I fell in love with theodor's trademark stubby-limbed, solemn-faced little cartoon dogs the first time I saw them, but it was some time before I plucked up the courage to ask for a commission.

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Yesterday afternoon I had a job interview in which I spectacularly failed to find anything positive to say about myself, the prospective job, life, the universe, everything. Afterwards I decided to check out the Westfield shopping centre, passed through the barrier into White City tube station, realised Westfield was actually five minutes' walk away, came out again, and finally attempted Westfield ingress by pushing a door marked PULL. It was that sort of afternoon.

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On Saturday I did something I'd never done before: visited the London Dungeon with yagfox. (To clarify, I'd previously never been at all, with or without yagfox.)

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I discovered textbroker.co.uk just before Christmas. It's a site where clients can post requests for short blog-style articles, usually containing certain keywords, and authors - that would be me - can commit to writing them. It's free to join, but you'll have to cough up a small writing sample and have it vetted before you're accepted.

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Domain names! They're like Pringles, or cats - once you've got one you immediately start craving another, and another.

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What can I say, I'm a sucker for poetry that rhymes written by dead white dudes.

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I recently received the end-of-year writing tips newsletter from Joanna Barnden, who suggested it was time to review 2011 goals, list achievements and set some goals for the coming year. So:

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