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I'm not sure my family have ever really believed me when I've said this, but if I die I really do want this played at my funeral.

One of the finest pieces of popular music ever recorded, imho, and I defy anyone to hear it without smiling. Especially if they were listening to it in a church :-)

...something about this blog thing has me contemplating my own mortality all of a sudden. Perhaps it's the illusion of permanence - "these words will live on". That's clearly one of the drivers behind this urge to publish something, anything, to make one's own small mark in the sand.

I was originally going to call this blog "The Moving Finger...". Too pompous. Or "Waffling on". Too obvious. I'm fairly happy with the palindrome instead.