Rule one: Do not act incautiously when confronting little bald wrinkly smiling men.
Posted in people on Feb 28th, 2007
A little note for any US readers - in the UK pants are what you call shorts and not as you might have assumed, trousers. (Shorts are trousers that are, well… short.)
Following my weekly trip to the launderette, I was putting my clothes away, when I noticed something odd on the care label of my […]
Posted in food on Feb 27th, 2007
Finally got round to making vegetable moussaka, as planned earlier this month, and very tasty it was too!
This is the kind of meal that you can cook for guests, and even the meaties will not be unhappy - why? There is plenty to get your teeth into.
Off the top of my head, should you be […]
Posted in politics on Feb 22nd, 2007
This story is 9 months old now but the press never miss an opportunity to write the sort of headline that gets middle class, Daily Mail readers quaking in their semi’s and writing to their MP’s.
‘Life for samurai sword murderer’.
This guy stabbed a young woman and then ran her over with his car. She had […]
Posted in food on Feb 20th, 2007
Not having been at work today (see previous post) I had the luxury of a continental breakfast at the hotel before going out for a walk along the cliff-tops between Beer and Branscome. (No we were not scavenging for for BMW motorbikes or nappies).
Following our walk to Branscome, and a quick look at the still […]
Posted in social on Feb 20th, 2007
Neither my partner, nor myself, feel compelled to degrade ourselves by joining the shallow, overly commercial holiday which fills the uneventful first quarter between New Year and Easter, otherwise known as Valentines day.
To me, Valentines day serves as a reminder to show appreciation to my partner, for what they mean to us. The hustle-bustle of […]
Posted in food on Feb 13th, 2007
Cooking this week was cancelled due fog (in my head) and heavy mucous on the runway (and everywhere else, due to continued sneezing.)
The vegetable moussaka that I had planned was graciously cooked by my partner with the right balance of sympathy and cynicism for my man-cold. (She had it last week and it wiped her […]
Posted in food on Feb 6th, 2007
I can’t believe that I’ve been so busy that I haven’t posted since last week! Now that I think about… it was a busy week last week, but in a good way.
So, last night when I got home from work I was of ill humour and in no mood to be creative. After a trip […]