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More tea, vicar?

So, here's the thing.I hear on the morning news that Whittard's of Chelsea (hereinafter referred to simply as "Whittard's") is at risk of being the next major high street retailer to founder in what...

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Big Brother is watching you...

Well, it's Big Sister, really, in this particular instance. But the principle remains the same: always be careful, because you never know when you might be being observed...I got a phone call in the...

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Chanticleer

Although Lady Bracknell has spent some time of late doubting the evidence of her own ears, she is now absolutely convinced that some person residing locally has invested in a cockerel.Whilst this might...

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Oh, crap!

Picture, if you will, my horror upon realising, when I was uploading today's crop of photographs, that I had captured the tamest of all the park's grey squirrels being quite exceptionally cute right in...

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Fame at last

That's my moorhen, that is!The Editor

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I didn't get where I am today...

It has been brought to Lady Bracknell's attention that the British Broadcasting Corporation, for reasons best known to itself, intends to "revive" - by which it actually means "remake" - that seminal...

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First cut is the deepest

Paper cut.On my eyeball.Not recommended.The Editor

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Oh, crap #2

Really, really, not the shot I was going for...The Editor

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Special Offer! This weekend only!

I've been asked to do something I've never done before...It's surprisingly exciting...Shall I just get on with it?Yup, thought so.Readers of this - and no other - blog can get a $2 discount on any...

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IQ Test

Picture the scene...You are a member of the disability advisory committee which I chair.As an adjustment under the DDA for me, you come to Liverpool for our meetings. (Which I do appreciate, by the...

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Winter warmers

I have been aware for a while that it is past time I gave a few more Etsy artisans such scant extra publicity as can be gained by virtue of being mentioned on this blog.The weather outside being...

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For the love of lambananas

For reasons no more complicated than the fact that I bought one myself and was then given one for Christmas, I find myself with a supernumerary copy of the GoSuperlambananas book.Had m'learned friend...

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Result!

Several years ago, it took me many hours of Googling to track down what I considered at the time to be the least aesthetically-offensive med alert bracelet then on offer.What with me being diabtic*,...

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So, where we we?

Last weekend, Pop ran one of the annual conferences in which attempts are made to enliven the average crip lumpenproletariat sufficiently for them to stand for union office. Or, possibly, represent...

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Blindingly obvious

When I'm hobbling around town with my camera slung round my neck, I notice things I've never picked up on before. Like the sculptural reliefs on the building on the corner of Hardman Street and Hope...

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Ill-advised T-shirt slogans #1

"I'm not a gynaecologist, but I'm happy to take a look"Quite apart from the fact that wearing that is absolutely guaranteed to reduce your evidently already-unimpressive pulling powers, you also run...

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A step-by-step guide to living with diabetes

Wednesday 8amTake last Rosiglitazone tablet. Make mental note that will need to open new packet tomorrow.Thursday 8amNew packet of Rosiglitazone tablets not where expected to be. Look in all obvious...

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Words fail me

I was in the office yesterday morning, frantically printing off the papers I thought I might need for an imminent meeting, when an email - entitled 'Dyslexia Meeting' - pinged merrily into my...

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Oh, crap #3

Another in the occasional series featuring photographs I have taken without realising there were disturbing, additional "extras" until I started to upload them.This rather odd image of Macca is part of...

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BADD 2009: The Unbearable Slowness of Being

BADD has rather sneaked up on me this year. This may be on account of BADD 2008 having only taken place a couple of weeks ago. (If that doesn't make any sense to you, just wait until you're...

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