tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46050249103439299972024-03-13T19:45:39.997+00:00Mercy Fuckermore songs about sex and deathrussell j turnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04145345923961584302noreply@blogger.comBlogger118125truetag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4605024910343929997.post-43507292961761526992013-10-29T09:56:00.001+00:002013-10-29T09:57:26.403+00:00The Vodka Diaries (Part Two)On Thursday 17th October I presented an updated thirty minute scratch of <em>The Vodka Diaries</em> at The Underbelly, Rumsey Wells. Here is an <a href="https://soundcloud.com/russelljturner/the-vodka-diaries-scratch">audio recording</a>. Please have a listen and let me know what you think.russell j turnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04145345923961584302noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4605024910343929997.post-28299712338992757702013-04-27T07:08:00.000+01:002013-04-27T07:08:00.077+01:00The Vodka Diaries (Part One)On Tuesday 23rd April I presented a twenty minute scratch of my new show, 'The Vodka Diaries', at Norwich Arts Centre. Here is an <a href="https://soundcloud.com/russelljturner/the-vodka-diaries-scratch-nac">audio recording</a>. Please have a listen and let me know what you think.russell j turnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04145345923961584302noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4605024910343929997.post-46590748147048505292012-11-18T19:53:00.001+00:002012-11-18T19:53:16.225+00:00Bandersnatch<br />
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Beware the usurer my girl,<o:p></o:p></div>
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who lends to see your lips
unfurl<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt;">
and softly, slowly, validate<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt;">
the body as his interest rate.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Avoid the flatterer my lass:<o:p></o:p></div>
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grinning, cocksure, bold as
brass;<o:p></o:p></div>
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but brass won’t pay the
surgeon’s bill,<o:p></o:p></div>
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and gold will buy a bitter pill.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Then love the laughing boy my
child,<o:p></o:p></div>
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go dancing with him through the
wild,<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt;">
where ecstasy and perfumed sweat<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt;">
will grant a gift, not claim a
debt.<o:p></o:p></div>
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For kisses laid upon the womb<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt;">
are sweeter than a lonely tomb.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
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<i>Russell J Turner – October 2012<o:p></o:p></i></div>
russell j turnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04145345923961584302noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4605024910343929997.post-11815193965397299472012-11-18T19:52:00.002+00:002012-11-18T19:52:07.775+00:00Pissing up the walls of dollar hell<br />
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She's spitting out some
screwed-up villanelle<o:p></o:p></div>
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to every Johnny looking for
their luck, <o:p></o:p></div>
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she’s pissing up the walls of
dollar hell.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt;">
And ninety cents an hour don’t
cast no spell,<o:p></o:p></div>
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that hot steel peels her cranium unstuck<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt;">
through spitting out some
screwed-up villanelle.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt;">
All dried-up bitches with no
soul to sell,<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt;">
them lame floor ladies, they
don’t give a fuck–<o:p></o:p></div>
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done pissing up the walls of
dollar hell.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt;">
Forget it sister, there’s no
kiss and tell,<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt;">
no Catholic girls, no fine young
cock to suck,<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt;">
just spitting out some
screwed-up villanelle.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt;">
Those stallions won’t drink from
this poisoned well,<o:p></o:p></div>
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and Sally’s mustang’s too damn
tired to buck–<o:p></o:p></div>
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gone pissing up the walls of
dollar hell.<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt;">
Still waiting for that final
graveyard bell,<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt;">
a New York ticket flowering in
the muck.<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt;">
She's spitting out some
screwed-up villanelle,<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt;">
she’s pissing up the walls of
dollar hell.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt;">
<i>Russell J Turner – October 2012<o:p></o:p></i></div>
russell j turnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04145345923961584302noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4605024910343929997.post-73669011017684145682012-11-18T19:50:00.003+00:002012-11-18T19:50:58.092+00:00Sonnet for Mia<br />
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When I first heard Mia Zapata rhyme,<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
The fist that clenched my soul began to shake<o:p></o:p></div>
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This sleeper, startled, suddenly awake;<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
A drumbeat dancing up and down my spine.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Like Janis, twenty years out of her time:<o:p></o:p></div>
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Some spirit cast in fire, a tongue to break<o:p></o:p></div>
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Your heart in two, then mend it new, to make<o:p></o:p></div>
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Mad love to thousands on the borderline.<o:p></o:p></div>
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But now I hear Mia Zapata weep–<o:p></o:p></div>
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For there are times when we are all afraid–<o:p></o:p></div>
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Seattle stalks her while her lovers sleep,<o:p></o:p></div>
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Seattle breaks her beauty with a blade;<o:p></o:p></div>
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A ballad of divine profanity,<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
She sings a soft unfinished symphony…<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
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<i>Russell J Turner –
October 2012<o:p></o:p></i></div>
russell j turnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04145345923961584302noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4605024910343929997.post-9528194009701801192012-11-06T10:30:00.000+00:002012-11-06T22:04:28.623+00:00trashcan romance<br />
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when the dustmen emptied out the
bins<o:p></o:p></div>
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they started a totally
