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The Other Side of Everything - Dean Whitbread

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Things added in October, 2005

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Not Now

Posted on October 31st by Dean. View Comments
One day I'll tell you about my chin, but not now. Last night I returned from visiting Bristol and Bath, the western reaches, golden land of my mis-spent youth. A ...
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If I Had A Penny For Every Time…

Posted on October 25th by Dean. View Comments
Long long ago, on top of a tall mountain they called Crystal Palace, there grew up a boy child who collected spiderwebs. Each morning, going from bush to bush, tree ...
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Johnny Cash Likes My Song

Posted on October 22nd by Dean. View Comments
I've been awake fifteen minutes, and listening to a song I wrote yesterday, or more accurately, finished yesterday. The chords have been shaping around a D retune for a few ...
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Busy Doing Nothing

Posted on October 20th by Dean. View Comments
I remember watching a backgammon game when I was twenty and asking a friend of mine whether it was worth learning. He had been playing all afternoon, and ...
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Change The Record

Posted on October 19th by Dean. View Comments
Last time I took on a behemothic theme it was Death. I struggled with it, wrestling at the cliff top; and by the end of the month, I was ...
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Flexing Like A Whore

Posted on October 18th by Dean. View Comments
John Allanson was ahead of his time. He was an interesting chap from South Norwood, pleasant, enterprising, and a real David Bowie fan. When he was 17 he saved up ...
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The Oldest Noodle

Posted on October 17th by Dean. View Comments
Although the site of well coordinated decor and hygenic bathroom and kitchen surfaces can produce in me a glow of contentment and an expression of satisfaction you might find ordinarily ...