There’s a surprise. Stop Blair.
General
Knife Rack
I want one of these.
Reputational Consequences
Frank Field spoke softly and precisely. Yesterday, amid the frantic explanations, he provided a reality check. He said that MPs, as a whole, were not held in the highest esteem. “It is difficult to think how much lower our collective reputation might sink.” Times
Get over it
Regular readers will doubtless recall the excitement here when our kettle died on December 30th 2006. Anyway, another year, another ****ing kettle. Now the obsolescence timer on its replacement has just gone off, so I have been kettle hunting again (by the way, my advice, don’t buy a Morphy Richards kettle). I really am fed […]
This reckless greed of the few harms the future of the many
plutocracy: a controlling class of the wealthy Good article in the grauniad
Back from Suffolk
Had a week in Suffolk after delivering Lily to university – my father is very ill, and slipping. I love Suffolk, and I was very well taken care of by my brother and sister-in-law while I was there, lots of very good food and drink. Found this in a book of my father’s. It has […]
Aliens
Can’t be human children at all: Big: doesn’t like apple crumble. Small: Doesn’t like shortbread.
The Tomorrow People
The smalls are presently watching The Slaves Of Jedikiah. From 1973. Seems to be going down ok. Not much else to tell, really. Oh yes, Jax rammed a Merc on her way to work, fortunately it was undamaged. She is undamaged too, just shaken up and is currently in a hot bath, best place for […]
Rubbish Christmas 2007
A gift received on New Years Eve from Jax’s stepfather. I think this one has the lot, tasteless, ugly and lethal. Still, it’s the thought that counts… The fat bloke in the pic is also a dead ringer for said stepfather if he let his beard grow a bit. Do I win? Damn, I so […]
Post Christmas Trip To Suffolk
So, leaving Jax to the delights of the daily, we decamped to visit family in Suffolk. I must admit I am very surprised at how homesick I feel for the place. We ate, we drank, the smalls played with a Wii, courtesy of my niece, who has this interesting job which means that she not […]