Comments for T E Shepherd https://shepline.com author | illustrator | digital designer Sun, 15 Apr 2018 18:30:24 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 Comment on Powerful and disturbing drama from Creation Theatre by Valentines meals, disturbing theatre, and college friends | shepline: the journal https://shepline.com/2017/02/17/powerful-and-disturbing-drama-from-creation-theatre/#comment-70728 Sat, 18 Feb 2017 00:17:35 +0000 http://shepline.com/?p=14253#comment-70728 […] see Creation Theatre’s latest site-specific offering of George Orwell’s 1984. You can see my review here. To lighten the mood pre- and post- show we enjoyed bumping unexpectantly into my old college […]

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Comment on Winter magic in book form by Alice, rest in peace | shepline: the journal https://shepline.com/2017/01/15/winter-magic-in-book-form/#comment-70723 Sun, 15 Jan 2017 17:48:05 +0000 http://shepline.com/?p=12744#comment-70723 […] endless rain outside the window, and plumped up my pillows and finished reading Winter Magic (see my enthusiastic review) before getting up for an even more leisurely […]

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Comment on A Festival Author by Hawkesbury Literature Festival Two! – Mari Howard, Author https://shepline.com/2016/04/24/a-festival-author/#comment-70721 Wed, 27 Apr 2016 20:14:49 +0000 http://shepline.com/?p=9491#comment-70721 […] So with sessions on contemporary, historical, sci-fi and fantasy, and writing fiction from a point of ‘being different’, what was the most popular with the audience? It was this one: the skill of writing about your or another’s difference or disability: making the ‘difference’ work for your writing, overcoming  by your  writing, sharing what it is like to be inside what counts as difference. Read Thomas Shepherd’s blog about participating in this discussion here. […]

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Comment on Composed on the bus by The visability of the platform? | shepline: the journal https://shepline.com/2015/02/13/composed-on-the-bus/#comment-70720 Wed, 27 Apr 2016 15:39:07 +0000 http://journal.shepline.com/?p=6521#comment-70720 […] I’m not convinced that people are even reading the posts behind the link, but rather just liking and sharing based on what we expect it to say. I observed this disengagement on the bus last year, and wrote a poem about it. […]

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Comment on The Top 20 books that Britons have lied most about reading by Thomas https://shepline.com/2016/02/05/the-top-20-books-that-britons-have-lied-most-about-reading/#comment-70719 Fri, 05 Feb 2016 23:20:19 +0000 http://shepline.com/?p=9327#comment-70719 I should add that I don’t think I’ll be adding number 16 to my TRL!

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Comment on Stories emerging by Too many stories; too little time to write them | shepline: the journal https://shepline.com/2015/02/09/stories-emerging/#comment-70712 Wed, 11 Feb 2015 20:27:29 +0000 http://journal.shepline.com/?p=6510#comment-70712 […] days ago I wrote this post about how new stories are emerging in my mind, and how I now had an unexpected sequel to Mr Tumnal. This morning whilst walking to […]

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Comment on The other side of the story by Stories emerging | shepline: the journal https://shepline.com/2015/01/19/the-other-side-of-the-story/#comment-70711 Mon, 09 Feb 2015 22:02:52 +0000 http://journal.shepline.com/?p=6475#comment-70711 […] said, my characters have continued to talk to me which has led me to believe that maybe there might be something more. Today I had an idea which […]

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Comment on The playlist by Mr Tumnal: music as an inspiration | shepline: the journal https://shepline.com/mr-tumnal/the-playlist/#comment-70709 Wed, 26 Nov 2014 22:17:58 +0000 http://journal.shepline.com/?page_id=5824#comment-70709 […] The playlist […]

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Comment on It’s rare for me to read a book in a day, but when the book is so good… by The second in a series, but the beginning of something bigger | shepline: the journal https://shepline.com/2013/06/19/its-rare-for-me-to-read-a-book-in-a-day-but-when-the-book-is-so-good/#comment-70705 Wed, 29 Oct 2014 21:26:46 +0000 http://journal.shepline.com/?p=5558#comment-70705 […] is the sequel to Angella Graff’s wonderful adventure-thriller, Alexandra Fry: the Curse of the Lion’s Heart, a story that introduced us to our teenage heroine who can see ghosts, battles villains in Indiana […]

