Monthly Archives: July 2008

Made me laugh. Each week two of the advertising industry’s finest agencies are pitted against each other and challenged with selling the unsellable. … Which anti-tourism campaign ad do you think will work better? The Pitch

Today, Big went off with a little friend to Manor Heath Park to do the usual running round in circles, with a bit of making stuff thrown in. So, I took Small to Castle Hill. If you have been to … Continue reading →

No idea what the red thing is, but I suspect by now, it is no more. The two ants were determined to take it home with them….. “Mum, look what we found!”

We are fortunate that we live in between two parks, the larger, Wellholme Park is very crowded during school hols, but is lovely. Today we went to the other park for the first time. When we arrived, there were a … Continue reading →

Calling Geek Crafters: We Want To Interview Joss Whedon and We Need Your Help | Crochet Me I can’t really believe that Loads of crafters dont have any idea who Joss Whedon is and have never known his work. We … Continue reading →

Jax playing “Hunt The Mobile Phone”.

A pair of doctors have said that British parents should have fewer children, because kids cause carbon emissions and climate change. The two medics suggest that choosing to have a third child is the same as buying a patio heater … Continue reading →

Randy Pausch, author of The Last Lecture, dies I really hoped he was going to beat all the predictions. If you haven’t gone and watched the whole of The Last Lecture, go and watch it. It’s an hour or so … Continue reading →

Small finally allowed us to get his hair shortened, I think it was starting to annoy him, Big hasn’t had her hair cut, but here is a pic anyway. If she doesn’t start brushing her **** hair a bit more … Continue reading →

Coming to a blog near you….. Jax plans a post later…. (Cue trumpets…) Ta Da

I remember hearing of someone whose dog died performing the same trick on one of those green electricity substation box things. A MAN died at a busy railway station when he was electrocuted after reportedly urinating on the track, it … Continue reading →

Worth a link. The Royal Society has produced this overview of the current state of scientific understanding of climate change to help non-experts better understand some of the debates in this complex area of science. This is not intended to … Continue reading →

It has not been a good couple of days for several of my friends and colleagues, with relatives of friends dying off, colleagues being burgled and all sorts of mayhem. It just doesn’t seem to be an easy time for … Continue reading →

It is the small things that do it. Last night I talked to Tim about getting away for the weekend, joining everyone else at FoH for the weekend. I checked with A that it’s OK for me to get away … Continue reading →

Yesterday at school my afternoon was interrupted by the abrupt arrival in the elementary classroom of a bat. A and Big departed the room rapidly even though the creature was crawling rather than flying – A is not good with … Continue reading →

Today we went to the cemetery to bury Katrin’s ashes. I didn’t take flowers. I didn’t realise I was supposed to take flowers. Everyone else took flowers apart from Bil, who didn’t as he bumped into D and mother in … Continue reading →