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 I am going to talk about a theory I have.And,  I have a little bit of something or other to prove it actually may be correct. I have this belief that if I were to disappear off the face of the earth on Sunday evening apart from family and work nobody would miss me. I once noticed that with a couple of friends it was always me that was doing the phoning to see what the craic was. So I decided that was it, it’s up to them to phone me-as they never did. I mean, they know where I am, and how to get hold of me. I have not heard from them since I made this decision- and that was about twenty years ago. One of them only lives about 6 miles from me, and I have not seen him since that plan started. Obviously they weren’t the friends I thought they were. But I really do believe that if I was abducted by aliens,did a disappearing act or something the only ones who would miss me would be family and work.

I was reading one of those self help books, and an exercise had a question-If you were told you only had one month left to exist on this world –after the usual stuff like saying your goodbyes and getting the technical stuff sorted-it asked you to list the things you would do. I realized that I would do nothing, I wouldn’t even tell anybody-just go to work as normal, and hopefully the day I cease to exist would be at the weekend-bet on Monday x-factor or strictly would still be the main talking point over my demise.

Was reading a couple of articles in one of them healthy living mags –“outdoor fitness” and there  was an article about an Australian and his Bucket List. He had 100 items in it-and has got me thinking about doing something similar. I don’t think I’ll make the 100 like he did-so some suggestions would be welcome. That is if anybody sees this.

new year-new something-def not me

Thought I’d put together another blog. I think this time last year I did a new year’s resolution thing-was somewhat a disaster-so this year I have taken a Calvin (he of Calvin and Hobbes) approach and just don’t bother-a few other of my role models say, in some form or other, that expectations lead to disappointment –so don’t expect anything. Being a pessimist is also an advantage-expect the worst, and when the worst happens it’s no surprise, and if it turns out good-it’s a nice surprise.

One of last year’s list was to stop lending money to family members-well this failed major. I seemed to lend more and also let a couple of loans go unpaid. It’s just me I like helping when I can.

Another that failed miserably was to find my smile again-so this year I’m trying a couple of books and am thinking about counseling or going on a weekend course-which is in Dublin, in august-I think. Unless someone in that line of work confirms these courses are wastes of time. The website is nlp.ie I know it’s not cheap-but I need to do something.

I have this thing in me. When somebody says something it often triggers a joke that I know, which I can sometimes fit into the conversation and nobody realizes it is a joke until they hear the punch line. I have a pretty sharp sense of humour –but I think it’s not as sharp as some people make it out to be. I’m not bad with the trivia either-I can talk about forgotten bands and their members and projects some members have done. Same with tv shows and movies. Sometimes I wish I could use this storage method for work related stuff-but as I type this epistle I’m thinking-no. Getting a laugh/groan, a “good grief, that’s right-I’d forgotten that” is much better than rhyming off an email about a change in work thing we got last week.

Not sure about this year’s cycling holiday. Someone from our –for want of a better term, drinking group, wants a reunion and has got a date sorted. He had a vote on this (between 5 people) and his final report looked like something you would see on those election night shows on TV –I was expecting pie charts and graphs (I did actually say this to him-think he used to be an accountant,figures). Although she was not included in the census, I told the lovely Carolyn –she is keen to do the final choice, even though she did this last year. In fact she told me this before the voting was even suggested. ANY WAY much that I liked Carolyn , and the Kitty Club(in that order) (is it obvious Carolyn sees this?) (we had a kitty for the drinks in the bar-any money left from one night was carried over to the next) I would like to meet more new people this year. And the date is in July-my normal holiday time is August. There is also a couple or three other things this year. There is a proposed Scottish cycling trip in march/April-just a group of 3 (or 4),the NLP course thing I want to do is in late august-unless I find a similar one sooner, I would like a big trip this year,july is an awkward time getting off-it is a very popular holiday period.I would like a walking holiday for a change. If I should do a big holiday it would be later in the year say October. Maybe Amerrykay? Would be nice if I had someone to take with me-but that’s another story. Oh yeah-there’s a wedding in September, over by Liverpool-might have a sore leg then-once again, another story.

So that’s it-anybody know anything of them courses-or should I just do the sitting down and talking with a counsellor or somebody? Where’s Barmy Brenda when I need her?

Normal service will be resumed as soon a possible

This blog has been sponsored by the number 5 and the open and shut bracket.Sorry Marni-no photos-I think-and as always too lazy to spell check,read over etc-maybe next year

OH remember the letter I sent to the photo mag?well it was printed. The photographer defended what he did by saying that, when it comes to advertising it’s the finished product that counts-BUT he agreed with me to a point. The following month there was two “from many” letters reacting to my comment-disagreeing with me and defending what the photographer did. Now,wait till you hear this. The mag commented to these letters by saying that the winner in their recent landscape photographer of the year competition had be be disqualified as he did the very thing I wrote about….i rest my case-by the way I had to do a copy and paste to add this on-but that’s not the same.