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GreySquirrel My main portfolio contains 6 items. |
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Folder links are in Red * Other Item links are in Blue Guestbook (13+) # 965187: Sign my guestbook! [Stories] (E) # 965461: A variety of things in here... [Poems] (ASR) # 958972: Most of these were written ages ago, and not everybody likes them, but here ya go... [Polls 'n' Stuff] (E) # 980649: Just stuff... [Images] (E) # 968356: Just a place to store my images. Work and gender (E) # 1628792: Who has the greater need to work? |
| Life at the edge of the world... (7 items) |
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1. Edge of the world (ASR) # 943087: Ever wondered what the edge of the world is like? 2. Another sip of tea (ASR) # 948751: A visitor to the hut near the edge of the world wonders where to go next. 3. Old Alf (ASR) # 953070: Talking to a statue... 4. Mortlake (13+) # 954124: Dare you read of Mortlake? 5. A better thief (ASR) # 959718: Ever wondered what happened to that kid who asked too many questions? 6. Walking and wandering (13+) # 968150: Nobody thinks it could happen to them, but it could – very easily. 7. Sally Brown (13+) # 970473: ‘Father, is there no other way?’ |
| Memories of a fictional character - inspired by a little bit of personal experience too... (6 items) |
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Castle Brightmoon (ASR) # 1128561: A 10-year old boy, a firework and an extraordinary journey... 'I saw you laughing...' (ASR) # 978174: The experience of a 7 year old, getting changed after swimming at school. Two sides of a wall (ASR) # 976633: A 7 year old's experience with a wardrobe... Laura's Fleas (ASR) # 951684: A story about the cruelty of children to other children. The boy who could fly (ASR) # 949827: The many uses of a see-saw... Man in the carpet (ASR) # 943090: Ever seen things in the carpet? |
| A writer suffering block struggles to find the creation he produced and then lost... (5 items) |
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1. Lammy the lamp-post (ASR) # 948752: A writer's attempt to deal with writer's block... 2. In search of Lammy (ASR) # 951688: Our tortured narrator turns again to the question of how Lammy is ever to be found. 3. Nice niceties of niceness (13+) # 965465: Let's try to write a 'nice' story and see what happens... 4. Guzzler of dreams (13+) # 967854: ...for as long as there are dreams there’ll be guzzling... 5. Ear of the rabbit (ASR) # 972987: Did it have only one ear, or was the other ear at the other end of its head? |
| Most of these were written ages ago, and not everybody likes them, but here ya go... (16 items) |
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In God (E) # 1309649: Me getting all religious... Sally said (E) # 1163895: "Where is God?" Sally said... Clovers of Greendale (ASR) # 1157853: ...by the light of the white-pink moon... Do not be afraid (E) # 1155711: A message of hope about death. The Slut and the Trollop's Mum (18+) # 1092103: It was all-out war Over whose pitch it was From which to sell. Another National Anthem... (ASR) # 1092098: A made-up national anthem for a made-up nation. Penelope the Blue Frog's Lamentation (E) # 1091901: Some blue frogs have a hard life... My England (E) # 1011739: Where rivers talked and rainbows bloomed and dragons slept whilst fairies sang... Swan song (ASR) # 965961: About a swan that sank into the pond and never reappeared... Broken hearts (ASR) # 961271: A depressing story you've heard so many times before... The train (E) # 961270: Don't you just hate London Underground?... Silver soldier (E) # 961268: Ever lost something, then felt really bad cos you couldn't find it again?... God is a pigeon (13+) # 952350: Why do I always get hit by pigeon s**t? Mr. Ted (13+) # 952346: Mr. Ted has been a very bad Mr. Ted. Bubbly, bubbly (13+) # 952345: On the dangers of bubblegum. When you were dieing (13+) # 952343: Dieing is so confusing, I've forgotten how to spell it properly... |
| Here's a few stories I've written, which have trees as characters. (7 items) |
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The tree-reader (E) # 957657: You may think I am strange, but I read trees because somebody has to do it. Dangling in the breeze (E) # 951275: An abandoned plastic bag has a chat with a tree... Three camels, a hat and a cactus tree (ASR) # 968440: ‘I wish Cameron would let me wear the hat for once,’ grumbled Cammy under his breath. Sitting under trees (13+) # 976118: We just spend all day, whatever the season, sitting under trees. The tree-that-kept-falling-down (ASR) # 1079217: The woeful tale of a tree that just wouldn't fall down... The Mouse Tree (ASR) # 1059944: Mrs. Broomtickle's memorial turned out to be a little more than it seemed... The most beautiful place in the world (13+) # 977123: An attempt at tree-sitting. |
| Well what did you expect? (16 items) |
