Why is the word “I” so short?

The only other one-letter word is “a”. And that’s not even a “real” word, but an article. I think that’s because “I” has to be the most used word in the English vocabulary, so it’s better kept short & precise. Plus it’s always written in capital. All sounds a bit egoistic doesn’t it?
~Ugh, this irresistible [...]

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Who dares say I don’t miss that crowded little place?

What’s a nicer way to start a morning than watching a Youtube clip of HCMC which got you all teary and nostalgic? (Although I might have used the word “nice” very loosely here.) Thanks, Minh.
It’s nothing new for me, really. But it was fun seeing the city from other people’s perspective. From a tourist’s point [...]

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Stupidest scammer ever!

This morning I got this in my Junk mail box (thank you, Outlook):
Notication from eBay.com.au
eBay.com.au [service@ebay.com.au]
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Dear eBay AU Member,
This is your official notification from eBay. Your online has expired. If you want to continue using our service you have to renew your online.
If not, your online will be limited and deleted To continue click here [...]

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Can a girl have too many bags?

Yes, she can. (At this point I have a vivid picture in my head of our lovely guys smirking gleefully at the screen. Okay, dudes, ease off! We know we own way too many shoes & bags. We’re not stooopid, you see. But that’s only because we’ve stocked up for The Flood, in case Noah [...]

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Gwyneth would have keeled over and fainted if she’d heard this.

Chrissy, my neighbour’s little daughter often comes in the shop and sits at my desk to make her own little jewellery. She’s such a cutie, really good with colours & drawing. Usually a bit shy but now that she’s used to me, often strikes up very amusing conversations. Such as:
~ How much are these beads [...]

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“Ira furor brevis est.”

“Anger is a brief madness.”
No, don’t worry, I didn’t get hit on the head by a falling brick and started spitting out Latin over night. No matter how much I wish for that to happen. In fact, I saw that line from “Espresso Tales” by Alexander McCall Smith. And who’s a greater writer [...]

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Winter’s here. Depression’s here!

I like to whinge about the weather. ALL Melburnians like to whinge about the weather. It’s just something we do. The more we whinge about the weather, the less we get taxed.** And you know that flowery “four seasons in a day” sing-song splattered on tourists’ information leaflets and websites? It’s actually just a pathetic [...]

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I. Am. A. Ro. Bot.

Today I was at The Second Job, the one which takes 2.375 days out of my meagre weekly allowance of ONLY SEVEN (multiple exclamation points), and on the good side, provides ample opportunities for people watching. And even better, baby watching. So here I was this morning, happily chatting away with a colleague about how [...]

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Grateful for things I wouldn’t normally be grateful about

Dear O.,
You’ve got a way of annoying me. You’ve got this tone of voice you use. One that is supposedly meant to show concern, but more often than not would come out sounding plainly patronising. For every plan I think of, you’d instantly come up with all the obvious obstacles, the ruthless requirements, the distant [...]

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Mum ~ entry 2 of 100000000000

Our Mum, who we all think is unbelievably cute, often says things like:
~ “I don’t want to repeat myself, but…” Then she goes on to, um, repeat herself. For the (n+1)th time.
~ “Blah blah blah… And that’s the first thing. The second thing is… Blah blah blah… Blah blah blah… And that’s the first thing. [...]

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