Archive for September, 2007
KXStitch
A few months ago, I started learning how to cross-stitch but was hindered slightly by the lack of non-chintzy kits out there. I started on the simple and cute designs from Mouseloft but once I wanted a bit more complexity, I was somewhat out of luck. I found a few cartoony cat ones but don’t [...]
Manhattan’s reunion
Did you, like me and Andrew, frequent the “indie room” (aka the little room) in Manhattans in Southport a decade ago? Did you walk with a bob to assorted Britpop tunes, sit down when James commanded and lie on the sticky, sticky floor to Radiohead (??)? If so, you may be interested to know that [...]
Rather nutty
Dear the very small cross section of people that both read my blog and use our bathroom, Next time you’re in there doing your whatever, you might smell something strange. Assuming you’ve not eating asparagus recently and your bowels aren’t acting strangely, the smell is probably our toilet roll. Yes, our current toilet roll provision [...]
Feline Shadowplay
Carla came and went: While Sili sat and Boron rubbed against my legs: And Carbon? Carbon was too relaxed and light absorbing for such energetic pursuits…
Top five things I’d do if I could stop time
In no particular order: Sleep more. I usually wake up at some point between 7am-8am – through some disturbance outside or of feline origin. I’d pause time then so I could sleep for another few hours but not take up half my morning with snoozing. At the other end of the day, I’d be able [...]