Reading time: < 1 min It’s been a funny old week here, I’ve posted more often than usual, and received some wonderfully thought provoking emails and comments which I will follow up at some point. But not now; I’m unplugging. See you Monday.

Reading time: < 1 min Prompted by the Continuing tips for a three year old offered by ScorpioGirl: I’m not sure what age I was but I think (Mum can correct me) the pinnacle of my childhood career, in this area, was painting a radiator with nail polish. This was no ordinary radiator either, it was an old style one […]

Reading time: < 1 min OK, I DO care, especially when a good argument is put forward, namely: “The BBC … by its very existence … serves to protect us from a level of commercial saturation that would destroy much of what we currently take for granted.” So when you put it like that… * No, I’m not a woman […]

Reading time: 2 mins 1. Just finished reading Eats, Shoots & Leaves. It’s smart, funny and reminds me that I really should pay more attention to my grammar on this ‘ere site. 2. I have received an email from Ron. He left some comments on yesterday’s post (Ikeaphobia) and has clarified a few things. Thanks for that Ron, I […]

Reading time: < 1 min Ikeaphobia and its discontents (via Anil Dash). Interesting article about why people complain about IKEA. Globalisation is the cry, and in an ideal world I agree with a lot of the ideas set forth in No Logo (for example). Big corporations buying and selling everything, and forcing the little guy out of business etc etc. […]

Reading time: 2 mins “That’s what friends are for…” Sang the vultures in Jungle Book, but hey, what do they know? It’s true though, friendship affords you all sorts of discretions, mistakes and assumptions. I’m not suggesting for a minute that friendships should be abused but let’s just say that they are fairly robust. Most of the time. So […]