A lesson in not knowing how to buy a Christmas present

I give up.  What the hell do you buy a woman for Christmas?  I had great ideas last year and the year before that, but there are only so many times I can buy her a toy reindeer that poops out chocolate raisins before it starts to get very old for her. So being theContinue reading “A lesson in not knowing how to buy a Christmas present”

I want to move to China because….

Well it isn’t because of the clean always breathable air.  Nor the always friendly government. China is like the very centre of the Bermuda Triangle.  Except that it is nowhere near Bermuda, and is not even mildly triangle shaped.  But apart from that, pretty much spot on.  Strange things happen there with the people and animals. Continue reading “I want to move to China because….”

“Environmentalists” – Stupid, really stupid or just confused?

Environmentalists are fun.  I think it may be due to the fact that you can’t have the word without writing “mentalists”, which in certain respects just fits the bill better than a garden gnome fits someone with mad crazy gardening skills. They (the mentalists, not the garden gnomes) called in the police after a heinous crime againstContinue reading ““Environmentalists” – Stupid, really stupid or just confused?”

Dressing up as a baby – Not as much fun as it seems?

Today I discovered that finding material for this site can be at times a little harder than you realise. How do you make a post out of spending the day with my 4 month old where all we did was blow raspberries at each other.  And they weren’t even great raspberries.  They were the makingContinue reading “Dressing up as a baby – Not as much fun as it seems?”

Because I have nothing else to write about…

So soon?  Yes, that is not only a phrase that my wife says to me, it is also said when I find that I already have enough material for the “you were searching for what?” posts.  Same rules different content…the words in the ” ” are the phrases entered in to google to find thisContinue reading “Because I have nothing else to write about…”