Mingle Mangle
Coming up: a quick TV rant! It’s about the habit many programmes have of telling several stories at once. (Grumpy Old Men – British TV series – is equally guilty, though they have been known to...
View ArticleDribs and Drabs
I met a gigantic worm a few days ago, thumping determinedly across the path in the hot sunshine. This creature was the General Woundwort of worms, as big as a small snake, and it wriggled so fast I...
View ArticleThe Football Just Flashed Past
At the end of the World Cup the host turned and looked out of the TV at me. Eyeball to eyeball, he said “thank you very much for your company over the last few weeks.” Ach (blushing bashfully). Don’t...
View ArticleGormlessly Stranded
Uneasy traveller On Friday we went back to the NHS audiologist, which was not a satisfactory expedition. I get travel-sick just going to the next village, and here we were going to the next town. My...
View ArticleIn Good Fellowship
I saw The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring last night – not for the first time. I enjoyed it more than last time, somehow – it felt more as though I was reading the book and ‘seeing’ what...
View ArticleThem Nasty Hobbitses
I was online today, looking at some Lord of the Rings boxed sets (DVDs) to see if they had subtitles for the hard of hearing, and drew a blank. Not because the site said they weren’t subtitled, but...
View ArticlePieces of Eight
Pieces of Eight meme (edited) pinched from Blue Moon Girl: 8 Things I Am Passionate About 1. For humanity to chill out more 2. Passion? What’s that? 8 Things I Say Often 1. Blut 2. Bleep! 3. Drattles...
View ArticleThe Dish Ran Away with the Spoon
In a bid to appease the Twelfth Night tree spirits, we dismantled our Christmas tree and decorations last night (though, looking at this page, we were probably 24 hours too late). Sorting through a box...
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