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Comment on Climbing through the wardrobe by The New Inklings | shepline: the journal https://shepline.com/2014/10/18/climbing-through-the-wardrobe/#comment-70703 Sat, 25 Oct 2014 17:39:48 +0000 http://journal.shepline.com/?p=6339#comment-70703 […] Saturday we visited the brilliant 26 Characters exhibition at Oxford’s Story Museum. This morning I was reading some of the accompanying book, and by chance I got to the bit where […]

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Comment on The End by Back On The Words | shepline: the journal https://shepline.com/2013/07/27/the-end-3/#comment-70702 Fri, 10 Oct 2014 20:47:52 +0000 http://journal.shepline.com/?p=5599#comment-70702 […] is something quite special about being back in the writing zone. I’ve missed it. On the 27 July 2013 I finished my last novel, and since then I’ve been keeping my creativity going with editing Mr Tumnal, along with […]

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Comment on Inspiration escaping me by The Other Social Networks | shepline: the journal https://shepline.com/2014/10/04/inspiration-escaping-me/#comment-70701 Sun, 05 Oct 2014 15:15:35 +0000 http://journal.shepline.com/?p=6303#comment-70701 […] week though I have finally decided how I can use Pinterest successfully. As discussed yesterday I am in the middle of briefing designers for a cover for my forthcoming novel, Mr Tumnal, and I am finding that a Pinterest board is just […]

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Comment on An unachieving kind of day by Of Dreams and Dylan Thomas: the power and mystery of words | shepline: the journal https://shepline.com/2014/06/07/an-unachieving-kind-of-day/#comment-70696 Sun, 08 Jun 2014 22:00:03 +0000 http://journal.shepline.com/?p=6226#comment-70696 […] contrast to yesterday, today has been altogether a more productive, enjoyable kind of day. It began with a bit of read in […]

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Comment on Standing in the shoes of Diana Wynne Jones: my review of Spider Circus by Alice Nuttall by Interview with Alice Nuttall, author of ‘Spider Circus’ | shepline: the journal https://shepline.com/2013/12/31/standing-in-the-shoes-of-diana-wynne-jones-my-review-of-spider-circus-by-alice-nuttall/#comment-70690 Wed, 19 Feb 2014 14:46:48 +0000 http://journal.shepline.com/?p=5915#comment-70690 […] I am really glad that I was because I found her book gripping and thrilling from the beginning – you can read my review here. After chatting about her book over email and Twitter, I’m really excited that Alice has […]

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Comment on Another unexpected pleasure by On the sixth day of Christmas: review of the year | shepline: the journal https://shepline.com/2013/12/07/another-unexpected-pleasure/#comment-70689 Tue, 31 Dec 2013 18:36:28 +0000 http://journal.shepline.com/?p=5842#comment-70689 […] Banzai’s Unexpected Voyage by Jane-Anne Hodgson […]

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Comment on A perfect summer holiday adventure by On the sixth day of Christmas: review of the year | shepline: the journal https://shepline.com/2013/08/06/a-perfect-summer-holiday-adventure/#comment-70688 Tue, 31 Dec 2013 18:36:13 +0000 http://journal.shepline.com/?p=5618#comment-70688 […] A Thread Through Time by Deborah Shepherd […]

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Comment on A complicated tale of country folk by On the sixth day of Christmas: review of the year | shepline: the journal https://shepline.com/2013/04/20/a-complicated-tale-of-country-folk/#comment-70687 Tue, 31 Dec 2013 18:35:58 +0000 http://journal.shepline.com/?p=5481#comment-70687 […] Precious Bane by Mary Webb […]

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Comment on On stories, and the power of words by On the sixth day of Christmas: review of the year | shepline: the journal https://shepline.com/2013/01/27/on-stories-and-the-power-of-words/#comment-70686 Tue, 31 Dec 2013 18:35:42 +0000 http://journal.shepline.com/?p=2432#comment-70686 […] Reflections: On the Magic of Writing by Diana Wynne Jones […]

