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Assignment, Writing Competition, and a Bit of Poker

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I've just submitted my third assignment, and I'm glad to be rid of it. I found it much more difficult than the previous two, but I guess that was to be expected. I did have fun reading about Stalin and then Plato, however. I'm particularly drawn to logic, so reading Socrates' methods of finding truths was great. I think I'll take a break from uni work for the next couple of days.

I've entered a writing competition called the Bristol Prize. I don't think I'll win, but you've got to try I suppose. The story I submitted was only about 2,500 words, and it's about a man running away from the crimes he's committed. I'm also in the process of writing what I hope will turn out to be a book.

What else? I've been playing a bit of online poker recently. I hadn't really played for about two or three years but I fancied it one evening, and now I can't stop playing. I tend to play fixed limit games, as I find those more fun. I only play micro stakes, so I'm never in danger of losing anything more than $6, which is nice.

I don't think there's anything more to say. I'm just going to kick back and write some more of my potential book. Toodles!

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Mr Stalin

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Edited by Robert Cutillo, Tuesday, 13 Mar 2018, 19:02

I'm still waiting for my assignment to be returned. The wait is almost killing me. I'm very eager to know how I did and what I can improve upon in the future.

I've fallen a little bit behind the study planner, but that doesn't bother me too much. I'm currently reading up on Stalin. I can't make up my mind about whether he was a smart man or not. If he was smart, and his intention was to cost millions of lives, then he's probably more evil than we thought. If, however, he didn't plan those deaths and he genuinely believed his collectivism and other beliefs would work, then he was well and truly a moron. But does being stupid release him from being labelled "evil", or could we spare him that and instead go with "incredibly incompetent"? I say this because I wonder if you can be evil without being intelligent. I think that's an interesting idea. 

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