For one reason and another I’ve been thinking lately about the men in my life (and, just occasionally, the lack there of). Because my brain is just a weird and wacky place that never wants to give me a break, I keep circling back round to Mr T (some might know him as shanks - [...]

originally posted by stefman75
How do I go about appeasing the Rain Gods? What is an acceptable offering to them?
I ask this because regardless of the weather when I leave the house, it invariably rains on me at some point during my excursion. Especially on the weekend - I can’t remember the last time I made [...]

My thanks go to Josh for kicking off this week’s Sunday Roast: Little Penguins are being fitted with blue shoes at a New Zealand zoo to protect their feet.
There have been recent calls in the UK for a voluntary code of practice for blogs. Is such a code needed? Should all blogs really adhere to [...]

(I’ve been doing some tidying on the desk, sorting through the mountain of paper erroneously referred to as my ‘filing’ and came across a scrappy notebook with a few pieces written down in it. I wrote this one with a mind to blog it but, well, it got ‘filed’ hence you not seeing it till [...]

Steven Seagal is playing several gigs in Southampton in the New Year.
Really, truly.
Don’t believe me? Why not book some tickets.

Seasons greetings from us here at Meadow Towers.
Yes, we have a penguin wreath for the door.
No, I didn’t buy it.
No, I wasn’t going to put it up yet (the week before Christmas is soon enough for decorations thank you very much!) but Moose insisted.
He does look kind of cute though - any suggestions for names?
And [...]

Email really is going to get me into trouble one of these days.
That, and texting.
I’m starting to think Moose should be given custody of my keyboard and mobile after 10pm. For the safety of all concerned you understand.
Then again, the potential for embarrassment and the humorous stories that are bound to follow is monumental and [...]

Well, better late than never. It gives me great pleasure to bring you the lastest episode of the Bright Cast.
Due to my voice being on holiday lately, and Neko owing me one in order to get the Ninja Penguins off her back (that’ll teach the girl to tell the godhead about this blog!) I decided [...]

Guess where the quote in todays title comes from - five huggles to the winner (five more if you can say which episode). I’m sorry if today’s Roast feels a little rushed, but that’s because it was (*blush*). Moose is dragging me off to see Pan’s Labyrinth and then Neko is coming round and… I’m [...]

As a kid I absolutely adored Gerald Durrell’s “My Family and Other Animals” and devoured the battered paperback many times over before I reached my teens. Looking back on it now I am struck, not so much by the animals that litter the pages and that were the driving force for me reading the book [...]