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Comment on On the twelfth day of advent: Avebury in winter by On the thirteenth day of advent: of inspiring places | shepline: the journal https://shepline.com/2013/12/12/on-the-twelfth-day-of-advent-avebury-in-winter/#comment-70685 Sat, 14 Dec 2013 15:15:34 +0000 http://journal.shepline.com/?p=5862#comment-70685 […] stone age ring of standing stones inspired me to write yesterday’s poem, whilst the homely coziness of the the Bourne Valley Inn and the lovely meal last night – […]

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Comment on On the twenty-first day of advent: the shortest day by On the ninth day of advent: twinkling lights and festive joy | shepline: the journal https://shepline.com/2012/12/21/on-the-twenty-first-day-of-advent-the-shortest-day-2/#comment-70684 Tue, 10 Dec 2013 18:24:22 +0000 http://journal.shepline.com/?p=2367#comment-70684 […] miss out on the experience of the High Street in December and all those festive lights. Last year Emma and I had a lovely afternoon out in Oxford seeing the lights and this year we decided to do it […]

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Comment on The Day Off by The End | shepline: the journal https://shepline.com/2009/06/03/the-day-off/#comment-70681 Fri, 02 Aug 2013 08:18:25 +0000 http://journal.shepline.com/the-day-off/#comment-70681 […] first started writing the curious tale of Mr Tumnal during my honeymoon on 3 June 2009. A little over four year’s later, at 23:10 on Saturday 27 June 2013, I finished it. It is […]

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Comment on Postcard from Cypress by rachel2205 https://shepline.com/2003/06/23/postcard-from-cypress-2/#comment-70299 Mon, 08 Apr 2013 21:58:15 +0000 http://journal.shepline.com/postcard-from-cypress-2/#comment-70299 Ha, wow, blast from the past!!

Are you importing old entries or something, or is this a weird lj glitch?

I might have to temporarily defriend you if your old entries keep streaming in just because my whole friends list is weirdly now posts by you from a decade ago!!

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Comment on 100 Things by rachel2205 https://shepline.com/2003/12/16/100-things-2/#comment-70298 Mon, 08 Apr 2013 21:44:56 +0000 http://journal.shepline.com/100-things-2/#comment-70298 Hmm, why are all these 2003 entries appearing…

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Comment on I guess I should feel sorry for the guy… by petticoat_tails https://shepline.com/2003/11/20/i-guess-i-should-feel-sorry-for-the-guy-2/#comment-66710 Sat, 06 Apr 2013 13:18:25 +0000 http://journal.shepline.com/i-guess-i-should-feel-sorry-for-the-guy-2/#comment-66710 Naaah, just makes you human 😉

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Comment on A book where what you wanted to happen, doesn’t happen by shepline https://shepline.com/2013/04/05/a-book-where-what-you-wanted-to-happen-doesnt-happen/#comment-33986 Fri, 05 Apr 2013 21:52:32 +0000 http://journal.shepline.com/?p=3213#comment-33986 A book where what you wanted to happen, doesn’t happen http://t.co/CxwR1JMsQL #books #reviews #amreading @megrosoff

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Comment on Honing those words by shepline https://shepline.com/2013/04/04/honing-those-words/#comment-4975 Thu, 04 Apr 2013 17:13:17 +0000 http://journal.shepline.com/?p=2631#comment-4975 Honing those words http://t.co/N6ggkCHRur #criticism #critiques #progress #reviews #amwriting

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Comment on Through the eyes of a writer by shepline https://shepline.com/2013/04/02/through-the-eyes-of-a-writer/#comment-4974 Tue, 02 Apr 2013 21:55:25 +0000 http://journal.shepline.com/?p=2622#comment-4974 Through the eyes of a writer: or a very weird brain.. http://t.co/RIhFJUJ1Wu #writing #stories #ideas #weirdbrain #weirdness

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Comment on When the Prequel is the Equal of the Sequel by shepline https://shepline.com/2013/03/28/2613/#comment-4973 Thu, 28 Mar 2013 20:09:57 +0000 http://journal.shepline.com/?p=2613#comment-4973 When the Prequel is the Equal of the Sequel http://t.co/hmmeKZqvte #books #reviews #amreading @Davidjalmond

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Comment on With not too much imagination, a story of how we could all be living soon by shepline https://shepline.com/2013/03/14/with-not-too-much-imagination-a-story-of-how-we-could-all-be-living-soon/#comment-4972 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 14:14:19 +0000 http://journal.shepline.com/?p=2594#comment-4972 My review of ‘How I Live Now’ by @megrosoff http://t.co/g1IHSw0aNB #books #amreading #reviews

