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There have been some very strange mortgage stories in the news in recent weeks.
Some more mundane ones, of course. Here, for example, the BBC report how mortgage lending figures dropped sharply in January, for example.
But there have certainly been a number of surreal ones. For example, four people are facing jail because of an [...]

Today at the pub, as I sat there drinking and chatting, it occurred to me how wonderful it was to be able to sit back and enjoy a moment of free time.
However, with drink and food and conversation sometimes come unexpected plans. And now, around October, I have planned to go for a little weekend [...]

Tim Tebow is a man who set college football on fire with his athleticism, his power, his jump-throws, his leadership, and his impressive dual-threat ability: a man who is widely considered to be the greatest collegiate football player ever.
But now he has become something of an underdog. Douted, questioned. And with the NFL combine this [...]

The Replacements, a film about American football, and about a disagreement between the players and owners, causing the players to go on strike, has always been one of my favourite films. It tells the tale of The Washington Sentinels, a fictional team, who recruit prisoners, bouncers and fishermen to form a team of replacement players. [...]

Earlier on today, I found time to catch up on the healthcare news in America. And it made me very happy to think that we have a National Health Service, here in Britain.
This week has otherwise been hectic. In places, too hectic. And it means I have found very little time for writing, or reading, [...]

Earlier in the week, when Ladainian Tomlinson spoke to the media after being cut by the San Diego Chargers, he didn’t seem to have been informed why he had been released.
Now, the curious thing is that it was seen as an inevitable move; everybody seemed to feel it was coming, that this superstar, future Hall [...]

A football player in years passed wouldn’t necessarily fly home from their tour of duty, or miss matches to spend time with their wife or their children. It seems to be happening everywhere now, though.
And that’s quite an interesting thing. It proves that there are platforms, sometimes, that allow us to see and analyse [...]

In celebration of my dad’s birthday today, we went to the local cinema. And it really was rather nice – not least because it’s good not to have to travel very far for a day out. Nice because it was a sort of throwback, wonderful time. And nice because all the family were together.
We [...]

Last week, I had a week off for half-term, despite only having been on my course for two weeks.
And that’s because I’m doing my post-graduate course at what is essentially a college. I get all the school holidays, when they roll around. There are plenty of downsides, of course, but the holidays, at least, [...]