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The Most Obnoxious Phrase in the English Language?
Somehow, despite having had at least four colds in a row about a month ago and then finally recovering into a veritable whirlwind of slothful curmudgeonry, I am ill again. I would’ve thought that I’d had most of the germs by now and becom...
Last Week: A Retrospective
Most interesting drink: gin and tonic with frozen peas. Concocted last Saturday when gin and tonic was required, but no ice was present. We initially added the peas to cool the gin and tonic, but the flavours actually went together quite well. Gin so...
Fashion
I know that I am by no means a fashion blogger, and that my knowledge of fashion in general is reasonably scant. However, I do know one thing: there’s a difference between high fashion and high street fashion. It is alleged that this difference...
Fuzzy.
The other night, by way of winding down, and as an affectionate tribute to the wonders of RSS, I made this: Am thinking of turning it into a brooch, except for the fact that I am afraid of strangers approaching me and clicking on it....
Rant Time!
There was a news article today here about a woman who was not allowed to buy a bottle of wine at a supermarket (Morrisons) because her 17 year old daughter was with her and, according to the cashier ’she might drink it’. Despite lots of p...
In The Pub.
I was in the pub last night (the one which gets flooded up to the ceiling by the river every year, so they have nice wipe-clean seat covers). At the bar while I was buying some beer, a man (fifties-ish) and a woman (late-thirties-early-forties) were...

