It is 08.30 Saturday morning and the Joneses are abed, but not asleep. Soph is watching BBC News whilst eating Vegemite on Toast; Bren is
Month: October 2009
Do unto others?
I worry about Soph. Or, more accurately, I worry about how The Great British Public treat Soph in her workplace. To me it seems wrong
Oxford cyclists
Oxford cyclists. Aren’t they amazing? Last night as we drove in to town – in the pitch black and the pouring rain – we encountered
You. Fat. Bastard
This is going to make me unpopular. That’s a cross I can bear for speaking my mind. One person – just one person – has
Don’t jay-walk in Russia!
This very disturbing CCTV capture comes from the Russian city of Perm (no dear, it’s not a hair style). It shows what we’ve all done,
My Weekend
By Brennig, aged 12-1/2 Where the hell did it go? One minute it was Friday night and Soph and I were sitting in front of
It’s behind you!
Well, no. Actually it’s in your ears if you already listen to the internet entertainment phenomen fenomen phenomenonen phenomenon sweeping the world, that is also
It’s all about the humour
We have a dog and we love dressing him up in ridiculous things. We also love bending him in to all sorts of strange contortions
You are what you listen to?
This is a bit of a tease… As I’ve been sitting here working away for the last couple of hours I’ve also been listening to
A reverse view
There’s a story in today’s Sunday Express that begins: ‘The kidnapper of Madeleine McCann drugged her and her twin brother and sister so they would
Another career wobbles off the rails
Dannii Minogue, one of the panel of four judges on the British television ‘reality’ talent show X-Factor, had an unfortunate lapse of intelligence this evening.
New podcast roaming the internet!
Run for the hills! A new This Reality Podcast has been released and is marauding all over the internet. It’s entertainment Jim, but not as
Horses and courses (again)
Apologies for the overly-equine flavour of this blog lately, normal service will be resumed soon Because you would, right? You would pick up a horse
Hey teacher, leave them kids alone
Twenty-two percent of primary teachers Can name no poets at all. Not Keats or Yeats or Wordsworth Or even Fanshawe or Hall. More than half
More pony news
09.15, phone call from the yard. ‘You are not going to believe what your horse’ (I just knew that Sammi was talking about Tom) ‘has
Tom. Tom tom. Tom tom tom. Tom tom tom tom.
It’s still early days at pony central. Tom’s first full day on the yard was yesterday (Tuesday) but it wasn’t a typical day; he was
Bushed and Bad Writing
Hi. How you doin’? I’m fine thanks. Tired (yeah, I know I look it), but fine. New? Oh, you know. The same old same old.
Vampires a plenty
In this week’s podcast – which is too full of high quality entertainment to itemise everything! – you’ll unearth much information about last week’s visit
Sixes and sevens
I thought that around 09.00 I was going to get a text from Hayley who would tell me precisely what time mid-morning and where in
New kid on the block
After a lot of negotiations, Highland King (aka Tom) will be joining Dubious Deal (aka Vin) early next week. For interested folk, Tom is a
Lying by omission
When estate agents Geering and Colyer listed an advertisement for ‘an exceptional fisherman’s cottage’ in Kent, you really would have thought that the estate agency