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Comment on Great Aunt Blanche and Gunning King by shepline https://shepline.com/2013/03/09/great-aunt-blanche-and-gunning-king/#comment-4971 Sat, 09 Mar 2013 18:39:05 +0000 http://journal.shepline.com/?p=2580#comment-4971 Great Aunt Blanche and Gunning King http://t.co/hRU9IBWeOt

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Comment on From The Guardian: Disability in the workplace: ‘we’re not rain man’ by shepline https://shepline.com/2013/03/09/disability-in-the-workplace-were-not-rain-man/#comment-4970 Sat, 09 Mar 2013 16:39:51 +0000 http://journal.shepline.com/?p=2575#comment-4970 From @guardian: Disability in the workplace: ‘we’re not rain man’ http://t.co/09pyGo037j

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Comment on A story of what happens after the epic fantasy adventure by shepline https://shepline.com/2013/03/07/a-story-of-what-happens-after-the-epic-fantasy-adventure/#comment-4969 Thu, 07 Mar 2013 23:13:58 +0000 http://journal.shepline.com/?p=2569#comment-4969 A story of what happens after the epic fantasy adventure http://t.co/9LPrDKHThz #AlanGarner #books #amreading #reviews

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Comment on Unfinished writing: the curse of the perfect Spring day by shepline https://shepline.com/2013/03/05/unfinished-writing-the-curse-of-the-perfect-spring-day/#comment-4968 Tue, 05 Mar 2013 17:56:44 +0000 http://journal.shepline.com/?p=2564#comment-4968 The curse of the perfect Spring day http://t.co/u8Z1iMRX5P #books #flyht #stories #amwriting

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Comment on In love with fairies by shepline https://shepline.com/2013/02/26/in-love-with-fairies/#comment-4966 Fri, 01 Mar 2013 23:18:00 +0000 http://journal.shepline.com/?p=2555#comment-4966 In love with fairies http://t.co/QwXywnn0Rj #ballet #Tchaikovsky #reviews #music #theatre #fairies

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Comment on Not writers’ block but a block on writing by shepline https://shepline.com/2013/02/26/not-writers-block-but-a-block-on-writing/#comment-4967 Wed, 27 Feb 2013 22:46:52 +0000 http://journal.shepline.com/?p=2545#comment-4967 Not writers’ block but a block on writing http://t.co/Yg62TsPA0l

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Comment on Snowmen in the morning; snowmen in the evening! by mosskat55 https://shepline.com/2013/01/25/snowmen-in-the-morning-snowmen-in-the-evening/#comment-3316 Sun, 27 Jan 2013 23:30:49 +0000 http://journal.shepline.com/?p=2429#comment-3316 Aww, that’s so sweet!

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Comment on The technology of reading: eReader, tablet, or book? by Thomas https://shepline.com/2013/01/07/the-technology-of-reading-ereader-tablet-or-book/#comment-3291 Mon, 07 Jan 2013 17:56:47 +0000 http://journal.shepline.com/?p=2400#comment-3291 In reply to rachel2205.

I bet you that if you take to reading eBooks, particularly when on your travels that you invest in an eReader of some sort too. Are they releasing your book in some eFormat?

Did you ever come by a copy of my book?

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Comment on The technology of reading: eReader, tablet, or book? by rachel2205 https://shepline.com/2013/01/07/the-technology-of-reading-ereader-tablet-or-book/#comment-3290 Mon, 07 Jan 2013 15:26:24 +0000 http://journal.shepline.com/?p=2400#comment-3290 I’ve just started using an ereader on my new ipad (free classic books, very nicely presented!) And i think it will be very convenient. I also doubt it would stop me buying paper books!

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Comment on On the thirteenth day of advent: Happy Birthday to Emma! by rachel2205 https://shepline.com/2012/12/13/on-the-thirteenth-day-of-advent-happy-birthday-to-emma/#comment-3281 Sun, 16 Dec 2012 23:48:37 +0000 http://journal.shepline.com/?p=2356#comment-3281 Aw, lovely 🙂

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Comment on Iceland Full Circle Day 2: Reacquainting Oneself With Reykjavik by rachel2205 https://shepline.com/2012/11/16/iceland-full-circle-day-2-reacquainting-oneself-with-reykjavik/#comment-3265 Fri, 16 Nov 2012 23:47:03 +0000 http://journal.shepline.com/?p=2304#comment-3265 Sounds like loads of fun!

