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@greeneking finally comes good... I still hold and up nicely now :) £££

@greeneking finally comes good... I still hold and up nicely now :) £££

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You Don't Get A Badge For Loyalty

Time to blast out a philosophical share article...

You don't get a badge for loyalty...

As a shareholder you don't get extra money for holding shares for a long time. Sure you get dividends etc... but a piece of bad news can see your money vanish...

I don't really have any 'loyalty' to any of my shares now... even though I've held some for over ten years. When the price is right I will sell them. I should have sold some a few weeks ago- I will trust my selling instinct next time.

Only be loyal to people or things who are loyal to you.

Out in Hudds tonight

Out in Hudds tonight.

Throwback

One Hundred Thousand Views

Blasting this out after a fun night out in Hudds...


Part of me didn't expect to get here this quickly. Another part of me knows I should have been here before now.

Rupert Hargreaves got there before me. Chris Bailey got there before me. So much quicker...

This article is mainly for writers...

Understand that I was not supposed to get here. I've been assaulted, ridiculed, written off...

In 2009 I never thought I would have got here... I could barely write.

Understand this shit is nothing compared to what other writers had to go through. You think Nietzsche had it easy? He would have no where near one hundred thousand views of his writing while he was alive. He lived the life of a true writer and philosopher. Best writer of the 19th century though.

You think George Orwell, real name Eric Blair, had it easy? Like he's getting cash from the tv spin off show?

He was dying when he wrote 1984. He died about a year later and that was the best thing he ever wrote.

The truth is that living in the 21st century writers have it easy... in some ways.

But this is a very hard time to make money from writing. To make a living. In a way I don't care though. I'm crying writing this. The flow you get from writing is something you can't get with anything else. True writers never die.

If you're reading this and you're a true writer understand that you have to do it and you have to keep going. Maybe you've had to go through harder shit than I have. Maybe you've been reading me for years. My true readers know what I have written in all different forms.

I sometimes make the tounge in cheek comment that I am 'world famous'. I am not world famous. But I have had people read my writing from most countries in the world. I am a British writer and proud to be one. I have put the Google translate on this site though so you can read it in your own language. And thank you if you're not a native English speaker reading this- I would find it very difficult to read anything in French.

Anyway it's still goal day. Thank you all for reading. There is more to come.

Life's too short for shit. Goal day.

Life's too short for shit. Goal day.

113,000 views on www.markhowitt.blogspot.com

113,000 views on www.markhowitt.blogspot.com

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Next share article on Imperial Brands.

Michael Adams

Quick chess post for once...

Congratulations to Mickey Adams for rolling back the years and winning the British title for the SEVENTH time!!

It's like... Mickey Adams has been my favourite chess player for years. I don't spend much time on chess now but did watch some of his games. I thought there was about a 50% chance of him winning before the tournament... he's lost rating points recently.

The tournament was a typical Mickey performance... probably he is close to his best form. He never really looked in trouble at any point and produced his best game in the final round.

He really is a class act on and off the board! Hope he gets his rating over 2700 again.

Property

I am now looking for a property in West Yorkshire to renovate and sell on. I will consider any property from £60,000 to £150,000. Huddersfield, Wakefield and Barnsley will be key areas to look at. Feel free to contact me with anything interesting!

Go All The Way Charles Bukowski

“If you're going to try, go all the way. Otherwise, don't even start. This could mean losing girlfriends, wives, relatives and maybe even your mind. It could mean not eating for three or four days. It could mean freezing on a park bench. It could mean jail. It could mean derision. It could mean mockery--isolation. Isolation is the gift. All the others are a test of your endurance, of how much you really want to do it. And, you'll do it, despite rejection and the worst odds. And it will be better than anything else you can imagine. If you're going to try, go all the way. There is no other feeling like that. You will be alone with the gods, and the nights will flame with fire. You will ride life straight to perfect laughter. It's the only good fight there is.”

Girls Aloud The Loving Kind

Sometimes,
I watch you when you're sleeping
I wonder what you're feeling
Both wide awake and dreaming
Of yesterday, I want you
To kiss away the tensions
The issues never mentioned
With all the best intentions
But you turn away

Oh baby if you find
I'm not the loving kind
I'll buy you flowers
I'll pour you wine
Do anything to change your mind
I know you may be disinclined
To find the love we've left behind
So kiss me then make up your mind
I'm not the loving kind

I'd do anything
Sing songs that lover's sing
If I could change your mind
Am I not the loving kind?

I'd do anything
Sing songs that lover's sing
If I could change your mind
Am I not the loving kind?

Somewhere on a Monday morning
In a rush hour of another day
Standing on a crowded platform
Carelessly we lost our way

Sometimes
I watch you when you're sleeping
I wonder what you're feeling
Both wide awake and dreaming
Of yesterday

Oh baby if you find
I'm not the loving kind
I'll buy you flowers
I'll pour you wine
Do anything to change your mind
I know you may be disinclined
To find the love we've left behind
So kiss me then make up your mind
I'm not the loving kind
I'm not the loving kind
I'm not the loving kind

Oh baby if you find
I'm not the loving kind
I'll buy you flowers
I'll pour you wine
Do anything to change your mind
I know you may be disinclined
To find the love we've left behind
So kiss me then make up your mind
I'm not the loving kind
I'm not the loving kind
I'm not the loving kind