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An Open Cheque (E) # 1358709: About a real-life dream I had... 30 to 1 (E) # 1086063: An ogre, some lobsters, some crows and the magic of counting from 30 to 1... Penny the Pencil (ASR) # 1071849: A true pencil horror story... Last patch of the alley (GC) # 986115: An elderly man recounts past days of the old alley. The cellar door was open (ASR) # 980093: 'Cellar doors were not meant to be open...' Nony gets his comeuppance (13+) # 979250: The Anonymous Reviewer is finally brought to justice... The tail-pulling Granny Gang (13+) # 976565: Do you know what happened to you when you were very little? Me, the crow and the ladybird (E) # 974321: It must’ve lived in another world from me, with everything around it being so huge. Wombat Day (ASR) # 962226: '...once Wombat Day has started – you’ll certainly know about it.' Tess the Cat-Test-Cat (E) # 960640: A cat who tests, and is then tested... Brothers in the sky (ASR) # 956837: Want to learn the truth about grown-ups, the world in the clouds, baby squirrels and more? Zamora and the toad (ASR) # 951274: What would it be like to be a toad trapped underneath a glass?... The mirror (ASR) # 951273: A living mirror... The old man and the squire (ASR) # 948748: An old man meets an unusual creature in the woods.. Leonora and the blob (ASR) # 943089: Love and blobbiness... All the King's Clocks (ASR) # 940557: The first in a series of stories about the adventures of 12-year King Ben. |
| A variety of things in here... (5 items) |
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[Assorted stories (mostly weird)] (ASR) # 958974: Well what did you expect? [Tales from the edge of the world] (13+) # 951280: Life at the edge of the world... [When John was a kid] (ASR) # 951291: Memories of a fictional character - inspired by a little bit of personal experience too... [Stories about trees] (ASR) # 958973: Here's a few stories I've written, which have trees as characters. [Lammy the lamp-post] (ASR) # 951685: A writer suffering block struggles to find the creation he produced and then lost... |
| Just a place to store my images. (1 item) |
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This is Islam (ASR) # 1164319: Comparing Islam and Spiritualism |
| Just stuff... (157 items) |
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Finding happiness in relationships (ASR) # 1551930: Does going through lots of partners work out in the long-run? Adulterous Politicians (E) # 1473953: Should we judge them for their private misdeeds? Army mothers (E) # 1470474: Do they belong on the frontline? Could a man rape you? (GC) # 1470299: Would it be possible? Hell (E) # 1286892: Does the Bible teach about eternal torment in Hell? Is Satan evil? (E) # 1284467: Or is he just misunderstood? Tony Blair: A good Prime Minister? (E) # 1284465: What will history make of him? "Oh God! God! God!" (18+) # 1282418: When you orgasm... Christians on other planets? (E) # 1280143: Are they out there? Does God scare you? (E) # 1248817: Does He make you wobbly at the knees? What scares you the most? (E) # 1246245: People, ghosts, aliens, God or Satan? Who won the Cuban Missle Crisis? (E) # 1200876: Who emerged the victor? Would you vote for a Muslim? (E) # 1200875: Would it affect your vote? What rating puts a smile on your face? (E) # 1197215: How high does a rating have to be before you smile? Pardoning Nixon (E) # 1195124: Was Ford right to pardon Nixon? Ditching Maggie (E) # 1174454: Was the Conservative Party right to get rid of Margaret Thatcher? Duties of a politician (E) # 1171719: What is the greatest duty of an elected representative? Are children revolting? (E) # 1170077: C'mon, be honest. Magic Numbers (E) # 1169662: Which number will have been voted for the least? Did you vote? (E) # 1168585: Did you vote in the last public election in your community? Is democracy the best system? (E) # 1167969: Is democracy always the best choice? Boy or girl? (E) # 1167967: If you had a baby... Are men discriminated against in health? (E) # 1167964: Does healthcare discriminate against men? Are you a "No" person? (E) # 1167962: Do you like saying "No"? The Holy Spaghetti Monster (E) # 1167961: Do you believe? Religion (E) # 1167745: What are your beliefs? Would you like to lose weight? (E) # 1167512: Do you want to shed some pounds? Would you vote for an atheist? (E) # 1167258: Would you vote for someone who doesn't "Believe"? What kind of farter are you? (ASR) # 1166777: It's time for *that* question... What's the point of prison? (E) # 1166217: What should prison set out to achieve? Which position holds the most power? (E) # 1165690: None of these positions hold executive government power, but which is the most powerful? Do we sexualise children? (13+) # 1165355: Has it gone too far? Can an atheist have a spiritual life? (E) # 1164459: Is there anything spiritual about atheism? Can the big religions get along together (E) # 1164457: Can Christians, Jews and Muslims get along with together? Fed up with not knowing? (E) # 1164335: Does it make you angry? Are there too many polls? (E) # 1164334: Are there just too many of them? Will the future be better? (E) # 1163570: What