…powered by empathy & Schadenfreude
It’s Twelfth Night – time those Christmas decorations were put away until next time. If you don’t it’s considered unlucky, but to ward it off they’ve got to stay up until Candlemas Day February 2nd. Or Easter. Or until next Continue reading Twelfth Night
I’m not making resolutions. Recycling 2017’s: Picking at my thumbnails at the traffic lights on the way to work: Done. Consistently done. Not even biting them (other than impromptu trims.) Reducing sugars in my tea & coffee: Done, also consistently Continue reading Same as it ever was
I’m a Browns fan. What will I doing over our offseason (the NFL’s centenary year playoffs)? Wondering where my 8-7-1 season prediction went. (We finished 6-10 and our Head Coach was just fired after losing the final game to a Continue reading Offseason
I don’t understand the hate directed at Greta Thunberg and the relentless campaign against her and the inevitability of the depletion of the finite resources our planet holds. Honestly I don’t. Neglect climate change and her concerns remain valid. It Continue reading Thunberg
Prompted by a tweet by @mlv: ‘Daughter gave me a challenge. Write a story using only these verbs in this order (verbs like “will be” are okay).’ Abused Bargain Cease Decapitate Elaborating Fabricate Gnashing Honeymooning Ignite Jam Knitting Loved Minced Continue reading Verbs
I am a Cleveland Browns fan. I have 3 items of official merchandise: a #57 Matthews jersey predating my fandom, a cap also predating my fandom but worn in First Energy Stadium on opening day 2004, and a Cleveland Browns Continue reading 20,001 days
Jamie Gillan from Inverness made the Browns 2019 roster cut; we have a starter. I’m buzzing about the season now for the first time! I asked the guy a totally trivial question earlier. Given the magnitude of what’s just happened Continue reading The Scottish Hammer
My wife mentioned the gift she’d left for me in the top of the kitchen cupboard. Due to the length of time I’ve been on the Internet, I quite naturally parsed what she said incorrectly.
Earlier this afternoon we arrived home from our week away in a farm cottage between Bridgnorth and Ironbridge, within an area promoted as the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution. I bought a cheap souvenir anvil which is, though predating the Continue reading Anvil
Headline: McDonald’s paper straws cannot be recycled The BBC is currently reporting on a story ‘broken’ by The Sun, that McDonalds straws cannot be recycled. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-49234054 Buried deep within the article, the revelation that the materials are recyclable, but McDonalds Continue reading Last straw