Category Archives: joy

Random Cat vs Tinsel Thingy

Lemon update – 4.5 years old

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GoGoGadgetLemon, originally uploaded by Purplekitten.

It’s been a while, and we’re probably the only people who care about them, but it’s time for an update on the lemon-children..
Sadly we lost two of them over the summer, to ravening hordes [...]

Weep You No More Sad Fountains

This song has become my latest obsession. It may yet cause me to attempt to learn to play the piano in order to accompany it, because, gods know, I cannot hold a tune! Watching Garageband monitor the tuning was an excruciating experience. I suck. But I love the song…
I recently watched ‘Sense and Sensibility’ [...]

Sundry news

Hello, it’s been quite a while, sorry. Various things have happened, some things haven’t happened, and much continues the same. There, that’s an update.
Oh okay, where to start..
We went to the isle of Mull again and had a wonderfully relaxing, chicken-filled holiday. There are various pictures available on my Flickr. Not so many of the [...]

Bristol and other stories

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NaCl,
originally uploaded by synx508.

Last weekend, where weekend begins on a Thursday for purposes of this tale), Phil and I headed out to Bristol to meet up with my brother Andrew, his friends from uni [...]

There’s soap for us all

I’m a great fan of Lush and have been for many years. I am endlessly taunted by their gorgeous array of soaps, knowing as I do that I dislike soap – even theirs – and the way it leaves my skin all rubbery-taut.
I’m not sure then why I decided to order some random items from [...]

Feature abuse

In a desperate attempt to prevent the proliferation of sticky notes in the around-the-monitor department, I added a feature to our system to provide an electronic version – available from the toolbar  – where users could store these scraps of information, with the added benefit that they could now copy and paste them.
It was well [...]

all booked out

I’ve spent most of today re-cataloging my random scattering of books. It was getting to the state where piles of books were everywhere, waiting to be listed (to stop me buying duplicates because I can’t remember if I borrowed it or have it). Me being me, I’ve managed to lose the file that I made [...]

Wedding Anniversary #3

Three years ago today, we were in Tobermory on the Isle of Mull. Getting married. Time sure has flown past..
To celebrate the recurrance of this date, I decided to make philb breakfast in bed. As his breakfast of choice is Weetabixâ„¢, this wasn’t too much of an effort..
Breakfast for philb
Also on this day (this year), [...]

Stick of Honour

I mentioned, a few ramblings back, an artist Brian Pike, who had painted ‘Things on Sticks’.
He has submitted his artwork to thingsonsticks. I am so honoured. It’s a fantastic painting (sadly already claimed, otherwise it would certainly have found a home in Bragg-land) and I’m all teary-eyed with joy.
Yes, I’m a soppy fool. So?