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"Mr McGee, don't make me angry. You wouldn't like me when I'm angry."

Other suggested names for this part of the site were "James' rant page" (mine), "James sounds off" (also mine) and "Grumpy Old Men" (Emily's). Essentially, it's a collection of online diary entries (interspersed with the odd email) that I've amalgamated from years of archived work, in which I wax lyrical about anything and everything. Observations about life, behavioural tendencies, the media, Spam - coupled with sets of anecdotes, some strange, some downright odd but all true, or at least only mildly exaggerated. Names have been changed where appropriate.

In some entries I'm trying to be reflective, in some funny, and in some I'm merely letting off steam - but as Emily once pointed out, a lot of the time the humour I cause is quite unintentional. Concordantly I shall leave it to you to work out which is which, acknowledging the fact that in some of them I wind up looking quite ridiculous. Two polite requests from the author: 1) please try not to be too harsh in judging me over the content - it's what I hope is a constructive use of anger. Left unchecked, anger clouds the mind, and turned inward, it is a formidable enemy. And 2) don't take any of it - or me - too seriously.

This page will be as organic as possible in that it will be regularly updated - as long as I keep writing that diary, anyway - and the newest entries will always be at the top. Feedback of any sort is always welcome (although I should warn you that ridiculous and unjustified flaming will only be posted on here and subsequently ridiculed). Happy browsing.…

James, 25th May 2004.

 

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