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Philip Ogley
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Published in ILLUMINATION

·14 hours ago

You’re Only Busy Because You’re Bad at Your Job!

Home truths for the 21st century — Ask the next person you see at work: “How Are You?” I guarantee they’ll say, “Busy!” Then rush off to do some task that’s taken them all day for the simple reason that they’re not very good at their job. I used to be an English language teacher, and over…

Busyness

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You’re Only Busy Because You’re Bad at Your Job!
You’re Only Busy Because You’re Bad at Your Job!
Busyness

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Published in The Pub

·1 day ago

I Was Reported — Now I Can’t Feed My Kids

How one person destroyed my life — So I left a comment on someone’s piece a few weeks ago. I can’t remember exactly what I said because it was deleted. But it went something like this. “The best thing that could happen to the Baby Boomers is die!” The piece in question criticized another writer (not me)…

Censorship

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I Was Reported — Now I Can’t Feed My Kids
I Was Reported — Now I Can’t Feed My Kids
Censorship

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Published in Age of Empathy

·2 days ago

A Date With Death — A Trip to the Winter Sales

When Zombies walked the Earth — I needed some new sneakers. The soles of my old ones were so worn through it felt like running in slippers. I arrived at the shopping mall on Saturday afternoon and witnessed a human farmyard. Animals scurrying from one shop to the next laden with bags hanging off their swollen…

Shopping

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A Date With Death — A Trip to the Winter Sales
A Date With Death — A Trip to the Winter Sales
Shopping

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Published in MuddyUm

·4 days ago

Are You On Wikipedia?

Because I’m not! — There are only two people I know who have Wikipedia entries. They are:

Wikipedia

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Are You On Wikipedia?
Are You On Wikipedia?
Wikipedia

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Published in MuddyUm

·Jan 19

Do Dogs Go To Meetings?

And if so, what are they doing there? — You must have seen this? A dog without its owner hurrying along a road like it’s on its way to a meeting. If you haven’t, look at the photo above. Now imagine a human (maybe the dog’s owner) charging along a street to that all important meeting. Terrified they’ll get…

Dog Food

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Do  Dogs Go To Meetings?
Do  Dogs Go To Meetings?
Dog Food

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Published in The Haven

·Jan 16

We’re Just Big Cats: Watered, Fed, and Fat!

Are humans turning into cats? — — Who’s put on weight recently? — Who’s sleeping 22 hours a day? — Who’s ratty and irritable? — Who hates everything? I’m talking about my cat. But I could be speaking about myself. I don't know where you live, but I’m glad you don’t live near me. If you…

Humans

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We’re Just Big Cats: Watered, Fed, and Fat!
We’re Just Big Cats: Watered, Fed, and Fat!
Humans

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Published in Globetrotters

·Jan 15

What Happened To All the Phone Boxes

— And do they still work? — It’s a damp Sunday evening in November, and I’m standing in line outside a phone box. In front of me are three or four other people wrapped up in jumpers and jackets waiting to use the phone. In 1991, as a student in Nottingham (UK), trying to make a call…

Communication

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What Happened To All the Phone Boxes
What Happened To All the Phone Boxes
Communication

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Published in ILLUMINATION

·Jan 14

When Is a Death Not a Death — When It Should Have Been A Boar!

Another death by a French hunter sparks national anger — again! — Julien Féral was out hunting when he mistook a man for a wild boar and fired. The bullet passed through Morgan Keane’s heart and lungs, and he died fifteen minutes later. He was chopping wood in his garden. A court in South West France last week found Julien Féral guilty…

Hunting

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When a Death Not a Death — When It Should Have Been a Boar!
When a Death Not a Death — When It Should Have Been a Boar!
Hunting

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Published in Ellemeno

·Jan 13

Slow the Internet Down — Save Our Sanity

How about slower speeds, not faster ones! — Remember the old days of the internet when you used to run a telephone cord from your bedroom to your parent’s internet dial-up connection? Ten minutes later your dad would knock at your door complaining you were chewing up all the bandwidth! (A new word back then.) ‘I’m researching a…

Internet

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Slow the Internet Down — Save Our Sanity
Slow the Internet Down — Save Our Sanity
Internet

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Published in Fanfare

·Jan 12

Why Raymond Chandler Is One of the Great 20th Century Novelists

And why crime fiction was never the same again — Raymond Chandler has been described as one of the 20th century’s greatest stylists. And with good reason. Pick up any of his seven novels, and without reading the cover, you know it’s a Chandler. “The first time I laid eyes on Terry Lennox he was drunk in a Rolls Royce…

Crime Fiction

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Why Raymond Chandler Is One of the Great 20th Century Novelists
Why Raymond Chandler Is One of the Great 20th Century Novelists
Crime Fiction

4 min read

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