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Did you know that yesterday was the 75th anniversary of the opening of Butlins in Skegness ... Happy Birthday :-) Not really my thing but I guess a lot of people will be holding Royal Wedding Street Parties soon .. of dear !!!

Grumples

Decided today to set up my own article website with my favourite topics plus room for me to rant .. after my honory title it's called grumples

first on excerptz

After writing several hubs on hubpages, with the recent google panda hit, I thought it was worth a try at excerptz and so have written my first article there on the AV or Alternative vote

Sunday Articles

Despite the lovely sunny weather, I spent most of the morning in bed and decided to write a couple of articles The first is a response to the ban which comes into force in France today banning facial coverings such as the burqa and niqab http://hubpages.com/hub/Burqa-and-Niqab-Ban and then a bit of a personal tribute to Kurt Cobain and how he indirectly influenced my decision to practise buddhism. http://hubpages.com/hub/Kurt-Cobain-Suicide oh and another written later in the day about the history of Harley Street

on a roll this morning

It's been a scribbling in bed morning this morning and I have written a few articles for hubpages. My rant about celebrityism http://hubpages.com/hub/why-are-we-so-fascinated-with-celebrities What are the chances of Nottinghamshure retaining the County Championship this year http://hubpages.com/hub/Nottinghamshire-County-Cricket-Club and finally, I tried to do a little piece about Fukushima .. what it was like and facts about it pre tsunami http://hubpages.com/hub/Fukushima

A few more articles written

A little late in posting here and haven't been as busy as before but I have now written a few more articles which you may find interesting.


How about a bit of County Championship Cricket http://hubpages.com/hub/English-County-Championship-Cricket


or maybe you wish you had the courage and money to have some shiny new teeth http://hubpages.com/hub/Why-Dental-Implants


Are you looking forward to the Royal Wedding or are you opposed to it? http://hubpages.com/hub/Violence-at-Protests


And if you need to change your life, it's back to Buddhism again http://hubpages.com/hub/Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo

Pass the Sick Bag

Want to buy a unique souvenir of the Royal Wedding .. a sick bag or condoms perhaps ?

http://hubpages.com/hub/Royal-Wedding-Souvenirs-and-Memorabilia

Mish Mash

Got some left over yoghurt ? Why not try this delicious simple recipe from Palestine

http://hubpages.com/hub/Recipe-Food-from-Palestine-Mish-Salad

Fed up with the dailies?

Oppose the Murdoch takeover of the press and but the only English Language daily Newspaper in the world

http://hubpages.com/hub/The-Morning-Star-A-UK-Socialist-Newspaper

Fancy a Brew ?

How to make the perfect cup of greek coffee

http://hubpages.com/hub/How-to-make-a-perfect-Greek-Coffee

Another rembetika article

Just written another rembetika article about Yiorgos Batis at

http://hubpages.com/hub/Rembetika-Musicians-Yiorgos-Batis-Baglama

The United Nations No Fly Zone - Libyan

I've just written an article about the recent United Nations No Fly Zone over Libya at

http://hubpages.com/hub/Libya-and-the-United-Nations-Intervention-A-Caution-about-the-No-Fly-Zone

Another New Article

An article written last night about a Greek rembetika Musician that I had the pleasure of meeting.


http://hubpages.com/hub/Rembetika-Musicians-Thanassis-Athanasiou

What's new

Well I haven't really been here much and probably won't if I'm truthful but I thought it would be a useful place to keep up to date with some new things I'm doing.

One area I seem to be developing is online content writing and have now written several articles which I've listed below - Subjects are included in the url

http://hubpages.com/hub/Buddhism-in-Europe-Soka-Gakkai-International
http://hubpages.com/hub/The-British-Royal-Wedding-Kate-Middletons-Wedding-Dress-and-the-Effect-on-the-Economy
http://hubpages.com/hub/Feyyaz-Fergar-Feyyaz-Kayacan-Turkish-Poet
http://hubpages.com/hub/Yannis-Ritsos-Greek-Poet-and-Communist
http://hubpages.com/hub/The-Rastamouse-Controversy
http://hubpages.com/hub/The-Buddhist-View-of-Hell-and-the-Ten-Worlds
http://hubpages.com/hub/The-House-of-Rodakis-Aegina-Greece
http://hubpages.com/hub/Recipe-Food-from-Turkey-Imam-Bayildi
http://hubpages.com/hub/The-Death-of-the-Weekend-and-the-Rise-of-Consumerism
http://hubpages.com/hub/Suiseki-The-Art-of-Stone-Appreciation-or-Bonsai-Stones
http://hubpages.com/hub/Libya-Libyan-Food-and-Recipes
http://hubpages.com/hub/Greek-Food-Briam
http://hubpages.com/hub/Jamaican-Food-Ackee-and-Saltfish
http://hubpages.com/hub/Recipe-Food-from-Sardinia-Italy-Con-le-Sarde-Pasta-with-Sardines
http://hubpages.com/hub/Recipe-Food-from-Malta-Stuffat-tal-Qaqocc
http://hubpages.com/hub/Recipe-Food-from-Japan-Chirashi-Sushi-Scattered-Sushi
http://hubpages.com/hub/Robert-Motherwell-Abstract-Expressionism-The-Artist-and-his-Art (this one will be expanded in the not too far off future)

http://hubpages.com/hub/Recipe-Food-from-Afghanistan-Quabli-Pilau
http://hubpages.com/hub/Yemen-Food-Recipe-Saltah
I'll list new ones as I do them so watch this space

Just short of a year

.... since I last posted .... Does anyone use blogs anymore .. does anyone read them ? why am I typing this ?

Sunday 23rd August - Sunny with Cloud

Woke early feeling a bit hungover and made my way to the City Vision discussion meeting which was quite enjoyable considering how I felt. Went straight from there to Cs and then met with her friend and had a picnic on the forest which was nice ... had a stroll into town afterwards before having a quiet evening

Saturday 22nd August - Sunny Day

Spent the morning in bed, watching the 'embattled buddhists' dvd .. it's one of my personal favourites. Did a little work in the morning and then spent the afternoon at the cricket in the sunshine before meeting L for a drink and a bite to eat. From there we went into town and met E. and had more drinks and I'm afraid I had at least one too many .. but an enjoyable evening

Friday 21st August - Sunny

Another frustrating day .. I really don't know what is going on with me at the moment ! Had a phone conversation with P. In it he suggested that I might take a part time job to get me out of the house more and I think he's right. Have made a determination to find the right part time job for me starting in October.

Thursday August 20th - Rain, Sun and Wind

Another early waking day but more refreshed than yesterday thankfully. Made a real effort to focus on my work more today - a real struggle but I managed to make some good progress on a couple of things. Rewarded myself with some more late afternoon cricket - very poor game though.

In a more positive frame of mind today

Wednesday 19th August 2009 - Clear blue skies .. very hot !

Despite the sunny hot weather, I managed to avoid going outside for most of the day. Once again though, much of this time was spent 'slacking' - much as I don't like using the word, on days like these I almost 'hate' myself for being unable or unwilling to motivate ! Have redetermined to put my determinations into action, instead of simply just 'making' them !

Went to the cricket for the last hours of play, mainly to get some sunshine as it was a tedious game. A new start tomorrow !