"At some point in all our lives, someone you love or know will be affected by diabetes."
.'all our lives, someone you know or love': pronoun agreement would seem to require 'we'.
.'someone you love or know': are the two, as this seems to imply, really mutually exclusive? The philosophical implications are staggering.
The poster for which this phrase is a cutline advertises a fundraising--wait for it--bake sale. Cakes, pies, cookies, doughnuts, cupcakes, brownies, the whole nine yards. Nice compacting of effects: help create the condition at the same time as you're raising funds for its cure. Me? I want to start a new career handling the bar concessions for Islamic fundraisers.
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- Martin Heavisides
- Plays EMPTY BOWL, FIREWATCHER'S WAGES, I FORESEE TROUBLE (2008) WITH A BULLET (screenplay) 2008 CLOSED SYSTEM, BEGGAR'S BANQUET(2007) "A Really Big Shoe", "Cigarette Break", "A Slippery Customer" (ten minute plays, 2007) FATHER'S DAY (2005) DREAM DREAM DREAM (2005) LIVE, FROM ATHENS (2004) "Last Request/One More Time!"(10 minute play, 2004) inch foot time gem (one act play, 2003) Novel:UNDERMIND, published by Crossing Chaos Enigmatic Ink Press In progress: LIVE PERFORMANCE/(200?) In Progress: SCHEMES FOR THE RENOVATION OF HELL, short story/flash fiction collection being winnowed from 200 some odd stories (Babel, Who Was That?, Watch This Space etc) and Flash Fiction pieces (Pacific, What Would You Like?, Aftershock etc.) Novels in progress: A MOVING BIT OF SAUSAGE/ PUBLIC AND SECRET PARTS Poetry collections: moments of truth and other conventions (2007) In Progress: Ballads and Interpositions/ Hungry Ghosts Non Fiction 37 VIEWS (2007) In Progress HOW I FOUND EUROPE
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I volunteered for a food charity where we would pick up surplus food from supermarkets and restaurants and deliver it to the needy. Much of what we got was baked sweets (pies, cakes, cookies, etc.) It took a while but I finally figured out that what we weer doing was exacerbating diabetes cases.
It's always sweet things, candy, chocolate, pastry, that are left out for people in a hurry to grab on festive occasions too.
Great! And, Oh No! Mr. Billllllll.......
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