I’m now going to prove that the phrase ‘tea, a drink with jam and bread’ is a load of old tosh. A great deal has
Category: Stuff
Blogathon: 7/18
These three photos were taken at 21.17 this evening. The saying is that ‘It’s a dog’s life’. I disagree. It’s a cat’s life. I have
Blogathon: 6/18
Every day is a learning experience. If it isn’t we are all doing something wrong. Sometimes the things I learn are interesting. Sometimes they’re geeky. Sometimes they’re
Blogathon: 5/18
A million years ago, when killer reindeer stalked the face of the planet, almost driving the native Father Christmases to the brink of extinction, there
Blogathon: 4/18
Prem’s two-part rehabilitation continues. I’m not just rehabilitating a horse that had a a very serious injury. I’m also rehabilitating a racehorse, and (hopefully) turning
Blogathon: 3/18
Today we spent almost seven hours in the car travelling some of England’s finest most awful highways and byways. The A52, A1, A1(M), M11, A12,
Blogathon: 2/18
It’s Groundhog Day. Again… Every year at this time (on 2nd of February to be precise) Groundhog Day happens all over my calendar. Which is
Blogathon: 1/18
As the hand of time meets the bottom of fate… By the skin of my teeth (which is a particularly bonkers expression, given that teeth
Some things never change
In a stunning return to the form of October last year, my back decided to mess me about. The fact that this coincided with me
We’re busy doing something…
As you might expect, if I’m being quiet here, I’m being busy somewhere else. My guitar-playing has ground to a halt, due to lack of
Trotting on
Time for a bit of a Prem update, and because it’s been a while since I’ve done one of these, the update comes in a
The Internet Never Lies
I noticed that some digital vandal has defaced Boris’ Wikipedia page. It’s disgraceful. I only attach a screenshot of the offending piece as a matter
You’re having a laugh
There are few (and getting fewer) simple pleasures in life these days. This clipping, from an Isle of Man newspaper, featuring a letter from a
The Mummy (2017)
Sam spent £9.99 so we could watch a decent Saturday night film. Unfortunately this Tom Cruise vehicle isn’t it. This version of The Mummy takes
Bobbing about a bit
In a change to our typical weekends (although I’m still not terribly sure what a typical weekend is), the four of us have spent the
One year ago today…
At exactly this time (13.07) I was in Queens Medical Centre, Nottingham, A&E. I was being told that I’d had (and was still having) a
Blogathon 2018
I have an awesome idea for next Febuary’s blogathon. Clever. Inventive. Original (ish). Insightful. Entertaining. I’ll have forgotten it before this week is out.
The BMW 120d is a sack of crap
For the last week I have been driving a BMW 120d. That’s one of these: In the not too distant past BMW used the phrase
Four legs good!
The vet came out for Prem’s second scan today. Backstory: the injury to his near-fore Superficial Flexor Tendon occurred in March. Since then he’s been
Horsing about (a bit)
It’s been two months since Prem/Bob arrived at his new home in sunny Leicestershire, and his character is really showing through now. From the gentle
Revolution!
Sam is away on business. She’s supposed to be in Myanmar, before heading on to Vietnam, but Dubai airport was too busy to dock her
Film Blogathon 00/17: round-up
Strictly from a personal point of view, this has been an interesting challenge. And ‘challenge’ has certainly been the right word. In the writing, I
Truly madly deeply busily
It’s been a mad weekend. Friday (though not the weekend) was mad. Saturday was mad. Sunday was mad-ish. I feel that I went to work
Film Blogathon 10/17: Leon
Because we are going to see Despicable Me 3 tomorrow, I felt I needed to step away from the cartoon genre… Synopsis: A hit man
Film Blogathon 09/17: バトル・ロワイアル (Battle Royale)
A long time ago (in film terms), and let’s be honest, seventeen years is a long time ago, Kenta Fukasaku wrote a screenplay based on
Film Blogathon 08/17: Contact
Synopsis: How one woman’s search for extra-terrestrial life changes the world when she decodes a signal from deep space. Based on a Carl Sagan novel,
Film Blogathon 07/17: Tornado Warning (originally: Alien Tornado)
Synopsis: Aliens are lured to Earth by a strange electronic signal, and they appear to you and me as destructive electromagnetic tornadoes (really!). Brilliant high
Film Blogathon 06/17: The House Bunny
I know right? There’s this girl? And she’s like an actual Playboy Bunny? You know? Actually lives with Hugh Heffner in his mansion and everything?
Film Blogathon 05/17: M:I-2
Mission Impossible 2 (An Accent Too Far) M:I-2 is an odd film which features an impossible implausible plot and: An arch baddie with a bad
Thinking of shopping at IKEA? Think again…
A cautionary tale about buying a kitchen from IKEA In the last two years we have had a significant amount of work done in the
Film Blogathon 04/17: Black Hawk Down
Black Hawk Down, the film that spawned a thousand videogames. Based on a true story (the key word there is ‘based’), this is the
Film Blogathon 03/17: Lost Boys
I watched this skillfully-directed but very badly-edited, film for the first – and last – time, last week. What a difference five years made. From
Film Blogathon 02/17: Pitch Perfect
You know those annoying syrupy films so self-consumed that they can’t see the joke at the centre of their own reason for existing? Well, Pitch
Film Blogathon 01/17: Now You See Me 2
I saw Now You See Me – the first one – a while ago. It was a good fun flick, all about a group of
Film Blogathon 00/17: First Thoughts
Well. This is another fine mess you’ve got me in to. It’s the last time I listen to you. You and your ‘good ideas’. Pah!
New family member!
Last Friday was a special day. We left Nottingham and drove to Sheffield, where we transferred from my car in to a lorry. Then we
June Blogathon
I’ve given this a lot of thought. Young Masher‘s February Blogathon went very well (as one would expect). The reviews were excellent: A Stunning Triumph
On being ‘dahn sarf’
We have had a short break. Dahn sarf. Cornwall being about as ‘dahn sarf’ as it is possible to get in this highly entertaining country
Neighbours (a synopsis)
Early last month I posted an excerpt of a writing project that caught my imagination, in draft, while I was kicking a few ideas around
Neighbours, everybody needs good neighbours
I should blog about neighbours. Not the actual soap opera from Australia that starred Jason and Kylie (in which the best actor by far was
New motor!
I have spent the day grappling with a new motorised, four-wheeled beast. It’s a rear-wheel drive automatic. And carries a massive engine delivering a huge
When being quiet means being busy
It’s been a bunch of time since I last bothered this little corner of t’internet, but… I have been busy. I could list everything that’s