Both Sides Now

 When will they end?

The lump on my neck

A lump on my neck

I recieved a letter from Bristol Royal Infirmary today which caused me to laugh.

The letter is about my Lipoma, the lump of fat on the back of my neck. The operation is a day operation, I was told the surgeon would arrange an early operation, so I could come home, rather than stay overninght.

This makes sense, as the op is only minor, what made me laugh is they boooked me in at 00:00, which is either super early, or super late, depending how you view 00:00

Bristol Short Story Award

 Alan Place - Short Story Writer

Acclaimed short story writer

                                     Alan Place - Award Winning Author

For many years, I was an acclaimed short story writer, several earned awards, not that they earned me any money, and little more than scant praise. I did enter the Bristol Short Story Award once, that was long ago, and I withdrew my story once I saw who the judges were, two Asian writers, and a young lady looking for romance writers. At the time, none of those came close to what I was writing, things have changed, now I have no reputation behind me.

I was chatting to other writers at the time, also award winners, and we agreed, unless you earn a major award, they mean nothing. The most I can hope for is for my story to go in an another anthology

What qualifiies as offensive?

 Boycott Wetherspoons

Religion

Israel

With news from Wetherspoons, I feel like going in wearing a tee-shirt proclaiming support for Israel. It does raise a good question, are they banning Celtic supporters, who are mainly Catholic, from pubs in Glasgow which are in areas mainly full of Rangers fans? That goes for any city with two, or more clubs

Boycott Wetherspoons

 Armed Forces

Veterans

Royal Air Force

I am not eating in Wetherspoons again, they put Immigrants before Armed Forces personnel.

I don't wear a poppy, that is for something that happened to me when I applied for help from the Royal British Legion years ago, but I still respect our Armed Forces

Time will tell

 Are you a bot?

A Foreign Affair

Dating a Granny

Though my friend, Svitlana, appears genuinely in love with me, I cannot be sure she is who she says she is, as we live far apart. I am almost certain she is really in love with me, but only meeting her will kill my doubts.

She could also say the same for me, that is the problem with meeting a person online.

We have a deep understanding that we are the only people we chat with online, I didn't have any thoughts of meeting a mature lady when I added my profile to SoulmateMeets, then to Charming Talks, yet we get on well from our first online chat

My turn off

 Am I a Sexual Deviant?

Warlock

My sex appeal

For some reason, I have become the subject of many offers for meeting mature ladies, some wish to chat, others have more definitive thoughts about having sex with me.

It is almost as if I had a certain quality that is desired, I have been told I have a dynamic personality. My attraction is because I am polite, respectful, and do not push any sex appeal that ladies say I have.

I am no prude, I indulge in sex chats with my friend, Svitlana, from time-to-time, the thing which matters is we are in a relationship. Last night, a young lady on Charming Talks, tried to get me interested in her, by opening the chat with explicit sex chat. I have no objection to sex chat, within reason, and to me, she was out-of-order, we had not made contact before then, so she overstepped the line. 

One thing which is a turn-off for me is a lady who thinks being explicit from the start will arouse me. Unless we know each other, it is not to my liking. Another turn-off is ladies who think wearing clothes which show as much as possible are arousing to me, for me a glimpse of panties is more arousing

Danish Blue Cheese

 Broken nose

Good food

Good for Cooking

For as long as I can recall, I have like the taste of Blue cheese, that changed last night. I had some cheese and crackers for a bedtime snack, and found I dislike the taste of blue cheese. I think is probably a result of my recent accident, a broken nose affects your sense of taste, as much as your sense of smell