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 A tentative blog to test the temperature. |
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Ten years ago I was writing several blogs on various subjects - F1 motor racing, Music, Classic Cars, Great Romances and, most crushingly, a personal journal that included my thoughts on America, memories of England and Africa, opinion, humour, writing and anything else that occurred. It all became too much (I was attempting to update the journal every day) and I collapsed, exhausted and thoroughly disillusioned in the end. So this blog is indeed a Toe in the Water, a place to document my thoughts in and on WdC but with a determination not to get sucked into the blog whirlpool ever again. Here's hoping.     |
| Farewell Bob Our household was saddened yesterday by the death of Bob Newhart. He had a good innings, as we say in the UK, but the earth is always a little poorer when great personalities depart for celestial climes. And Bob was one of the greatest comedians with a style all his own - quiet, hesitant, self-effacing, and drier than a martini, but hilariously funny as well. We are all in his debt and I especially (since he states so clearly my position) for this skit, perhaps the comedy sketch that cuts the deepest towards a truth we all know but never speak: |
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