Category Archives: wibbling

On condoms

Posted on 4 January 2012 by rpg

“Why,” I thought as I pulled a cucumber from the salad drawer this morning, “is it that cucumbers always wear condoms?” This is something that’s puzzled me for about twenty years now, ever since one Saturday morning about twenty years … Continue reading →

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Cell phone

Posted on 24 October 2011 by rpg

Cell phone

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For we all, like sheep

Posted on 5 August 2011 by rpg

Here the UK we have an “e-petition” website, where you can get get a bunch of like-minded people to sign up to your latest crazy idea and if you can find another 99,999 crazies then the Government has said it … Continue reading →

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Silence is Golden

Posted on 30 March 2011 by rpg

It passed pretty much unnoticed amongst the other projects going on around here, but I wrote a short story the other week, and it’s up on LabLit: Silence is Golden. Gratifyingly, Tania Hershman asked me on Twitter whether there were … Continue reading →

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On lucky breaks

Posted on 4 January 2011 by rpg

I’ve been somewhat out of things for the last couple of weeks. I took some well-deserved vacation days and generally chilled out (even the presence of 350+ unread emails in my inbox when I got to work this morning didn’t … Continue reading →

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Poison Street

Posted on 10 December 2010 by rpg

Say not the struggle naught availeth, The labour and the wounds are vain, The enemy faints not, nor faileth, And as things have been they remain. My problem is, I don’t know when to keep my mouth shut. I’ll say … Continue reading →

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