Author Archives: annepank

The year ahead

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2014 proved to be a turning point for me; some stuff happened.  And it would appear that quite a lot of stuff happened for all the other people too.  George Clooney finally stopped bachelorising, and married a woman.  She turned out to have her own successful career (Hell’s teeth), and be more interesting than his […]

Thought for the day

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The Secret Diary of Anne Pank has reached seven thousand views. I’ll keep writing, as long as you keep reading. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Gracias, diolch yn fawr, gracies, merci, grazie, tak, dankjewel y muchas, muchas mas. Have a great New Year. Annie P. Xx

Reasons why I don’t have kids #38

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I would be in a perpetual cycle of bankruptcy (round about this time every year), and recovery (the rest of the year, until Christmas again), until they left home.  Or I died of poordom.   Whichever happened to come first.  My money’s on the latter. But more likely, is that I would buckle under the pressure, […]

2014, the year that was…..

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…. a bit of a party. So, as I pack for green and pleasant lands, I can reflect on the year that was, and look forward to the year that will be.  With, I have to say, a little twinge of excitement.  Keep it on the down low, I think it’s going to be a good […]

If I was Russell Brand’s aunt

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Originally posted on The Secret Diary of Anne Pank:
I’d play a game of ‘Let’s see who can stay quiet, the longest’. Russell, sweetheart, it’s time to stop talking. One must know how to recognise that moment when it comes, and accept it. And more than that, one must know one’s limits. And you have…

My dad is not a well man

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the Last Great Adventure My Dad, the ‘character’, has had a bad year.  Well, more than just one to be honest, but this one in particular.  He’s seventy-one, so of course, things are beginning to break down and not work properly.  Not a huge surprise, some might say, for a man who smoked from the age […]