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17/08/2016

My To-Do List for 2020

Last week I got philosophical/grumpy about what it’s like being mere mortal during the Olympics, and in the spirit of WINNING THAT GOLD MEDAL, here is a list of ambitions I would like to have fulfilled by the next summer Olympics. There are other, more personal, things as well – but these are the things I want to brag (and complain) about… Continue reading

August 2016, Books, Lists, Sport, Travel, Videos

2020 Olympics Tokyo, Brexit, four year goals, Indifferent Ignorance, Patreon pages, publishing goals, screenwriting goals, travel goals
12/08/2016

Is It Just Me or Do the Olympics Prompt a Breakdown

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August 2016, Complaints, DISCUSS., Paywall, Sport, TV

‘The Perks of Being a Wallflower’, 2016 Rio Olympics, check out the GB diving team, Indifferent Ignorance, PE lessons are scarring, Rio 2016, Rio Olympics, setting goals for life
04/08/2016

The Lazy Person’s Guide to the Olympics

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August 2016, Lists, Paywall, Sport

2016 Rio Olympics, attractive people at 2016 Olympics, how to be lazy during the Olympics, Indifferent Ignorance, Olympics for people who hated PE, out LGBT athletes at Rio, Rio Olympics schedule BBC, Rio2016
13/07/2016

Run, Run, Bunny, Run

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(All Hail) Creation, July 2016, Paywall, School, Sport

buying running shoes, Indifferent Ignorance, learning to run, my legs hurt, trying to exercise

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Sport

My To-Do List for 2020

Is It Just Me or Do the Olympics Prompt a Breakdown

The Lazy Person’s Guide to the Olympics

Run, Run, Bunny, Run