Monthly Archives: April 2007

I’ve become fascinated with skies since I started trying to draw and paint. Not that I’ve tried very hard to reproduce them, but it gives something to muse about as I drive home in an evening, pondering on the colours … Continue reading →

“The BBC plans to launch an on-demand tv service which uses software that will only be available to Windows users. The BBC should not be allowed to show commercial bias in this way, or to exclude certain groups of the … Continue reading →

A beautiful sunny day in West Yorkshire. We had a house viewing, a walk, food, some conversation, and … … a TV movie Mist: The Tale of a Sheepdog Puppy for the children. Who were, obviously, transfixed. Another lovely day … Continue reading →

Yesterday we got on to the lemonade game when we were trying to explain profit to Big. That in itself was a diversion after she’d declared herself unable to add 10p and 5p together. What with one thing and another … Continue reading →

From Hitler to Pinochet and beyond, history shows there are certain steps that any would-be dictator must take to destroy constitutional freedoms. And, argues Naomi Wolf, George Bush and his administration seem to be taking them all

Today, we are mostly playing Lemonade Game  

Big has cooked her own dinner (scrambled eggs a la Delia) this evening. She has been getting her own food for ages, but this is the first time she has ever cooked it. Went a bit lumpy, but never mind.

Fascinating site Aside from satellite aberrations, and features on some fascinating places, prize for all round weirdness goes to the Flying Doughnut (Google has improved the definition of images since this was posted, if anything it gets weirder close up)  

“The property has sceptic tank drainage.” Idiot.

Spammers, eh? Anyway, we have bluebells in our garden. Self seeded. So it is now a nature reserve, SSI or something and I am henceforth exonerated from mowing the grass. I adore bluebells. Now I need to find out how … Continue reading →

She said she wanted to learn to cook. Delia seems a good way to go to me. I had thought is might be desperately over-technical, in fact she seems to be managing the writing rather well, .

just became even more popular here. Great article from Orson Scott Card, author of Ender’s Game, among others. HT to O’DonnellWeb for the original link. It’s been a good weekend. Unfortunately I had to go into the office on Friday, … Continue reading →

Thursday, 19th April, 2007

“Set within an idyllic location between the Rochdale Canal and the river…” That’ll be on the flood plain then. On the bright side, when the market crashes, the owner of this house won’t be left high and dry.

Five Children And It / Two Brothers / James And The Giant Peach – Live Action / Animated [1996] in the coop, and I’m going back to get it. It’ll be another good one to tempt her into further reading … Continue reading →

Yesterday morning, alone in the car for my quick run up to work, I got tired of the usual inanities of early morning virgin radio, and I switched instead to Classic FM. I arrived at work in a different mood, … Continue reading →

This morning I did. I saw a badger by the side of the road, and I didn’t stop to check he was dead. Should I have done? I don’t know. This evening, as I left work, I drove out of … Continue reading →

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“She displays the wisdom of a battle hardened warrior.” “She’s a mother. Close enough.” Anyone guess which sci-fi show we’ve been watching?