I was thinking a few days back about some things which now scream (at least to me) that the person suffering from them is a parent. In no particular order, here are some of the give-away signs I have observed in Marianne or myself ( Read more... )

Yes, I know, I really need to post a proper update here, but it seems like there is never enough time...

Having said that, I did want to post this link about the garbage guys who refused to pick up some garbage in a stream because no-one "qualified" to wear wellington boots was available ( Read more... )

Don't worry... there won't be any (intentional) spoilers and anything which comes close will be hidden behind a cut just in case you haven't seen the film yet, and want to go knowing nothing about what happens. For safety's sake, I have also turned on comment screening and won't let any comments with spoilers through for at least the next month ( Read more... )

I just found this funny. If you're a Star Wars fan, you might too.

http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20080525

Two posts in less than 48 hours. Is this a record ( Read more... )

Having heard the sad news about Humph when I spoke to my parents over the weekend, I had hoped that the BBC would have seen fit to make a tribute episode of ISIHAC downloadable (streamed audio doesn't make it though the firewall here @ work). Sadly, that appears not to be the case, so I shall have to see if I had the foresight to put any of the ( Read more... )

Since Mary started to talk, we have experienced many cases of funny moments. You know they type of thing... a mispronunciation, or a small misunderstanding , which causes amusement to all in the vicinity. We have, of course, shared these stories with both sets of grandparents, and at my parent's urging, I am also sharing them here so we can ( Read more... )

This time I'm waiting for a test installation to complete ( Read more... )

I've been meaning to post again for a while, so while I'm waiting for the build to complete seems like a good time ( Read more... )

This is one of those stories where I'm rather glad I heard it second hand... because I suspect I would have embarrassed myself by completely failing to suppress my laughter ( Read more... )