The Spicy Cauldron

Facebook Advertising: A Coupon Promotion Con?

Coileach — Sat, 19 May 2012 10:51:45 +0000

The correspondence between me and Facebook says it all. I received a coupon by email yesterday enticing me to try Facebook ads by offering me a £25 spend. I set up my ad for the iBooks for iPad...

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Poem // Fifteen

Coileach — Sun, 13 May 2012 23:05:38 +0000

Confessional poetry is yesterday, academics in pale jumpers say. You don’t use I because it isn’t inclusive and people don’t want to be excluded. So use we, or they. It means I...

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Political Music

Coileach — Thu, 10 May 2012 07:39:53 +0000

Reading this morning that a poll found a quarter of British people believe poverty to be the result of laziness was depressing, to say the least. I only hope they never fall ill and in need of NHS...

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Poem // Better Ears

Coileach — Wed, 09 May 2012 22:41:38 +0000

Sometimes I don’t hear Or worse, I do not listen; My heart, though, feels As much for you today As it did last evening Last year, last decade And it knows the times I try my best Not always But...

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Wray Scarecrow Festival: Where Wheelchairs Aren’t Welcomed

Coileach — Tue, 08 May 2012 08:34:42 +0000

It was an awful trip to Wray Scarecrow Festival that I made with my parents on Monday. An annual event in the village of Wray in Lancashire, it attracts many visitors and this year was supposed to...

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Poem // We’re All Waiting

Coileach — Sat, 05 May 2012 00:03:57 +0000

We’re all waiting For something to happen It’s in the air Behind the television Over our heads It’s there Building A tension Sense of failure Nowhere to run Clock ticking Midnight...

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Dutch Cannabis Cafés: No Tourists, Please

Coileach — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 06:24:48 +0000

Regardless of how anyone views cannabis, the Dutch government’s decision to make it illegal for foreigners to buy the stuff seems absolutely bonkers at this point in history. It is a...

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