do you reckon? How effective is the United Nations? (E) # 1161692: Does the UN achieve what its meant to? Favourite Archangel (E) # 1161401: Who is your favourite Archangel? Psychic Letters Quiz (E) # 1154018: Can you guess which letters of the alphabet I have chosen? Spirituality Quiz (E) # 1152688: What are your beliefs? Republican or Democrat? (E) # 1150366: Which party do you prefer? World Cup '66 (E) # 1147071: Did the ball cross the line for Hurst's second awarded goal? Hiroshima & Nagasaki (E) # 1147070: Was President Truman justifed in using the Atom Bomb? Beheading King Charles (E) # 1147066: Was Parliament right to chop his head off? What do you think about Spiritualism? (E) # 1146629: What are your views? What's YOUR ideology? (E) # 1146624: Which of these labels do you identify with the most (or dislike the least)? British history quiz (E) # 1145704: How much do you know about Britain? Freud & the Oedipus Complex (E) # 1142505: What do you make of Freud's "Oedipus Complex"? Is colonisation ever a good thing? (E) # 1142504: Can the positives ever outweigh the negatives? Would you press the nuclear button? (E) # 1142503: Would you do it? Nixon: A bad President? (E) # 1142502: Did he make a good or a bad President? Do you believe in psychic vampires? (E) # 1141833: Are they real or is it codswallop? Battle of Hastings: Who would you back? (E) # 1141826: Is it William or is it Harold? Would you run for elected public office? (E) # 1141822: Fancy being a politician? Should politicians lie? (E) # 1141817: Is lieing ever the right thing for them to do? Should all wasps die? (E) # 1141814: Would you exterminate them all? Gay teachers (E) # 1141721: Should gay teachers be allowed to work in schools? Is it ethical to eat cats? (E) # 1141720: Is it okay to eat them...? Bush or Clinton? (E) # 1141718: Who will go down in history as the better President? Are mobile phones dangerous? (E) # 1141717: Are mobile phones dangerous? Elemental choices (E) # 1141715: Which of the four elements do you feel the most affinity with? Most effective WW2 leader (E) # 1141524: Who was the most effective of the war leaders during World War II? Want to know your unconscious mind? (E) # 1139382: Wanna know what's going on up there? Are there such things as evil spirits? (ASR) # 1139381: Do evil spirits exist? Children: deceitful or honest? (E) # 1139380: Are children more truthful or more deceitful than adults? What's my country called? (E) # 1139376: What name do you use for Britain? Lebanon crisis (E) # 1139374: Do you support what Israel is doing? A special relationship? (E) # 1139373: How much influence does Britain have? The Ten Commandments (E) # 1131051: Broken them all yet? Least Deadly Sin (E) # 1131049: Of the Seven Deadly Sins, which is the least deadly? What makes a good poker player? (E) # 1130819: What is the most necessary quality? Abolish the monarchy? (E) # 1130814: Should Britain abolish the monarchy? Laser eye surgery: is it safe? (E) # 1130804: Is laser eye surgery safe? Dodgy electronic products (E) # 1130798: Are they deliberately dodgy? Is there a conspiracy? (E) # 1130794: Is it all a conspiracy? Are you lucky? (E) # 1128475: Are you luckier than average? Have you ever encountered an angel? (E) # 1122567: Ever seen an angel? Does God get involved? (E) # 1120677: Does God get involved in human affairs? Most successful country? (E) # 1120675: Which country has been the most successful since 1945? Does this make you angry? (E) # 1120221: Feeling angry? Are you healthier than your parents? (E) # 1119328: Are you healthier than your parents were at your age? Ever stayed in hospital? (E) # 1119327: Have you ever stayed overnight in hospital? Unsupervised internet access (E) # 1115364: At what age should we be allowed unsupervised internet access? How old was Little Red Riding Hood? (E) # 1114839: How old do you think LRRH was? Who was to blame for WW1? (E) # 1106139: Which country was the most to blame for World War One? How would you rate writing.com? (E) # 1098929: Rate writing.com from 1 to 5 stars. Are you in denial? (E) # 1098394: Are you in denial? Biblical baddies (E) # 1097575: Who is the worst of the biblical baddies? Judas: the verdict (E) # 1097120: Was he a goodie or a baddie? Honourable professions (ASR) # 1097119: Which profession is the most honourable? 'Famous Five' (E) # 1093636: Who was your favourite member of the 'Famous Five'? Most intelligent U.S. President (E) # 1093406: Which of the most recent American Presidents has been the most intelligent? Believing in Father Christmas (E) # 1090774: When did you stop believing in Father Christmas? Favourite Royal (E) # 1090313: Who is your favourite member of Britain's royal family? President of the World (E) # 1090189: Who'd get your vote to be President of the World? Worst British Prime Minister (E) # 1089096: Who was the worst of the following British Prime Ministers? 