What had I got to lose? If they are going to invite me to join their blog circle then they only have themselves to blame! I joined. I wonder how long it will be before they realise I may not take life quite as seriously as they do.<\/p>\n
Despite it no longer being the top news story I notice that Swine flu is still spreading and has now occurred in every region of the UK except the one in which we live. I\u2019m wondering if we should ban travel between this and other regions and quarantine anyone who tries to cross our borders. Looking at what\u2019s happening around the world, we would probably be justified in refusing admission to anyone at all, until the outbreak is over. It\u2019s times like this that I\u2019m grateful that we are more remote from civilisation.<\/p>\n
I don\u2019t like to laugh at my Mistress\u2019s expense, but she isn\u2019t feeling so very proud of herself. Last week she had two submissions to prepare. The one to apply to study and MA in creative writing was all very last minute and urgent. The other one was, well, all very last minute and urgent! Both required a 20 page submission of her work in their support. She suddenly realised last night (several days after sending the submission off) that she had only produced one 20 page submission and it didn\u2019t go with the MA application. She is now wondering whether they will dismiss her as a useless candidate or put it down to her being a scatty writer and have some sympathy. She\u2019s been trying to get hold of them all day but no one seems to be answering the phone. That puts them on a par with the Inland Revenue then!<\/p>\n
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