What a frustrating morning! Admittedly, I had completely over-reached myself, by scheduling my car’s MOT, a visit to the doctor and a filling at the dentist all one after another, but still. Grrrrrrr. And grrrr. And grrr. The first problem was that I had not been quite as efficient as I thought. I booked the …
While the subject of the loathsome Jimmy Saville is still creeping around, has anyone read a book called Wire in the Blood, by Val McDermid? It’s the first I’ve read by this author, and I picked it up largely because I heard her being interviewed on Woman’s Hour on Radio 4 and I thought she …
I don’t think people should worry too much about naughty old Amazon evading UK tax. I think I may have just broken their entire operation. You know how they have a supposedly helpful thingy at the bottom, suggesting other books you might like, every time you make a purchase? Well, in the last week, I …
Oh no. Furbies are back! Child Two longed for one the first Christmas we were back in the UK. Naturally, in the throes of divorce/moving/constant arguing with TL, obscure Christmas list items were not top of my agenda. But Child Two’s heart was firmly set on one of these strange, alien-looking creatures. By the time …
I don’t often run out of things to say. I’ve been blathering on this site since 2006, for goodness’ sake. Thank goodness blogs aren’t printed, or a lot of innocent trees would have sacrificed themselves for me. But here we are, in the depths of November, and London is grey, drizzly and frankly pretty uninspiring. …
One of the joys (ahem) of blended family life is the occasional scheduling surprise. For instance, yesterday morning I was pootling along with a few exciting little plans for the day – work, maybe a coffee with a friend, tackling the mountain of rubbish in the garage again – when TL said as he rushed …
Sponsored Post There’s an awful lot of Bondage around at the moment. Not Fifty Shades-style – I mean good old James Bond, shaken not stirred etc, dropping in to a screen near you in the new film Skyfall. I saw it yesterday and it is brilliant. But is it just me, or is there more …
I over-think things, I know, but Halloween does worry me. When I was young, it wasn’t really a thing at all – Bonfire Night was the big deal, with kids collecting a ‘penny for the guy’ on every street corner, with various degrees of cheek. Some of the guys, destined to be burned on the …
Have you noticed how documentaries are dumbing down, while dramas are revving up? I came home last night to find TL watching a BBC4 documentary about the birth of the computer. After watching for a while, I realised that the presenter was making the same points again and again – why? If your audience has …
Right, I’ve got it. The solution to all our current woes. Jimmy Saville, lustful maths teachers, predatory child-snatchers, raping taxi drivers, even abusive footballers. All these nasty, horrid men could be sorted out so easily – just by adding a bit of bromide to our tap water. I don’t know why no one’s thought of …