Author Archives: odeboyz

I thought it was funny at the time

Posted on September 4, 2019 by odeboyz

In 1984, I had been transferred to Kemure Road Depot in Hackney. It wasn’t a good move as I’d some very difficult past experiences with the General Trades Manager there, a man named John S. I’d knew him to be … Continue reading →

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Wittgenstein as a (failed) teacher

Posted on September 2, 2019 by odeboyz

For our own part, we struck Wittgenstein as intolerably stupid.1 He would denounce us to our faces as unteachable, and at times he despaired of getting us to recognize what sort of point he was trying to get across to … Continue reading →

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How high can you jump?

Posted on September 2, 2019 by odeboyz
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The animal in man

Posted on September 1, 2019 by odeboyz

In a forest deep lies a gnarly tree As shadows wish the wind to shame And dance the dance That leaf-branch make. Where moonbeams play in the wildwood shade Another night, all is still Except, for those out hunting The … Continue reading →

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Your Brain

Posted on August 29, 2019 by odeboyz
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Eight million Nazis: the challenge for the Allies in 1945

Posted on August 29, 2019 by odeboyz

The victorious Allies crushed Nazi Germany. Germany had eight million Nazis with a civilian population who were, mostly, complicit in Nazi atrocities. The Allies had to be pragmatic. They targeted the ‘worst of the worst’ with the new retrospective crimes … Continue reading →

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A lottery winner is interviewed

Posted on August 26, 2019 by odeboyz

Interviewer: Do you think that winning the lottery has changed you? Lottery winner: I don’t know. Tell you what I’ll ask my butler. Interviewer: How long has he worked for you? Lottery winner: A week. Based on an Adam Kay … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Len Deighton ~ Faith (1994)

Posted on August 26, 2019 by odeboyz

It was Deighton’s misfortune to be a brilliant author at the same time as John le Carre was also writing. Salieri had a similar problem with Mozart! So why read Deighton? I returned to Deighton after 25 years and was … Continue reading →

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A Polemic on Fish

Posted on August 25, 2019 by odeboyz

A friend, left me her fish As she moved, up north It’s a big goldfish But I think it’s bored. Back and forth it swims Like “Papillion” in the cell Instead of five paces Wall to wall, the tank is … Continue reading →

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Memory Lane

Posted on August 15, 2019 by odeboyz

Richard M.

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