*noise of footsteps echoing ( Read more... )

I've been watching a little bumblebee blunder around for the last quarter of an hour. It had flown into the house through one of the open windows and was determinedly ramming the hall window, obviously seeing the sunlight (and therefore, escape) and wondering what the hell it kept bumping its head on. The hall window can't be opened...well, ( Read more... )

My fuchsias are sickAll right, perhaps not the best opening line after vanishing for over a year, but that's my big concern at the moment. I thought the pigeons were just pecking at the leaves (they do that, the ungrateful-but-strangely-endearing little pests) but it looks like the plants have caught something nasty. If it's a virus, then I'm ( Read more... )

Well, Happy Christmas to all those in the northern hemisphere, and to all those in south of the world who got their presents hours earlier than anyone else…bwah ( Read more... )

Could someone define exactly what the above term means?

Sorry folks, hitting you with a political rant after a long hiatus, but I am getting beyond the “freaked out” stage with this whole scaremongering thing.

Call me paranoid, but when Westminster loonies start talking about “security measures” that sound just a tad on the totalitarian side, I ( Read more... )

I’ve noticed a really odd phenomenon in my life recently. Even more strangely, it doesn’t seem to affect only me personally, but the world at large.

Maybe it is just me, but I’ve noticed that people seem to spend less and less time just sitting still. Doing nothing productive. Watching the telly, reading a book, going online without thinking of ( Read more... )

Ooookay then...The big guy upstairs is having a laugh at my expense ( Read more... )

HATE ( Read more... )

Just having a go at this...

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I've recently drawn the conclusion that the human race is becoming steadily more pessimistic as time rolls on. We really weren't that cheerful a bunch to begin with, but recently our WCSS ("Worst Case Scenario Syndrome") seems to be spilling over into the worlds of fiction, make believe and fantasy ( Read more... )