All the mehs

Well…… I’ll be.  Even I haven’t been able to act the clown I usually am, and make funnies these last few (very significant) months.  This has proven a problem for someone who mostly writes about nonsense and shenanigans – oh, and not being a mother. (Which for me, are in fact intrinsically linked). The world’s […]

Mums know best – out of the mouths of harridans

So, in the midst of post-Brexit chaos, the fight for the leadership of the Conservative party rumbles on, tossing aside carcasses as if mown down by the wheel-blades of some post apocalyptic desert vehicle from Mad Max.  First Boris ‘take back control, until I need to actually take control’ Johnson, followed by  Liam ‘nepotism is […]

Salad days

I do believe I’ve lost the will to drink.  No.  Really…..  After my first foray into the darker side of life (the pub with mates to watch the inaugural match of the Six Nations tournament), after five weeks on the wagon, I realised: I can’t do it, I don’t like it, and it most definitely […]

The year ahead

2014 proved to be a turning point for me; some stuff happened.  And it would appear that quite a lot of stuff happened for all the other people too.  George Clooney finally stopped bachelorising, and married a woman.  She turned out to have her own successful career (Hell’s teeth), and be more interesting than his […]

Public service announcement

Hello. If you are family and you are reading this blog, I apologise now for anything that might be a bit shocking or offensive.  I should have noted this sooner, but there will most certainly be some: details of occasional rudies bad F*~k!ng language talk of pee pees, poo poos and lady gardens but no names.  […]