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Why do I do this to myself?

1:58pm Tuesday 8th March 2011

These were the words going through my mind as I peered over the edge of the tower with what was essentially a large elastic band around my ankles.

A very sick boy

11:38am Tuesday 1st March 2011

THIS week I have been very sick. I have had a cold and a bad back. I suspect these conditions are interrelated.

Simon gets fishy

11:43am Tuesday 22nd February 2011

EVERYONE has parts of their body they are unhappy with.

Cream of the crop

3:10pm Tuesday 8th February 2011

Ah the country – fresh air, animals … and hot women.

A question of attitude

3:08pm Tuesday 1st February 2011

WHO would have thought an off-colour conversation would have started a chain of events destined to have such consequences?

Approaching the end of my shelf life

5:07pm Tuesday 25th January 2011

“But what if I get left on the shelf?”

Not such a bad year

2:48pm Tuesday 4th January 2011

So there we have it. Yet another new year I have seen in as a singleton. However, this time around I refused to be a victim of the cruel date.

Single in the mistletoe season

1:04pm Wednesday 29th December 2010

“We met in winter, and we fell in love…”

Brushing off the cold shoulder

2:20pm Tuesday 7th December 2010

THE first snowflake that hits the grounds affects children and adults differently.

Engaging thoughts

10:35am Tuesday 23rd November 2010

ON FIRST hearing about the royal wedding many people thought about love, the future of the monarchy and a possible extra bank holiday.

First class male

11:08am Tuesday 16th November 2010

The other day I did something I swore I would never do.

Simon's full of beans

1:32pm Tuesday 9th November 2010

THE ability to make the perfect cup of coffee. This is a skill few realise the importance of and even less possess.

Was it all just an act?

2:32pm Tuesday 2nd November 2010

A PROSTITUTE, a murder and a tiny vial of blood.

Giddy up, cowboy

1:41pm Friday 22nd October 2010

SITTING astride my stallion, I watched a blazing red sun sink behind the mountains and manfully tilted my hat.

The great outdoors? No thanks.

2:21pm Tuesday 12th October 2010

“I like a man who likes the outdoors.” I watched as the other attractive women in the group nodded in agreement.