I managed to get the tip of a thorn embedded deep under one of my toenails, so that you could just see the black speck right in the middle of the nail, like a fly trapped behind a window ( Read more... )

I've just discovered a new plant in the garden, growing very vigorously. Japanese Knotweed. Well, fucknuggets. I'm going to treat it with glyphosate, not a substance I was expecting to be buying but leaving it alone to grow is very much not an option ( Read more... )

So, the frost did *not* kill the tomatoes (!) but it did kill very nearly all the morning glories. However, since they take a massive two weeks to get from sown to ready-to-plant, I'll just do those once the last danger of frost is gone ( Read more... )

So yes. Dr Who was good. Especially the Schroedinger Spoiler. And the last/first Spoiler was heartbreaking. And gosh was I surprised when the girl spoilered! I liked the spoilers everyone was drawing on their spoilers to help them spoiler, too. I found the editing very, very creepy and good at evoking what the monster of the week was doing to ( Read more... )

We had a woman and a man having a barney just down the close. By the time I got out, the woman was alone and very upset - something about three years and children or three children, and was saying 'I'm not like this' when I asked what was up. She went off and raised Cain nearby, then the smashing noises started. I got the impression from other ( Read more... )

( Keeping accountable (and then going straight to bed, honest) )

( Keeping accountable (among all the excitement) )