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Posts archive for: 01 May, 2008

Kind Hearts and Coronets

by alecweston ^Pro @ 2008-05-01 – 23:42:20

The BBC tells me

Royal fiancee changes her faith

The fiancee of the Queen's grandson has given up her Catholic faith - a move that allows her partner Peter Phillips to retain his right to the throne.

Autumn Kelly, who is due to marry on 17 May, has now joined the Church of England, Buckingham Palace said.

If she had not changed churches her future husband, who is 11th in line to the throne, would have had to give up his right to succession to the throne.

So now all Peter Phillips has to do is arrange for the despatch of the 10 people ahead of him in the queue. Then he waits for Lizzie to die, and we'll have King Peter 1 and Queen Autumn.

In the old Ealing comedy Kind Hearts and Coronets, Ales Guiness played the part of the victims that stood in the way of the hero inheriting a fortune.

Who would get the part this time round? Remember, for a section of the film he would have to play Princess Anne, Peter's mother.

Or she would have to play Prince Charles, Will, Harry, Edward... you get the picture.
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by alecweston ^Pro @ 2008-05-01 – 22:37:46

I'm actually feeling rather good...

Went to London today.

Voted for Ken - as a second preference. (won't feel so good if the winner is Boris Berlisconi)

By nefarious means got my new free all-zone pass which will save me money on subsequent trips.

Had a light lunch in one of my favourite cheapish Italian restaurants.

My Russian doctor gave me acupuncture and nitrogen (don't ask but it seems to work)

My psychotherapy went really well. Think we're getting nearer to the heart of things.

For once, I had a good phone conversation with my sister. She may come down to Brighton for a visit next week.

From the train window, the countryside looked brilliant again (memo to self: go for a long walk in it soon).

That's it, really. Still feel good.
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Sending a 100 billion spams a day

by alecweston ^Pro @ 2008-05-01 – 18:54:52

This how it done

http://www.slate.com/id/2190275/
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Staying in the blog-present

by alecweston ^Pro @ 2008-05-01 – 09:55:16

Today, another attempt to spend at least a few minutes of my day living moment by moment. Unlike yesterday, though, I will not make the grandiose assumption that I will die at half past three. Or indeed won't...

This is getting so complicated. All I would like to do is live in the present for a while. Unburden myself of worries, anticpations of what may or may not happen next, self-accusations, resentments and be aware of everything around me, now.

So, I'm gazing out of the window, as we seep across the South Down, absorbing the vivid, post rain greeness of it all. The cows, the tractor, the sensation of gliding in the train..

And I think: I must remember all this to write about it in my blog later.

Well I suppose living in the blog-present is beter than being stuck in the past, or worrying about not paying a tax bill
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