Regular readers will be aware of the work of Corndog The Cat, who had some kittens and hid them in the branches of a bush, where they all lived quite happily until she (Corndog) was adopted by m...
I woke early, just before six, and thought it was Tuesday; it was not; it was today, i.e. Saturday. I got up and thought, O I know, I will do the washing the ironing etc, have a shower, have a ...
Night draws in, and with it the prospect of our much-longed-for 10pm conference call with some people in "APJ", i.e., Asia Pacific Japan, i.e. Japan, China, India, Australia & Singapore. ...
It is -19 outside when we drive back from the office Christmas party. There is ice on the inside of the windows, which makes me feel hangover when I am not. This is what it looks like:
I write to my husband, the French-Canadian veterinary research histopathologist."We left Montreal at 4 in stupid stretch limo. Journey was supposed to take 1hr 40 mns. After 2 hours, checkingwhat...
SnowEvery single bloody flake is different. Madness.Invisible gassesI cant see oxygen (for example), but it is keeping me alive - AND it dissolves. I dont get it.StingThe eternal: why?The Place...
I dont trust people who dont own a television. I think its a bit weird. I was at school with some girls whose parents didnt have one, and they were still reading Pippi Longstocking when the res...
"Oh no! I am SUCH a bad cook", simpers the over-dressed hostess, soufflé loftily a-quiver. "More by luck than judgement!", says the newly-promoted CEO. "This old thing!"...
Regular readers will remember that I have been a have a go hero and done some home-made film reviews before, but time has passed since then - and during its passing, I have watched a great many ...
Ring ring! Ring ring! What is that noise? Yes, it is the New Year being rung in. Here are my resolutions for 2012:Be on fewer conference calls at 10pm on Thursdays with mentals in ChinaHave few...
I shit you not. I am falling apart. It is vaguely entertaining to watch. Sometimes people look at me and they say, "Are you OK?", and I say, "I am fine!!". Some people pat me on...
It seems nice, but I have not seen much of it, apart from the view from the 17th floor of a building, where I have been sitting in a meeting for two days. Today, I made an Excel spreadsheet in ...
I tried therapy twice. Here is what I found out:1. Group therapy, Highgate, 2004. Group therapy is mental. You sit in a room in North London (usually Highgate) and stare at some very good...
We went away for the weekend to a hotel made of wood. I saw a bear. I went in a canoe. I did not die. I went to a Buckwheat Pancake festival, and stuffed one with a sausage.I fulfilled a ...
1. Should I bring this web-blog back from the dead?2. If I apply dynamic view and I decide I hate it, can I easily revert to "old style", i.e. like it is now?
I am in the airport known as JFK waiting for a flight to Sao Paolo. It is a six hour wait, which is quite long. From Sao Paolo, I will go to Porto Alegre, and from there, to a suburb and an off...
I have been to Miami of late. Called a "fucking shit" by a cab driver with one leg, I drank too much tequila and nearly fell in the hotel pool.The next day, returning to Canada via Burl...
Actual house where we are staying. All of England looks exactly like this."I tell you who would find this interesting. Graham. He loves this sort of thing."We did not see any froglets.Old pot...
Vanity!!!We didnt, but only because it is illegal to take bulbs back to Canada and, as everyone knows, I am very law-abiding (apart from the whole hams)I do not wish to view Rolf Harris new works. Al...
It has been "all over the gaff" on the internet front, but now I am in a place called Shop, and BT are offering me the internets for only fifteen British pounds for five days. It is gre...
... Even though I would like to, because for some reason I have booked cottages and B&Bs without the internets for our holiday. iPhones are nice and that but not good for stuff with many words. And I...
Hullo. I am not dead. I am just working. It is quite fun but there is an awful lot of it, so I do it most of the time, e.g. at 6am in the morning and 10pm at night. On Monday, I am training som...
1. Ripped the back off my heel jumping out of a camp bed whilst pretending to be a chicken. Unpleasant scarring, makes foot size larger (age c.14)2. Had fingers slammed in car door by little br...
I am coming round to North America. People are (on the whole) very polite, and when they ask you how you are, they are actually interested. Also, when they say that they think something is "...
"They call you in", said my friend Mary, "and a man says something in French, then the same thing in English, then they play the national anthem. Then you get your card."There was no ...
I am not religious, although sometimes I have a sharp desire to go to a non-fluffy, guitar-free Church of England service (the Advent Parade at York Minster, for e.g.). I do however like to cel...
I have just written the following email: "Our apt is like a dust bowl with 100 year old floorboards in which animals live. No joke. Husband put on shoes, went to work, was in car, thought O...
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