How's that slogan go? "There are some thing money can't buy.  For everything else, there's Master Card"

Can I corrupt it here and say, for some things there are phone calls or text messages.  For everything else there's Facebook.

I refer you to this week's idiocy on aforementioned social networking site.

The situation:  Daughter out with friends, she ( Read more... )

Now I could start this post with a sweeping generalisation along the lines of 'what is it about men...' blah, blah, blah and then go off on one in the usual way that I do.  However, in this case, I'd like to begin with the statement: What is it about some men...

What is it about some men, who are very knowledgeable and savvy about the internet and ( Read more... )

As you may have noticed, if you're on Facebook, they have adverts down the right hand side of the page.  These are targeted based on your age, what you've listed in your likes and whatnot and are usually trying to entice you to buy something, sign up to something or remind you ever so kindly of your age.

Sometimes, people get it a bit wrong and it ( Read more... )

MAJOR NEWS ALERT:  It has not rained today.  (Cue the Hallelujah chorus from Handel's Messiah).  There is a good chance it will not rain tomorrow.  Hurrah ( Read more... )

My friend Karen has emailed to say that she too enjoys the music of Roger Whittaker, so perhaps I am missing something here?  Is there a whole underground Roger Whittaker appreciation society that I am currently unaware of?

I was supposed to be going to bed early last night, but failed to do so.  I got engrossed doing a bit of housekeeping on my ( Read more... )

Peter Jackson is going to be involved with the 'Hobbit' movies.  That is only right and proper after he turned The Lord of the Rings into a modern cinematic classic.  He is going to be the producer, a director is yet to be announced...  There could be worse decisions than for Mr Jackson to do that job as well.

I've only read LOTR twice, but The ( Read more... )

In an increasingly mad world, Pip, Jude, Sarah and myself have installed the 'Catbook' application on Facebook, where we can in essence, have Facebook pages for our cats.

No... we're still quite sane.

Just to show you how mad it is 'out there'... Pip's cat now has more friends than she has...   286 at the last count.

However, there is a good side to ( Read more... )

I flicked through next weeks copy of the Radio Times last night and saw some pictures from a race at Silverstone that the Top Gear blokes took part in, then remembered that Al had sent me similar pictures weeks and weeks ago and I just had not had time to upload them on here.  I shall get those on here this afternoon ( Read more... )

Facebook wants to know if I want to throw a sheep at Pip.

Pip, do you want a sheep thrown at you?

Elsewhere on Facebook, Dave's sent me a 'Pan Galactic Gargle-Blaster'...  Best not to drink it before I take the minutes for the Church Meeting, eh? Might end up writing complete twaddle.

Strewth.... the things I do in the name of keeping up with modern ( Read more... )

Pip and myself are off to Carole Matthews book launch party tonight in Milton Keynes!  Smug.... moi  ;-) ;-)

I tell you, this is my idea of heaven - a party in a bookshop!  It's sponsored by Thorntons, which I know will be hard - all that chocolate...   Of course, with us being Mummies and not free agents, this has got to have the kind of forward ( Read more... )