inappropriate relationship<o:p></o:p></div>
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all over the garden and onto the
pavement<o:p></o:p></div>
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so I warned them that they were
making fools of themselves<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt;">
mixing up the landfill and the
recyclables<o:p></o:p></div>
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but they told me to mind my own business<o:p></o:p></div>
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I went completely ballistic<o:p></o:p></div>
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said something about stones and glasshouses<o:p></o:p></div>
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threatening to call the council
and the police<o:p></o:p></div>
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which was a bit close to the bone<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt;">
but that seemed to have the
desired effect<o:p></o:p></div>
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leaving me in floods of tears<o:p></o:p></div>
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shaming them into clearing up
their mess<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt;">
and then they snogged in the
middle of the road just to rub it in<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
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<i>Russell J Turner – November 2012<o:p></o:p></i></div>
russell j turnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04145345923961584302noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4605024910343929997.post-50700697971948892012-11-05T19:24:00.002+00:002012-11-05T19:24:16.582+00:00An escalated war against my nerves and my soul<br />
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">able to fit inside one suitcase<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">the whole thing is as plain as a sock on the jaw<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">An invaluable tool<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">It all started in March of last year<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">during the surgery, they went ahead<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">which would remove nearly every person<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">when it is best for him to keep his lips<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">Language is wine<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">How odd to use it as an insult<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">Latin was an elective<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">to get a taste of the history<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">NO PURCHASE NECESSARY<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">to give you the straight dope<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">we have to resort to long and arid dissertations<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">we have to resort to long and arid dissertations<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">we have to resort to long and arid dissertations<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Russell J Turner – September 2012<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
russell j turnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04145345923961584302noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4605024910343929997.post-76585021347856938092012-11-05T19:22:00.000+00:002012-11-05T19:22:20.964+00:00Dedicated to all the fascists in the audience<br />
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">opposition
means death by slow starvation<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">there could
be a vegetarian version<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Boston is
trying to catch up<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">the effects
of wind and water<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">cool cups of
hot chocolate<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">burn up in
the wildfires<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">into the
Colorado River<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">led to the
collapse of these societies<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">‘The Last
Hours of Ancient Sunlight’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">we borrow it
from our children<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">as a guide
to mundane relations<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">studying
national charts<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">showed a
clear secular trend<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">showed a
clear secular trend<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">showed a
clear secular trend<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Russell J Turner – September 2012<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
russell j turnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04145345923961584302noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4605024910343929997.post-80335816586515303742012-11-05T19:20:00.002+00:002012-11-05T19:20:34.223+00:00situation normal all fucked up<br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">War, Peace
and all that Jazz<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">on a red
firetruck moving tense unheeded<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">as an homage
to the paintings that were made in homage to them<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">the changing
fates of history<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">reaching the
ideal of urbanization<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">the world is
an endless one<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">when all
those whales and dolphins are swimming around<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">they feel
comfortable<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">sashes add
bulk and make the waist look larger<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Although we
cannot compete with Chinese import prices<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">this logic
is compelling<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">to build a
timepiece that would last forever<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">and has had
many vastly different iterations<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">before
heading back into the fray<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Honestly,
When Should I Go?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">my phone’s
blowing up tonight<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">my phone’s
blowing up tonight<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">my phone’s
blowing up tonight<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Russell J Turner – September 2012<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
