic tastes are quite brutal.  I do like a lot of innocent comedians and their acts: like Ken Dodd, Ronnie Corbett, etc, but i’m really at home with the most disgusting and brutal comedians.  Read More »

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As a testament to the level of education i received in my supposedly formative years, rather than reading this book as part of GCSE English, we watched a film adaptation of it, instead.

The film was OK, i remember making it through to the end without wishing my life would end, which was a bonus in English class.

Before attending my current English GCSE nightclass i decided to buy this very book, thinking we would probalby have to buy it anyway as part of the course, and wanting to get a bit of a head start.  We didn’t need any books for the class and as it turns out I’m glad made the mistake of purchasing this title before finding that out.  It’s very likely i wouldn’t have bought the book otherwise and would have missed out. Read More »

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As I was walking this morning (not long ago), i realised that although i had my mp3 player in my pocket, and my earphones firmly planted, i wasn’t really listening to the music most of the time.

There are two things i like to do while walking, one is listening to music, the other is thinking. Be it coming up with ideas, for stories, or working through something i’m trying to sort out in my life, or even about a list of games to bet on, in football.

But, i realised that i can’t really do both, certainly not well. And often i’d find myself drifting into thought, and missing the rest of a song, even when it’s a song i really, really like. Read More »

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Source: Out with the prozac and in with bedtime snacks.

Instead of just popping ‘happy pills’ such as Prozac to beat the blues, Plant and her co-author, Janet Stephenson, advise sufferers to take steps such as avoiding dairy products, sending fewer text messages, eating porridge at night and playing card games. They say all their tips are based on hard scientific evidence gathered from studies around the world.

Having been offered some ‘happy pills’ not so long ago (by a doctor, not in a jiffy bag by some spotty teenager), i feel somewhat qualified on this subject, not that it matters, i can be quite opinionated even on things i have no understanding of, it’s a frame of mind.

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