Oven Fear
I don’t cook. Well that is not strictly accurate because I can follow instructions and I have, in the past, cooked the odd thing or two. But it has always taken a long time as I hate mess and have to...
View ArticleFlashing Star
I know a few people visit my other half’s site (The Depp Effect) so they may already know that over the weekend we lost our poor old friend on four legs – Jack – or, as my wife always calls him – The...
View ArticleDelusions Of Grandeur
A couple of years ago I made some sweeping, generalised and negative comments about Las Vegas and was immediately and justifiably set upon by a Vegas resident defending her home town. And since then, I...
View ArticlePacemakers And Acupuncture
If you have visited The Depp Effect – the blog of my better half – then you will know that back in December she underwent a pretty nasty surgical operation on her shoulder from which she is still...
View ArticleAm I Normal?
I currently use one of those trays with a small cushion attached beneath it to sit my laptop on when here in the conservatory in my armchair. You know the sort – you can adjust the angle by moving the...
View ArticleDisappearing Act
I find it hard to believe that I have written nothing for over a month. I know I had been getting lazy and missing days between items – it does say ‘random and irregular’ at the top – but a whole...
View ArticleSpring Cleaning
I have made no secret over the years of the twin facts that I am a smoker and that I use a MacBook Pro. What I have probably not mentioned is that most of the time I roll my own ciggies. This means I...
View ArticleGrease Nipples
The top picture here is of a 1952 Vauxhall Velox that I recently encountered at a local town show. It bought back memories for me because my father had one of these when I was a kid and his, too, was...
View ArticleGum Sculpture
I have ranted on before about the curse of chewing gum being casually and selfishly discarded on pavements. But I had never really considered post-chewed gum as a sculpture medium. So both my OH and I...
View ArticleAssorted Ramblings #5
I was quite saddened to see the news recently that SAAB are likely to disappear as a major car maker. Of course, they have not been the SAAB of old since they joined the General Motors stable but I...
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