russell j turnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04145345923961584302noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4605024910343929997.post-32183616805139473252012-09-26T20:23:00.002+01:002012-09-26T20:23:24.689+01:00I assert my right to suicide<br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">and this is the weird part<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">it can be read as a viewer’s lament<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">encouraged by the Roman Catholic Church<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">mindful of the truth<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">that helps you stay on track<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">the patient’s phone number is provided for easy contact<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">sending out generic reminders<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">will be a bigger threat<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">in my generation, our mentors and our captains<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">burn twice as much land each year<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">in the coming decades<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">In order to build a more robust understanding<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">That New Design Smell<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">and Dutch foreign affairs<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">has a unique combination of expertise<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">to ensure the perfect accuracy of your translations<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">linguistic structures that have no direct equivalent<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">apart from terminological lacunae<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">apart from terminological lacunae<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">apart from terminological lacunae<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Russell J Turner – September 2012<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">(with thanks to Jennifer Grey)<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
russell j turnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04145345923961584302noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4605024910343929997.post-61279005152020400112012-09-26T20:21:00.002+01:002012-09-26T20:21:54.180+01:00Never sign anything if you're just about to come<br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">don’t be
distracted</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">and do what
you do<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">at least a
million people are already experiencing<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The Most
Common STDs<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">you should
go to see a doctor<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">tell the
teacher you’re sorry<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">to build a
medical clinic in Guatemala<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Even the
home is a dangerous place<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">according to
the Cardinal<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">the mouse
and the lion<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">But you have
made me laugh<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">It’s fucking
funny<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">barking like
a dog<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I make
noises like that during sex<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I don’t mind
as long as I don’t go deaf<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Prevention
is best!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">It is a tool
to help you find a healthy balance<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">and cook
food at home correctly<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">No pink
should be visible<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">to optimize
flavour and moisture<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">it could be
from the unpolluted mountain<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Over craggy
terrain in the remote village<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Over craggy
terrain in the remote village<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Over craggy
terrain in the remote village<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Russell J Turner – September 2012<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
russell j turnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04145345923961584302noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4605024910343929997.post-70534546584116994992012-09-26T20:18:00.000+01:002012-09-26T20:18:13.689+01:00Bad Robot feeds me cake<br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">there are
pencils and pens and paper available</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">technology
is marvellous<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">the
distinction between information and knowledge<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">taxonomies
and ontologies<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">it looked
like we had a mountain to climb<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">a huge
glacier between us<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">the grizzly
and mountain goat as well<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">which is
nice when you are running<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">like some
sad, bent slave<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">“I must get
my soul back from you; I am killing my flesh without it.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Be the first
of your friends<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Built in 15
days<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">with a
helicopter<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">his
testicles are of sufficient size<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">When
compared to other primates<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">in St.
Louis, Missouri<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">which has
numerous sinkholes and caves<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">leaking
through the pavement and carrying dirt<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">leaking
through the pavement and carrying dirt<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">leaking
through the pavement and carrying dirt<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Russell J Turner – September 2012<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
russell j turnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04145345923961584302noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4605024910343929997.post-88915175644455514822012-09-07T21:45:00.000+01:002012-09-07T21:45:02.725+01:00Synchronize your dogmas<br />
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">inadequate
to the stormy present<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">we must
think anew, and act anew<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Impact in
Black and White<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">simple and
to the point<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Geometric
aspects of the definition<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and its
methods and principles<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There are no
discussions<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hillary
Clinton said<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">it is not sincere
about peace<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">trust women<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">to put the
trafficking business out of business<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">in the
