Bad Parenting – the one with the wind-up
Warning! Spoiler alert! There is no gambling addiction in my household, I made it up Parenting like any relationship is about a level of trust in someone. I like to … Continue reading →
Beer – #9 in a series – Badger Blandford Flyer
So it’s Back to Dorset then for a revisit for me, but first time here. This is a beer that you’d find in some ways similar to the Boundary road … Continue reading →
Like a blog, photo’s are a bit personal too
I’m not so good at pictures, but I’m not that good at writing either so why should that be stopping me right :-). I often look at pictures and think … Continue reading →
Beer – #8 in a series – Oh no its a Cyder!
A dry Cider, the Aspall premier Cru Suffolk Cyder offers on the label an interesting miss mash of languages then. Its a very earthy, as you’d expect, apple cider, 500mls … Continue reading →
Seeking work – Job Application #1- the one with stock market tips and a recipe
This arrived in the in-box today, unsolicited email looking for employment, as they do now and again. This one stood out though as it contains Stock Market tips, and a recipe! … Continue reading →
Frowning week: Farms / Dotcom / Unions / Breakfast TV
I can’t get along with the media this week, or the bits of it that have caught my eye and attention, It might be the back to work blues, it … Continue reading →
Thursday
Follow my blog with Bloglovin That awkward day between Wednesday and Dress-in-the-dark-day, and to celebrate I added some bloglovin’. Who knows.
The Phoenix – Late of Wellington – at home but not a home.
Don’t get me wrong if I was called out and asked to declare my support then it’s be the Phoenix all the way, despite them being half a country away.
Beer – #7 in a series – 3 Monts
if you’re looking to impress yourself, or your friends this would be the go!
Trying Teen Times – Part the Seventh – Getting your life back
not getting another cat, that would be a bit of a win. I’m sure we don’t want to become crazy pet people who substitute dogs or cats for kids and tie themselves with a badge of courage for doing so
Beer – #6 in a series – Fursty Ferret
I had some of this. Badger’s Fursty Ferret It comes in hand pint-sized bottle, so it’s just like being in a pub when you’re drinking it from a sleeve (As opposed … Continue reading →
Megaupload – Faux Outrage
Bit of a pigs ear then, the “authorities” could have closed down the business, and frozen assets under various RICO and money laundering / income from crime statutes I imagine without the drama of extradition and display, which in the end would result in one man in jail for a few years for being a visionary.
How not to do Social Media – the RT This! Lady
Like I’m an expert at it. But there are some things that just prickle, and this is one of them. I’d like to think that I’m pretty inoffensive and mild, … Continue reading →
Trying Teen Times – the grown up one – Part the Sixth – A New Car
Well we found a car, a very low mileage two owner Mazda Astina 1994 – which makes it only slightly younger that the #Boychild, and so we brought it. It comes as … Continue reading →
Beer – #5 in a series – 8 Wired Saison Sauvin
I’m not generally a fan of that style of beer this one is a little bit special and very tasty
Beer – #4 in a series – Cider!
I had cider in the fridge, it called to me, and I answered What’s there to say about Magners Cider except that it’s really Bulmers cider by any other name. … Continue reading →
Trying Teen Times – the grown up one – Part the Fifth – Cars
A couple of years ago #Boychild wanted a car, and we made him save his hard-earned cash for one. It was only a ‘bomb’, and was never going to last … Continue reading →
Under the Auckland Harbour Bridge #1
I was as about as underneath the Auckland harbour bridge as you could be today and I saw this. It was beyond a fence line. Curiosity and all that I … Continue reading →
Beer – #3 in a series – The Cornish Wheat Beer
The label indicates that it has a superb citrus finish, I’ve just started it so perhaps that comes nearer the end, because it seems to be missing in action in this bottle.