'Wind in the Willows' (E) # 1088725: Who is your favourite character from 'Wind in the Willows' by Kenneth Grahame? Who is your favourite Simpson? (E) # 1088714: Who is your favourite Simpson? Garden of Eden: Who was to blame? (E) # 1088703: Everything went wrong after Adam took the bite from that apple, but who was more to blame? Favourite Mary? (E) # 1088696: Which of these well-known people called "Mary" is your favourite? UK Politics: Labour or Conservative? (E) # 1087568: Who would you rather run the government of Britain? Best century to live in (E) # 1086199: Which century would you rather be living in? Fairy tale writers (E) # 1086181: Who told the best fairy tales? What's your favourite fairy tale? (E) # 1086176: Favourite fairy tales... America's best ally (E) # 1085739: Who is America's best ally? Reading fiction and quality of life (E) # 1083054: Does reading fiction improve your quality of life? World's Top University (E) # 1082968: Which is the world's number one university? Country of the future (E) # 1082965: In a hundred years time, which of these countries will be the most powerful? Greedy or Selfless? (E) # 1080449: How greedy are you? Unicorns (E) # 1080446: Do you believe in unicorns? Favourite day of the week (E) # 1080442: Which is your favourite day of the week? Favourite gospel-writer (E) # 1080440: Matthew, Mark, Luke or John? Can the dead speak? (ASR) # 1080086: Can we receive messages from beyond the grave? How long will you live? (ASR) # 1080084: That horrid question... Children and Languages (E) # 1080081: Will your children be able to speak more than one language fluently? Academia and children's literature (E) # 1080080: Should academics study children's literature? Is literary criticism a good thing? (E) # 1080078: Is literary criticism a force for good? Are creative writers different? (E) # 1080075: Are we different to the rest? Are the police on your side? (E) # 1080073: Are the police in your society on your side? Beatrix Potter vs Harry Potter (E) # 1080069: Who's the best Potter? Wordless picturebooks (E) # 1079409: Do wordless picturebooks help children learn to read? Do you belong to the majority? (E) # 1061042: Are you with the majority or the minority? Best "world's policeman" (E) # 1053226: Who's been our best "world's policeman"? Psychic Numbers (E) # 1053219: Which number will most people vote for? Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (E) # 999610: Which of the five Golden Ticket holders did you dislike the most? Harry Potter: Hogwarts house system (E) # 990536: Which of the houses at Hogwarts would you prefer to belong to? Nuclear button (E) # 984057: Who would you trust the most? Torture (13+) # 984055: Is torture ever justifiable? Loving mothers? (18+) # 984051: Is it immoral for a mother not to love her son or daughter? How much inequality is acceptable? (E) # 984047: How much of a nation's wealth should the richest 10% be allowed to own? Northern Ireland (E) # 984044: What do people in Northern Ireland want? Prisoners and the vote (E) # 984043: Should prisoners have the vote? Should politicians be paid? (E) # 984035: Should we pay them out of the public purse? BBC vs CNN (E) # 984029: Who provides the better news service? United States of Europe? (E) # 984028: How would a United States of Europe affect America? Ali vs Tyson (E) # 982698: The big question of boxing. When you go to the toilet... (GC) # 982693: A personal question... World's worst villain (ASR) # 982553: Who was the world's worst villain? Preferred leader (E) # 982551: Who of the following would you most like to be the leader of the country you live in? Internet access and social exclusion (E) # 982549: Is the internet a source of social exclusion? Recent European leaders (E) # 981931: Which one was the greatest? Political offices (E) # 981930: Which office gives you the greatest say over running a country? International organisations (E) # 981928: Which international organisation will be the most important by 2015? UN Security Council reform (E) # 981808: Who should be the next member of the Security Council? Is it easier to write for children? (E) # 981301: Is it easier to write fiction for children than for adults? Who would you have lunch with? (ASR) # 981294: Which of the following would you most like to have lunch with? Who did the most to beat Hitler? (E) # 981293: Which country did the most to defeat Hitler? Which word do you dislike the most? (13+) # 981291: Is there a word that really annoys you? Who is the moon? (E) # 981289: Who do you reckon the moon is...? Which was the best decade? (E) # 981287: Which was the best decade? Who is your favourite British monarch? (E) # 981124: Which of the most recent British monarchs is your favourite? Blyton, Dahl or Rowling? (E) # 981121: Which of the 'Big Three' is your favourite children's writer? Was President Ronald Reagan a hero? (E) # 981119: What will history's verdict be on President Ronald Reagan? Are Black Cases inferior? (ASR) # 980321: Yes, definitely? Just a little bit? Not at all? Sometimes? Depends?... Are poets scary? (ASR) # 977706: I have a humiliating confession to make: I'm terrified of poets. British Prime Ministers (E) # 967499: Think you can find the names of Britain's Prime Ministers? |