painfully slow race against death<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">pursued by
Manfred von Richthofen<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">wild boar,
elk, birds, and deer<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A few
decades ago<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It seems
strange to me to hear<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Fierce fiery
warriors fought upon the clouds<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Fierce fiery
warriors fought upon the clouds<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Fierce fiery
warriors fought upon the clouds<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal">
<i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Russell J Turner – September 2012</span><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
russell j turnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04145345923961584302noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4605024910343929997.post-60425853928083038112012-09-07T21:43:00.002+01:002012-09-07T21:43:34.651+01:00An evil genius for a better tomorrow<br />
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">included in the gallery for documentation purposes<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You can help too!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">flesh isn’t the same as cardboard<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">That turkey deserved it<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The banker buys himself a tub of ice cream<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">a heavyweight contractor<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">killed by falling window<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“sorry we couldn’t save you”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and then the light went out<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">into a deeper relationship with the Lord<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">define yourself based on your appearance<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">eat only hamburgers and pasta<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">seems to really have legs<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(leaving out the fat differences)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">pinched and prodded by some dude<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">pinched and prodded by some dude<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">pinched and prodded by some dude<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
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<div class="MsoNormal">
<i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Russell J Turner – September 2012</span><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
russell j turnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04145345923961584302noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4605024910343929997.post-7752618216630606572012-09-07T21:42:00.000+01:002012-09-07T21:42:11.514+01:00Lobbed quietly into the advantage court<br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There are no
umbrellas in the umbrella stand<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">lots of
options for heating and lighting<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">mounted and
unobtrusive<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A novel tag-free
solution<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">renowned for
innovation<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">How did you
develop the passion for this subject?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">bring the
non-existent into existence<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">one big city
of awesomeness<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">made from
old buildings<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">protects the
inheritance of our children<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">‘downsize’
and release<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the cheapest
and most transparent option<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Seamless
Relocation<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">as positive
and smooth as possible<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“Life is far
too important to be taken seriously”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Perhaps that
will be the end of me<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Perhaps that
will be the end of me<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Perhaps that
will be the end of me<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Russell J Turner – September 2012</span><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
russell j turnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04145345923961584302noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4605024910343929997.post-43063135439683666312012-09-07T21:37:00.000+01:002012-09-08T13:12:52.270+01:00googleseed<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">1) Feed seed phrase/title/first line into Google</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2) Go to first suggested page and pick a phrase from that page for the next line</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">4) Repeat until looping occurs</span></div>
<br />russell j turnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04145345923961584302noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4605024910343929997.post-76525033688207490662012-04-24T10:59:00.000+01:002012-04-24T10:59:22.220+01:00stonebear<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">met a stonebear on the platform put me in your pocket boy and call me lucky six hundred nights i slept to bring me wisdom count the crows and hear their cries wheeling above white towers drowned by the sun</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">put me in your pocket boy and call me crimson take me further down the line to pirouette on tarmac shattered wrist and elbow we have seen the future under blue light shaped like silence blood red dreams of children</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">put me in your pocket boy and call me three times bring me a whiskey prophet to bless the waters find me a flame haired girl to heal my heaven send me tattered melodies to sing the seashore down</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">met a stonebear on the platform put me in your pocket boy and call me broken</span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Russell J Turner – April 2012</span></i>russell j turnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04145345923961584302noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4605024910343929997.post-4432218629340861872012-02-27T16:04:00.003+00:002012-02-27T16:28:18.004+00:00One-Eyed Witness<i>Marie Colvin 1956 – 2012. There are two sides to every story...</i><br /><br />A rat-faced creature, very often pissed,<br />Who hacks his way into our private calls<br />And brings contempt upon our ‘hallowed’ halls:<br />Perfidious, deceitful columnist;<br />Untrustworthy and faithless journalist.<br />The fourth estate has got us by the balls,<br />As back under his slimy rock he crawls<br />To itemise the lovers we have kissed.<br />By motorbike, by stealth, she creeps across<br />The border, to a place few dare to go.<br />Until she dies we cannot know our loss -<br />Nor comprehend the gratitude we owe –<br />As thousands perish in a foreign land,<br />The one-eyed witness sleeps beneath the sand.