Three Weeks Of Mayhem Comes To An End
The finish line is within site. For the past three weeks I have been working all day, returning home, and working most evenings - sometimes into the early ho...
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Election Idiocy Overtakes The United Kingdom
I visited the local polling station on the way to work this morning, and was struck by the absence of people while en-route. Either some kind of mass alien a...
A Dragon Called Jug
The journey home from work today was probably unremarkable. I say “probably” because I have quite obviously arrived home, and appear to be in one piece. I do...
Selling The White Macbook
I put the white Macbook up for sale on EBay this morning. We need the money more than we need yet another computer in the house. The auction is going off her...
Half Chocolate Spread And Half Chocolate Spread
The bedroom door cracked open at 7am with a little voice asking “go downstairs?”. I heard a muffled “yes”, and the door closed once more.
Little Miss 6 Takes Her Rainbows Promise
I took the kids down to visit the first “Rainbows” group in our area this morning. Little Miss 6 has been going since it started, and today the first girls t...
Creative Failure Abounds
While approving and replying to comments on recent posts earlier, I noticed the links that WordPress sometimes throws into the footer of blog posts pointing ...
A Few Words Today
The phrase “a few words today” reminds me of Immortal Beloved - the movie about the life of Beethoven, and his letters to a secret love who he eventually lef...
When Will The Hysteria Surrounding The Apple Ipad Subside
Forgive me for being a cynical old curmudgeon, but I’m getting pretty sick and tired of people going on about the Apple iPad. Yes, it’s nice - a wonderful pi...
A Self Imposed Night Off
Today I lifted the world onto my shoulders (figuratively speaking), arranged it into a configuration of my choosing, and set it down again.