Book » the first supper
(Iris nearly killed a cyclist, Soren, who then turned up in the next bed to hers in hospital. In return for Soren’s forgiveness, Iris found herself agreeing to live – and inflict on her family – an ethical life from now on. She has just had her first trip to …
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Confusion » can battery chicken save the planet?
So, we can all agree on the new enemy.
Cows. …
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Blog » sibling rivalry
‘I need that recipe for again.’ It’s my sister
on the phone.
‘Why – is that gorgeous daughter of yours in residence?’
‘No, it’s for me. She persuaded us that now we aren’t flying any more, it’s ridiculous …
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Shock » dying is easy (comedy is hard)
You might have thought that the one good thing about being dead was that you weren’t ruining the planet any more.
Hah. How wrong can you be? …
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Book » god in the supermarket
(Iris, our heroine, has had an accident in which she almost killed a cyclist, Soren. Who turned up in the next bed in hospital. Weakened by shock and possibly a mild concussion, Iris finds herself agreeing to repay the cylist by leading an Awakened Life from now on. Back home, she is alarmed to receive what appears to be midnight life coaching from the Deity. But …
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Shock » sustainability and debt
What does ‘sustainable’ mean? It means something you can keep going indefinitely. Money or resources in, equals money or resources out. People who didn’t manage this traditionally ended up in the Debtor’s Prison, or or both. The penalties for outliving your means were harsh and immediate, and people were, mostly, very scared of doing so.
So, sustainable lifestyles were what everybody practised until about fifty years ago. My granddad, …
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Blog » supermarkets and relativity
Oddly, nobody seems ever to have remarked that would have arrived much sooner at his theory of
had he spent more time with children. The elasticity of …
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