David Aitken

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Are You Dying to Say Something? by David Aitken

As things to say just before you breathe your last, it is difficult to think of a more appropriate valediction than Bing Crosby's when...

Shall We Begin the World Again? by David Aitken

A window cleaner taking his first tentative steps on the career ladder has one of those rare jobs where you can rise rapidly without...

Don’t Put Words in My Mouth! by David Aitken

Somewhere in England, there is a ventriloquist buried with his puppet.  I'm not sure of the exact location, and obviously neither of them is...

Crime and Punishment, Sometimes by David Aitken

Behind every great fortune there is a crime, wrote the French author Balzac, by which reckoning my ancestors must have been extremely law-abiding.  As...

You Can Learn a Lot from Books by David Aitken

We all need expert help at times.  My favourite instruction manual has got to be "How to Attach a Space Shuttle to a 747...