<br /><br /><br /><i>Russell J Turner – February 2012</i>russell j turnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04145345923961584302noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4605024910343929997.post-83250505780306793152012-02-23T17:16:00.001+00:002012-02-23T17:18:17.009+00:00'On the art of writing'<i>And the ink flowed like tears...</i><br /><br />A stream of consciousness flows from my pen<br />Across the paper’s blank, unyielding stare - <br />Some flights of fancy take me who-knows-where?<br />It’s not a question now of <i>‘If’</i>, but <i>‘When’</i><br />The spirit soars beyond its normal ken,<br />With all those secret hopes and fears laid bare.<br />I journey now, above all earthly care –<br />Composed, serene, within my scribing den.<br />But then, the faintest sliver of dread doubt<br />Begins insistent whispering in my ear,<br />And rises to a raging, throaty, shout<br />From all those bards and poets down the years,<br />Who care not if I bend or break their rules:<br /><i>“Enough! Just write, you poor deluded fool!”</i><br /><br /><i>Russell J Turner - February 2012</i>russell j turnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04145345923961584302noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4605024910343929997.post-66093465510222598352012-02-19T20:21:00.003+00:002012-02-19T20:22:34.920+00:00The Leaving of Harar<i>The outlaw death of Arthur Rimbaud</i><br /><br />He lies upon a stretcher in the square<br />With grim men, pistoled, daggered, standing guard:<br />The leaving of Harar is proving hard,<br />But harder still to stay under the glare,<br />Such hatred and contempt. And so from there<br />By camel, across countless burning yards<br />Of sand, at last a precious boarding-card<br />To France, with gold enough to pay the fare.<br />Then birds take flight around a drunken boat<br />That cuts the Meuse beneath those voiceless trees,<br />Where reputation grips him by the throat<br />And cancer drives him finally to his knees.<br />The widow brings her devil-son back home<br />From Marseille, to a grave under the stone.<br /><br /><i>Russell J Turner - February 2012</i>russell j turnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04145345923961584302noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4605024910343929997.post-73600157597098523072012-02-15T17:22:00.001+00:002012-02-15T17:23:14.949+00:00The Day That Love Was Banned<i>All watched over by machines of less-than-loving grace</i><br /><br />The day that love was banned I packed my things,<br />That debris of my life, into a case<br />And headed for the coast – some other place<br />To hide all hope and joy under the wings<br />Of hawks. Whilst handsaws sliced the souls of kings<br />In half, machines of less-than-loving grace<br />Disfigured poetry and brought the face<br />Of beauty deep beneath, where no bird sings.<br />But birdsong broke then far along the beach:<br />Her footsteps, muffled by the surf and sand,<br />Still boomed like drumbeats just within the reach<br />Of outstretched arms. She stopped, and took my hand,<br />Then climbed the cliffs and sat us down to teach<br />Our hearts to soar, the day that love was banned.<br /><br /><i>Russell J Turner - February 2012</i>russell j turnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04145345923961584302noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4605024910343929997.post-49816574893737179952012-02-13T16:14:00.001+00:002012-02-13T16:16:18.351+00:00So pale she was, so pale<i>Ségou, Mali, 1993</i><br /><br />She floats above the river like a shade<br />Of summer in her yellow cotton dress,<br />As pale and perfect as the moon’s caress;<br />With blood-red fingers slicing down the blade,<br />Then tracing tracks across the roughly-made<br />Old linen of those maps, which only guess<br />At crimes the conquerors dare not confess.<br />She hesitates: for now she is afraid<br />I want her. But, in truth, we never met - <br />Just some conceit that I may know her need,<br />While empires rise and empires fall - and yet<br />The hope remains that we may still be freed<br />From fear, to lay a perfume on our sweat,<br />To have, to hold, to love until we bleed.<br /><br /><i>Russell J Turner - February 2012</i>russell j turnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04145345923961584302noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4605024910343929997.post-5615634541551812812012-02-09T15:53:00.001+00:002012-02-09T15:55:25.134+00:00I'm on the side of the angels but the devil is my best friend<em>For all the Ranters in the audience...</em><br /><br />I went out on the piss with Satan’s mates,<br />Cruising up and down the Old Kent Road;<br />Searching for the Goddamned motherlode,<br />A box of hope, a perfect twist of fate,<br />Jerusalem – now Lucifer’s estate<br />That flourishes through streets where Blake once strode,<br />Where angels longed to tread, where beauty flowed - <br />Some fucked-up paradise of fear and hate.<br />But then, outside the World Turned Upside Down,<br />We met a bunch of loved-up seraphim,<br />Who spread the spirit of the dove around - <br />Big fish, little fish, shiraz, dope and gin -<br />Whilst shouting at uncomprehending crowds:<br /><em>“You may only ever know the Lord through sin!”</em><br /><br /><em>Russell J Turner – February 2012</em>russell j turnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04145345923961584302noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4605024910343929997.post-92229023739318655312012-02-07T18:28:00.004+00:002012-02-23T19:06:15.637+00:00The day I forgot my password...The day I forgot my password an asteroid crashed into the Atlantic, generating a massive tsunami that engulfed Europe, Africa & the Americas, whilst throwing millions of tons of water into the atmosphere and precipitating a ‘nuclear winter’ which wiped out 90% of animal & plant species on the planet. The cockroaches were pretty fucking smug about it all.<br /><br />The day I forgot my password the love of my life flounced out of said life to set up home in Brighton with some wanker called Digby. In a fit of pique I crept into their house and wired the front-door handle to the mains.<br /><br />The day I forgot my password Richard Dawkins challenged the Pope to a game of darts in a pub in Hackney, in order to settle once and for all the question of the existence or otherwise of God. This historic match was abandoned halfway through the second set when a drunken punter glassed His Holiness.<br /><br />The day I forgot my password the cat drank an entire bottle of brandy, stole a selection of kitchen knives and then hijacked the number 27, shouting “Take this bus to Cuba!” in a bizarre Yorkshire accent. It was trending on Twitter for literally minutes.<br /><br />The day I forgot my password Tony Blair was caught naked in a brothel in Singapore, masturbating furiously as he snorted coke off some hooker’s pert little tits. “Well, at least nobody died” he chuckled, as they hauled him off in handcuffs.<br /><br />The day I forgot my password absolutely nothing noteworthy occurred. I simply kicked my computer in the fucking teeth and put the kettle on.<br /><br /><i>Russell J Turner - February 2012</i>russell j turnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04145345923961584302noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4605024910343929997.post-22270669690949375382012-02-05T21:37:00.004+00:002012-02-05T21:44:58.480+00:0028 Sonnets LaterThe poem below is part of a project I'm involved in during February. Visit <a href="http://28sonnetslater.blogspot.com"><span>28 Sonnets Later</span></a> for more sonnety goodness.russell j turnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04145345923961584302noreply@blogger.com0