Went to my cousin's wedding on Saturday. She looked very lovely - she's tall and statuesque, so could carry off the big wedding dress look. Groom seemed nice - I don't know him well enough to comment. Their older son, Jack (age 2) is adorable and has the cutest dimple in each cheek. Their younger son, Ethan (age not yet 1), looked rather baffled by ( Read more... )

"Pepper," they will say, "have you finished your
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I'm currently putting down in words some of my thoughts on comedy, and comic writing. I'm planning on posting this in a series (!) of about five posts - topics to include "The Rules, or Nobody Knows Anything, Timing and visual gags in writing, Funny words, Comedy and tragedy, and (of course) Comedy and Stargate. Mainly I wanted to talk about comedy ( Read more... )

Okay, I was talking about this with
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Wow, snow. Ooh.

Am now exhausted, after a long weekend of parental-type visits. Spent Saturday helping my dad to do up his garden (pressure washed the patio! Woohoo!), by the end of which I was muddy, exhausted, and happy (I love all that - miss having a decent garden to muck about in). Then on Sunday, visited A's mum and her husband, and had a very ( Read more... )

It's Friday, I've just joined
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Oh, blast! lj just decided that 'backspace' meant 'go back to the previous page and lose everything Pepper's just written'. Damn you, lj, damn you to helllllllll!!!

Okay. Today I be mostly enthusing about Green Wing. Because I can. And because it's Friday. And because I mentioned it to
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Meh. January. First day back at work. So here's some quotes from Steven Wright to cheer things up:

There's a fine line between fishing and standing on the shore looking like an idiot.

Everywhere is walking distance if you have the time.

I can't stop thinking like this.

Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it.

I filled out an ( Read more... )

Gloomy weather. Today I would mostly like to be at home, watching Black Books. Because... well, because I would. Okay, these probably won't be funny unless you've seen the series, but they're keeping me sane this morning.

Customer: Those books, how much?
Bernard: Hmm?
Customer: Those books. Leather-bound ones.
Bernard: Yes, Dickens. The collected ( Read more... )