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Comment on By Royal Command by rachel2205 https://shepline.com/2012/06/25/by-royal-command/#comment-3159 Tue, 26 Jun 2012 02:18:09 +0000 http://journal.shepline.com/?p=2170#comment-3159 Sounds like a lot of fun and you both look very nice!

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Comment on The Confidence of Creativity by Thomas https://shepline.com/2012/06/16/the-confidence-of-creativity/#comment-3158 Sun, 17 Jun 2012 17:08:13 +0000 http://journal.shepline.com/?p=2156#comment-3158 In reply to janejosiane.

I know! He’s been nagging at me for months! 😉

I just needed to do what I had to do to The End Of All Worlds to get it out of my system. Now I concentrate on the next mixed-up tale. I expect you’re relieved to know that even I know how it gets to the endpoint now, aren’t you?

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Comment on 17 Júní, Icelandic National Day: a review round-up by Thomas https://shepline.com/2012/06/17/17-juni-icelandic-national-day-a-review-round-up/#comment-69849 Sun, 17 Jun 2012 17:05:11 +0000 http://journal.shepline.com/?p=2159#comment-69849 Thanks! Two of them are particularly special to me because, although they were solicited reviews, they are from people who don’t know me at all! 🙂

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Comment on 17 Júní, Icelandic National Day: a review round-up by janejosiane https://shepline.com/2012/06/17/17-juni-icelandic-national-day-a-review-round-up/#comment-3156 Sun, 17 Jun 2012 14:32:53 +0000 http://journal.shepline.com/?p=2159#comment-3156 Congrats on all of these!

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Comment on The Confidence of Creativity by janejosiane https://shepline.com/2012/06/16/the-confidence-of-creativity/#comment-3155 Sun, 17 Jun 2012 14:32:18 +0000 http://journal.shepline.com/?p=2156#comment-3155 Hurrah, you’re getting back to Mr Tumnal! Can’t wait to find out what happens next 🙂

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Comment on My tweets by Thomas https://shepline.com/2012/06/12/my-tweets-135/#comment-3154 Tue, 12 Jun 2012 15:02:30 +0000 http://journal.shepline.com/?p=2150#comment-3154 In reply to kellymarie.

Re: Giggling here 🙂

You see, I’m just thinking of your mortgage and job security… :-p

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Comment on My tweets by kellymarie https://shepline.com/2012/06/12/my-tweets-135/#comment-3153 Tue, 12 Jun 2012 14:55:37 +0000 http://journal.shepline.com/?p=2150#comment-3153 In reply to Thomas.

Re: Giggling here 🙂

Well, it *IS* Twitter! Besides, I agree with you – if everyone could spell, I’d be out of a job!

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Comment on My tweets by Thomas https://shepline.com/2012/06/12/my-tweets-135/#comment-3152 Tue, 12 Jun 2012 14:54:35 +0000 http://journal.shepline.com/?p=2150#comment-3152 In reply to kellymarie.

Re: Giggling here 🙂

…and now I’ve confessed to my stupidity and poor spelling in a public place. Still, isn’t this why writers keep editors in their jobs?

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Comment on My tweets by kellymarie https://shepline.com/2012/06/12/my-tweets-135/#comment-3151 Tue, 12 Jun 2012 14:46:50 +0000 http://journal.shepline.com/?p=2150#comment-3151 In reply to Thomas.

Re: Giggling here 🙂

Hahaha! I just assumed it was a typo 🙂

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Comment on My tweets by Thomas https://shepline.com/2012/06/12/my-tweets-135/#comment-3150 Tue, 12 Jun 2012 14:41:14 +0000 http://journal.shepline.com/?p=2150#comment-3150 In reply to kellymarie.

Re: Giggling here 🙂

Yeah, thanks! I’ve already been told this over on Facebook…

I should have checked in the dictionary but it was late. I remember deliberating over it but I really thought that with the e was the drug. :-\

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