This is our new television. In order to accurately depict the size of the screen I have put one of the kid’s kinder surprise toys in front to give a sense of scale. The toy is supposed to represent planet earth; for in my mind, this new set is bigger than the WORLD! It hurts…
Sick of all the writing talk yet? Yeah, me too, a little bit. What’s left then? Well, let’s see, I was in a minor car accident yesterday. We’re all fine, thank heavens, but the car is being towed away today to get fixed because it is undriveable (luckily I was able to get it home,…
No, not this I read the other day that Brad Pitt’s new tattoo (and I think it’s the above one) was drawn first upon his back by Angelina, and that they liked it so much, they converted it into permanent form. Lucky she drew something so…abstract, then. If I’d let my husband near my back…
I have always felt rather at home on a university campus. All the ones I’ve ever been to look pretty much the same – sad concrete boxes with brown glass windows; the gardens surrounding them, if there’s a budget for gardening to start with, always offer a stark contrast back upon their inorganic, decrepit neighbours….
You know Season 10 of Top Gear? The episode where the boys are in Africa? The bit where they set to their cars with sledgehammers so as to lose chassis weight to cross the sand flats of Botswana? You remember that part? My son did – when he found a hammer in the garage the other morning……
I’ve been thinking of a new moniker for my Miscmum header – you know, just in case Doctorow and I don’t pan out. Don’t worry, we will, fingers crossed, but here’s the alternate: “Here be the last blog on earth that hasn’t discussed Wii” Which could work, until, well, you realise that by discussing it…
The other night, Keira and I were sitting on the floor playing a board game. Riley ambled up to us and leaned against me. Putting his hand around the nape of my neck, he massaged it lightly as he watched the game unfold on the floor. He nuzzled closer, bringing his arm tighter in around my shoulders…
