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‘Tis the season to be a fatty

December 22, 2012by Ben Wakeling Leave a comment

I am genuinely worried about how much weight I will put on over the Christmas period. Historically, it has always been the same: I step out of the doors of […]

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Merry Christmas, Everyone

December 20, 2012by Ben Wakeling 2 Comments

What do you remember of Christmas when you were a child? For me, it is being at my grandparents’ house with my family, sipping on a thimbleful of Cointreau that […]

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Santa: The Great Myth

November 6, 2012by Ben Wakeling 6 Comments

BEN is in the kitchen, drying up. Enter ISAAC, his five year-old son. Isaac is holding a toy catalogue. Ben continues to dry up, still facing away from his son. […]

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VIDEO: Soldier Returns from Afghanistan at Christmas, Surprises Daughters

January 19, 2012by Ben Wakeling 1 Comment

It’s nice to have a tearjerker once in a while. From the upload description: My brother-in-law, Ryan, came home for a few weeks of R&R after fighting for us all […]

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This is just for illustration only. I didn't actually buy my child a gun for Christmas.

The Curse of the Instruction Manual, or Being a Weedy Man

December 25, 2011by Ben Wakeling 2 Comments

Aah, the instruction manual. The bane of my life. Real Men don’t need them, of course. Real Men can look at a cot, or a toy, or a wardrobe, and […]

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Santa’s Watching You

December 11, 2011by Ben Wakeling 6 Comments

Isn’t Christmas great? A really beneficial time of year for parents across the globe, I think. I’m sorry, what did you say? You think Christmas is great because of – […]

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Deck the Halls with Flu and Pneumonia

December 30, 2010by Ben Wakeling Leave a comment

Sorry for the absence. I’ve been in hospital the last four days with swine flu AND a healthy side of pneumonia. Such fun! One day I may blog about it, […]

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Merry Christmas!

December 24, 2010by Ben Wakeling Leave a comment

Just a quick note to say that I hope you all have a great Christmas and happy New Year! Fingers crossed Santa brings you everything you’ve wished for… Thanks so […]

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December 18, 2010by Ben Wakeling 3 Comments

…is what a white Christmas is all about.

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Little Horrors

Santa's Watching You

Five Things You Will See At Every Nativity Play

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20 years from now

Three days on MacGregor Ward

The horror of playgroups

Potty training: easier said than done

How fortunate we are

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