Just when you think everyone is terrible, you find that actually there are like- minded individuals out there.
Month: November 2024
Language notes
I just told a colleague he looked a little hangdog – trying to be supportive, you know – and he said he didn’t understand what I meant. I had to say he looked a bit glum, like Eeyore. He would be around 10 or 15 years younger than me: what is becoming of everyone’s vocabulary??
Zen and the art of swimming pool maintenance
We were on our way to my fortnightly haranguing at the spa pool shop when the radio station volume started playing up.
Climate responsiveness
Why do I always dress for the weather we had yesterday?
House update
You may recall I’ve had the occasional gentle whinge about our character home’s decrepit tiles for some years now.
Blog update
Why is this screen suddenly a green colour? And the font is different.
Wild
I haven’t been a big fan of lawns for a while now. In their “ideal” state, they are a sterile monoculture in which no other plant or insect life is tolerated.
So to speak
I had a friend at med school called Fraser, or Frase. He was known by some as “To-coin-a”
How to reconcile yourself to the US election results
Oh sorry, that was a question, not a statement. Any ideas?
Gut feeling
Funny coloured expired blue cheese: