The Rhyme of Sim'

Simon Hampel

Where I’ve been

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You know you truely are a geek when: Your mother starts complaining that you haven’t blogged enough !! Seriously – mum complained that she went to check my blog to see where I was and what I was doing, but there weren’t any meaningful updates – simply sentimental drivel about old poems. Well, I do … [Read More »]

Writing for understanding

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While browsing through some old posts I made on a discussion forum, I found this attempt at humour I had written a couple of years ago – in response to someone’s use of latin in their writing: Greetings and good dies Michael et al. I must say that I do take issue when people insist … [Read More »]

Practising the practice

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I have had this problem for a while with the use of the word practice. I was raised in South Australia where they are – or at least were once – quite particular in teaching the “Queen’s English” the correct way. I remember in school being taught that practice was a noun and the verb … [Read More »]

The rocky-road not taken

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Some silly poetry I wrote back in Jan 2002 (with apologies to Robert Frost): The rocky-road not taken. Two rocky-roads appeared on a yellow dish, And sorry I could not eat both And to consume them all, long I wished And wondered if they would be missed I eyed the larger, with more pink marshmallows; … [Read More »]