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Why do your fingers go wrinky in the bath?

You know how, if you spend a long time in the bath, your fingers go wrinkly? They end up looking like raisins! Well, if you’ve got kids, they’ll have asked that question of you a million times. Want to know … Continue reading

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New single from Brandon Flowers: Only The Young

Check out the latest single from Killer’s frontman Brandon Flowers. The second single release from Flowers’ album Flamingo, Only The Young is an atmospheric synth-laden track with a video to match. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiEADQhTtIA&feature=player_embedded The video was directed by Sophie Muller, last … Continue reading

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The Kirk McCambley Appreciation Society

Worthy of mention is the growing ‘apreciation society’ on Facebook for Iris Robinson’s former toyboy Kirk McCambley. The 21 year-old, a Roman Catholic cafe owner, was named as the young lover of Mrs Robinson during a BBC documentary , which … Continue reading

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Laughing at Iris Robinson

I’m going to break with a very long retirement to laugh out loud at Iris Robinson. Actually, I’m not really laughing out loud at her, it’s a pretty horrible situation to be stuck in the middle of… The silly old … Continue reading

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Yes, I know. The Levee Breaks has been d…

Yes, I know. The Levee Breaks has been dormant for a couple of years with only a handful of posts to prove that I’m still alive. Well, I am still alive, and blogging away in other places. I thought I’d … Continue reading

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A Glaswegian Advent Calendar

I got sent this by an old work colleague – a Glaswegian Advent Calendar. A great idea, but let’s face it, you could never have just one!

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Honestly…

There’s a lot you could say about the results of the European elections in Northern Ireland this week. My finger was well and truly off the pulse, to the point that we didn’t vote in our house. We forgot. The … Continue reading

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I just realised…

…it’s been so long since I blogged about politics (or indeed paid any attention to politics) that I have no idea who the secretary of state for Northern Ireland is these days. Is it still Peter Hain?

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So, what happened to Levee?

Hello. It’s been a while, hasn’t it? Last update here was September 2007 and the last one before that was May 2007. So let’s call it a year all in, shall we? Wow, I miss this blog. It was my … Continue reading

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One for the fans…

I saw this and thought of you lot… When you call yourself an Indian or a Muslim or a Christian or a European, or anything else, you are being violent. Do you see why it is violent? It is because … Continue reading

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