That TV advertisement is right, dammit! I do need to remove stubborn stains and I am worried about damaging the colour. But lo my friends!
Category: Stuff
Dressage punishment sex
Would the person who just googled this blog with the search terms ‘dressage punishment sex’ like to get in touch? I feel a short story
A one horse race
I am thrilled that wisdom has finally shone through and that the case against jockey Kieren Fallon has been thrown out. This is the clearest
Cold (again!)
There’s something going on. It’s a conspiracy. The cold germs are ganging up on me. In the last couple of months I’ve now had three
Facebook etiquette
I’ve touched on this topic before but I’ve just found an IT blog where Facebook was heavily debated. One question proposed: ‘This house believes that
Festive stuff an’ that
Hey. You know the world’s like facing this global energy crisis, yeah? An’ you know we’re all runnin’ out of, well, oil an’ stuff an’
Working from home
The good: complete and utter peace and quiet high end concentration above average productivity. The bad: too easy to snack don’t drink enough fluids (go
Armageddon
Warning, this sound file contains scenes of a distressing nature (if you’ve got no funny bone, you’re a gerbil, you don’t know what felching is
I am a slut
Some might unkindly think ‘So what’s new?’ but bear with me for a moment It’s Sunday afternoon, 13.15 of the clock. I should be down
Career change
Today: Time spent in meetings – 6 hours Number of meetings – two. Hmmm… Perhaps a career change might be in order? I have a
Hey there sexy…
I was lying in bed thinking of you as you lay sleeping beside me. My thoughts got very rude and very, very dirty. Suddenly my
Why religion should be banned (part 94b)
It’s a good job that the late and very, very dear Warren Zeevon is no longer with us. Because otherwise there would undoubtedly be a
Ciampino lost property
Found in the departure lounge of Ciampino airport: One A4 refill notepad with a huge amount of hand-written work inside and various photocopied notes. The
Cats, dogs and other small quadrupeds
Rome. At the end of November. A brilliant place to be. If one is a duck. Yesterday afternoon (as I wisely sat in a bar
More from Bristol airport
When was the city of Londonderry renamed ‘Derry’? According to the Bristol Airport departure board Ryanair flight FR8206 will depart at 14.55 for ‘Derry’. I
To Bristol airport
Where I have a swift and painless check-in. I decide to take the early bath and pass through to the departure lounge even though I
All roads lead to Rome
And I shall shortly travel one of them. Today marks the beginning of a weekend packed with OU-flavoured activities that include a guided tour around
Last night
We went to see Bill Bailey at the NIA. For me the highpoint of the evening wasn’t so much his standup routine, but his impressive
What’s in your wallet? (was tagged and bagged)
Finally getting around to responding to Stratford Girl’s tag! OK, let’s just get one thing straight. I am a boy. And boys don’t have handbags.
I love webstats
Do people really think that complex reporting packages either don’t exist or aren’t available to blogs? So this report tells me that the Open University
More rndm txts
I couldn’t just delete them all, could I? Thank you for my sandwiches. They were lovely! Xxx I did the ironing! Wow, I rock! Managed
Out to dinner (and other meals)
Saturday: Breakfast in bed with The Lovely S followed by an episode of Buffy then a frantic scrabble to get dressed and out of the
A103 TMA03
The wheel clicks one part-revolution onwards… Things start to change with the next module. Both the answer paradigm and question structure begin to open up.
Playing catch-up
Hours, not, day, enough, the, in. Rearrange these words in to a well-known phrase or saying. Work is annoying. Things come in productivity cycles –
The kindness of almost strangers
This is what I like about people. This is the goodness that is within us all. There’s a guy at work – well, there’s a
Chav eavesdropping
Parental advisory warning: obfuscated rude words ahead Lunchtime today, yours truly standing in line to pay for a few trinkets bought at a branch of
Smugness is not good or clever
I hate smug gits. You know the ones? Sit there, with their ‘I know something that you don’t’ smirks and their ‘holier than thou’ smug
Not dead yet
Not for a very long time either! The Monty Python West End musical ‘Spamalot’ features a sketch based on the original Monty Python TV sketch
I thought I was going to die today
To get from the point of normal healthiness last night via the terrible pain and sickness starting just before 01.00 – to where the indescribably
Sex – getting an education
This post comes to you courtesy of this post over at my friend Genevieve’s place. So if you don’t like it, go blame her. Not
The difference between the public and private sectors
In the public sector one walks in to the Gents and does one’s business to the accompanying sounds of newspapers being turned from inside Traps 1,
A Lion lost
RIP Ray Gravell, formerly of Llanelli RFC, a victorious Wales and of course the British Lions. It was a joy to watch you play; stylish,
The longest day
Yesterday we: * left the house at 05.30 * arrived at my place of work at 06.45 * left the workplace at 18.50 * arrived
When in Rome
An email flutters in from the University of Open. It asks if I fancy a November weekend in Rome studying things Roman and erm stuff?
You know you’re cracking up when
You come downstairs to make a cup of tea, you fill the kettle and… … put the kettle in the microwave. Danger Will Robinson, danger!
Web designer wanted (pimp up my webspace)
I’m thinking of revamping my ‘proper’ website (as opposed to this very improper place, 🙂 ) because it looks a little… tired. Does anyone know
Great Tits!
A pair of them (natch). In the garden, hopping about on top of the garden shed. Aren’t they supposed to be in Africa or somewhere