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I'm going for the lazy route in today's post. We've had snow this last week in the North West of England. Not particularly unusual, there's often a white few days at this time of year and compared to many places the snow quantity is fairly trivial. However, it's infrequent enough that both the infrastructure and… Continue reading Snowy Scenes
Between the stuff in the new about the "self-proclaimed misogynist" arrest in Romania, comments about autism and criminality, and various other things that have been going on in my real world lately, I've been thinking about the trouble with all the isms. Here's my conclusion. All the isms are based on the precept that different… Continue reading The Trouble with Isms
A few weeks ago, I had a Friday that was a VERY busy day. I didn't manage to squeeze in even the shortest run. I'm sharing this to illustrate the mental load, and overload, that falls on us sometimes. I fear mums experience this more than dads perhaps. I'm sure that's not true in every… Continue reading A Friday story
In one of the last episodes of the final season of The Walking Dead (yes we've watched them all, I've had zombie fatigue at times but himself as pushed me through), Ezekiel and Negan have a discussion about how to revolt in a prison camp. They discuss fear, but ultimately decide that hope is a… Continue reading Hope
I'm very thankful to know many lovely folks from the USA. Some are friends from my university years, some are ex-colleagues, some are current co-workers and some are virtual friends I know from blogging. I'm thankful for them all. Having had a bit of a writers block lately and felt sorry for myself, I'm particularly… Continue reading Thankful
I've got to confess I'm struggling with blogging lately. My inspiration is limp and floppy. I'm fed up in general, just a bit frustrated and unmotivated. I haven't got a post for today. I've got three or four drafts that are just a title but it's Thursday night, 6.30pm. Himself is about to take large… Continue reading Fed up and uninspired
Parts first posted in November 2019. Usually, around this time of year, I see a bunch of posts, profile decorations, photos about Remembrance day with Union Jacks and St George's crosses. Actually, this year it's been a bit less I think. Maybe, with Brexit and COVID there's a realisation that we rely and owe a… Continue reading Remembrance Day
Wow, after two years of a virtual replacement, we're back in person for our annual workshop for the leaders in technical writing at my company. I'm almost at the end of the week of intense discussions on every possible topic. I'm exhausted at this stage. It started with a 7am alarm on Sunday, then a… Continue reading When a Work Trip Goes Wrong
My downstairs loo smells of pee was it himself, large boy, small boy, or all three? My downstairs loo smells of pee again whatever I say, they just can't aim. My downstairs loo smells of pee when I sit down, the whiff comes up. My downstairs loo smells of pee sometimes they even leave a… Continue reading My downstairs loo smells of pee
Apologies in advance for the brief post. Himself has buggered off on a work trip and the kids have three million activities this week and I'm travelling next week. So yeah, writing anything meaningful is a stretch. Large boy came out with what I thought was absolute gibberish at tea time: https://twitter.com/AndSmelly/status/1579529439331115011?t=ZzsWK6P560rP6TASRauYVQ&s=19 Then he said… Continue reading Cucumbers and cats
Smelly Socks and Garden Peas 
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