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My Dad And The Toad Who Lived In His Shoe

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20 Mar 2024 — 9 min read
My Dad And The Toad Who Lived In His Shoe

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Richard's Existential Diary

Richard's Existential Diary

"He announces that he has given up dentistry to become a miner. I find it hard to discern his motivation for this, other than the convenience of being able to redeploy the headtorch he used in his former profession."

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IMPORTANT: This Is Not A Newsletter Sent Via Substack

I thought I should write an explanatory message today about the way I'm doing things here from now on.

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Reports Of My Death Have Been Greatly Exaggerated (But Probably Only On Social Media)

Support My Writing By Upgrading To A Paid Subscription Why have I been thinking about death so much this week? It’s probably an autumn thing and no doubt it’s not entirely unrelated to my recent health problems but also, taking a glance back at what I’ve been

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ROBOT

ROBOT

"Also, they’re not feet. They’re called rotorsocks.”

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