Author: Tim

Regular readers will doubtless recall the excitement here when our kettle died on December 30th 2006. Aren’t blogs wonderful, they provide such a great record of these kind of milestones in our lives, don’t they. Anyway, another year, another ****ing kettle. Now the obsolescence timer on its replacement has just gone off, so I have…

plutocracy: a controlling class of the wealthy Good article in the grauniad

Had a week in Suffolk after delivering Lily to university – my father is very ill, and slipping. I love Suffolk, and I was very well taken care of by my brother and sister-in-law while I was there, lots of very good food and drink. Found this in a book of my father’s. It has…

Can’t be human children at all: Big: doesn’t like apple crumble. Small: Doesn’t like shortbread.  

A nice little game, with an unfortunate name.

The smalls are presently watching The Slaves Of Jedikiah. From 1973. Seems to be going down ok. Not much else to tell, really. Oh yes, Jax rammed a Merc on her way to work, fortunately it was undamaged. She is undamaged too, just shaken up and is currently in a hot bath, best place for…

A gift received on New Years Eve from Jax’s stepfather. I think this one has the lot, tasteless, ugly and lethal. Still, it’s the thought that counts… The fat bloke in the pic is also a dead ringer for said stepfather if he let his beard grow a bit. Do I win? Damn, I so…

So, leaving Jax to the delights of the daily, we decamped to visit family in Suffolk. I must admit I am very surprised at how homesick I feel for the place. We ate, we drank, the smalls played with a Wii, courtesy of my niece, who has this interesting job which means that she not…

OK. As before, presents make prizes. Courtesy of Jax’s sister Jilly. The Rubbish Christmas Awards 2007 Grand Prize is this gorgeous, stylish egg timer, with a ****ing cow on top. Remember, even if you don’t win the Grand Prize, we are offering two runners up prizes of special Poundland, buy anything in the shop, tokens.…

I think Small would have been perfectly happy if he had only had the Batman pyjamas…. Jax and Big are now collaborating on a 3D jigsaw in the form of a Lego house. May take all day. But Optimash Prime went down well too.