Today I went to a lovely humanist funeral. 

It was a celebration of the life of my ex neighbour who died peacefully in his sleep at the age of ninety.

Sid had led a wonderful life.

His pleasures were simple, and it was so interesting to learn more about this industrious man who must have been the longest serving paper delivery boy in history. 

It seems he’d delivered the Sunday papers for fifty years, to customers in the middle of the fen countryside.  Sid collected eggs and vegetables along the way and provided almost a social service for his customers.  Read more... (654 words, 2 images, estimated 2:37 mins reading time)

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Thanks for dropping by and if you’ve got a few moments to spare you could you please let me know which of these two videos you prefer?

I created both of them, or to be more precise I wrote the dialogue, and in the first video I also did the narration.  Yes, that is me talking and it is a true story.

I paid for both to be created and made the same mistake in both of them,  i.e. I forgot to direct them anywhere.  Read more... (613 words, 0 images, estimated 2:27 mins reading time)

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One thing I’ve come to acknowledge since starting on the internet is the most successful marketers always seem to have overcome some extreme form of adversity at some stage in their lives.

Many have lost their jobs, been thousands of dollars in debt, had their homes repossessed, sold their possessions and had no money for food.

All pretty good reasons to want to turn their lives around, I think you’ll agree.

Tonight, I listened to Marshall Sylver talking a bit about his life and although I’d come across his name before, I’d never known his background.  Read more... (569 words, 1 image, estimated 2:17 mins reading time)

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