A Dirty Secret

I’ve always secretly liked a certain type of rather trashy TV programme. You know the type, some hapless person/couple/family can’t live in/sell their house because basically they are drowning in filth/toot/assorted crap. What it takes to sort out this mysterious and unfathomable situation is for some overpaid highly skilled presenter to look around the place […]

Phoenix Tweets

So Phoenix is Twittering (allegedly). Is it a sign of advancing years that I find this slightly astonishing? And slightly unbelievable?

I Start a Binge!

I like books.I like lists.So that’s me hooked!May is normally a pretty hectic month, but it also includes a week of half-term holiday, so I’m not sure how much I will read over the next month.Will it be a binge or a light snack? Time will tell…

Thanks to Z for sharing this great idea.If […]

Reasons to be Cheerful (1 2 3)

The cause: just one of those days.

The symptoms: knackered, stressed up and distinctly grouchy.

The sideffects: being unnecessarily tetchy with Mr TLC. This is very, very bad. Mr TLC is lovely and is almost never tetchy with me.

The cure:1. Finding a link to Tom Lehrer’s elements song. (Thank you Neil H of Dogwood […]

An Historic Discovery

I stumbled across this rather excellent site at the weekend. Actually, that’s not strictly true, it’s probably fairer to say that it found me.

Forum member HughW was kind enough to link from this thread to one of my posts here, which allowed me to find sheffieldhistory.co.uk. If, like me, you didn’t know about it, […]

Wake Up Cat

Oh thank you Alice, I’m still laughing about this and I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve watched it since yesterday! This has to be one of best things I’ve seen in ages.

Not only is this gem of a cartoon utterly hilarious, it also explains the great mystery as to why I feel […]

Understanding Art for Geeks

Understanding art for geeks #21Originally uploaded by Paul The Wine Guy

I have greatly enjoyed viewing Paul the Wine Guy’s marvellous photoset Understanding Art for Geeks.

I don’t know much about geeks, but I know what I like.

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Black Cat, White Christmas

Black Cat

White Christmas

No snow? Why not make your own? Either make an animated snowflake or make and send a snowflake. (Thanks to Ms Caven’s blog for the links) […]

Your very good elf

It’s been a highly productive day. One of my colleagues found elfyourself.com and then we all got a bit competitive making each other into elves. In between elfing ourselves we did manage some teaching. And we made up good elf-y puns.

Question Time

Any questions?Then why not ask the incredible Caterpillar Oracle*? Inspired by the famous character from Alice in Wonderland, he claims to knows all the answers! Designed to answer yes/no questions, he copes quite well with most enquiries, but be warned, his answers are not guaranteed to be the ones you would like to hear.*requires Flash […]