Good day, . This morning we all awoke to pale blue skies and anaemic sunshine….and the news that it has been snowing already….now there’s cheerful then! . Actually I am feeling quite grumpy this morning because I have been somewhat unwell twice over the last two days. I mean, nothing terminal, just unpleasant. . My [...]
7
2011
14
2011
Coca Cola’s Secret Life.
Hi, . interesting things in the wind today. Secrets are finally loose in the air. . I mean, this is not quite the Rosetta Stone or the dead Sea scrolls….but it’s close in it’s own esoteric way. . The secret recipe that creates Coca-Cola is finally said to be cracked. . You know what we [...]
10
2011
The Nightmare Begins Again.
Hi Peeps, . How are you today. Hey, I know that it is , but there is another weekend coming very soon! . Hopefully you did at least enjoy a fine weekend. . Mine was moving along nicely yesterday, snuggled up with the Sunday papers and an afternoon whiskey, until I decided to pop out [...]
10
2010
I Want It Every Morning.
Hi, . This is for those of you who are like myself…Toast Lovers! . I now….I know….it is pig-headed of me to keep consuming wheat…but I love toast. And anyway, I am sure that the wheat is slowly improving, I think I look pregnant much less often nowadays. Anyway, my wintry clothes are so layered [...]
12
2010
Headmaster Eats A Tarantula.
Hi, . We have a damp morning here today, but we are getting used to it now, so that’s OK. If we cannot go out so much in such weather, there is always tropical stuff to watch on the television…or a good book to get totally lost in. . Things can be weird though, have [...]
9
2010
On E Mails, Supermarket Tabloids And A Burned Dog
Hi, I have just received an e-mail from a friend in France. It is about the benefits of honey, which it would appear, can reverse the results of ageing such as deafness, baldness, acne, obesity and hardened arteries etc. etc. etc. . This is sad in a way because it means that, quite unlike the [...]
21
2010
Freeze Your Unwanted Fat Off.
Hi, . This is good news for those of you who are with certain areas of your bodies, and who have found to be unhelpful. . There has been a innovative new leap forward for those among you who have a problem with extra fat in the wrong places. An amazing new way of removing [...]
13
2010
Radical Thinking.
Hello, . Well, after a fine weekend we are back with the cold and rain, and it’s . But never mind. . With regard to yesterday’s about the very overweight Orangutan, it is interesting to see the latest thinking about overweight people. Of course they cannot be given to an animal sanctuary in order to [...]
12
2010
No More Monkey Business.
Hello, Happy to you. . Today we are going to dine upon a with pancakes, plum sauce, cucumber and spring onions. It is quite a favourite with Big H and I now and you can cook the duck as crispy as you desire, and in Big H’s case that is very very crispy. Perhaps not [...]
21
2010
A French Hannibal Lecter.
Hey, . And so the weekend is off to a grey and overcast start….but no rain as yet. So we are ahead of the game and that’s a hopeful thing. We may yet enjoy a sunny day, even if it never reaches to the formerly continental levels that we have experienced this year. . Talking [...]
16
2010
Doctors’ Advice To Gwyneth Paltrow.
G’day, . Greetings once more from our very own version of ‘Groundhog Day’, that most excellent film starring Bill Murray. I cannot believe that you don’t know what I am talking about, but if you don’t, then you need to watch it! Now! Once again I am writing to you from the beginning of a [...]
7
2010
Dog Eats His Master’s Toe.
Hey, . Weyhey, it is the weekend again, how good is that! I hope you are having a nice one out there. . We all woke up to a miserable day here but a rainy Saturday probably beats a sunny Monday for most people. . What would you do if you had woken up this [...]
6
2010
The Cove. Taija Japan. A Disgraceful Secret.
Hi, . This is not the most cheerful of mornings, being wet and grey again today, and neither is this going to be the most cheerful of posts. . Have you seen the prize winning film ‘the Cove’? This eye opening film is an Oscar winning documentary that brings to light the inhumane slaughter of [...]
21
2010
Poem: Feeling Fruity.
Feeling Fruity. . . I like your banana It is such a handsome fruit, Long and curved Like an Arabian scimitar. . .
18
2010
Unbearable Cruelty In Abattoirs.
Hey, . It is enough to turn you to vegetarianism. . Videos have been released by Animal Aid which were taken during some covert filming in many abattoirs in the UK. . The most recently taken video showed a slaughter man gratuitously inflicting terrible suffering upon pigs, which are shown being given repeated shocks with [...]
12
2010
Starting The Week In Profit.
Hello People, . Not a bad way to start the week, I am now ! Well, let’s face it, are not usually anyone’s favourite day of the week, so anything that can improve a is a welcome thingy. . I do not have any plans for today, as has been the case lately, because poor [...]
1
2010
I Get Some Stupid Ideas At Times!
Hi, . Greetings to you upon this pleasant Friday. Today we have warmth, thick clouds and drizzle….quite nice actually! . Not a lot is happening here at the moment as Big H is feeling a bit weird and weary. The hospital has been in contact today to say that the last blood tests show very [...]
16
2010
Feeling Fruity?
Hi, . Wow, matters here are improving daily. This morning I am the very grateful recipient of about 25% cloud and heavy duty sunshine. Wehay! . How is everything with yourself….I hope that it is good….after all it is Wednesday! Just think of it as being halfway to the weekend, and, some fun, and a [...]
12
2010
Death To Bloating!
Hello, . What an excellent sleep I had last night. I woke up without the aches and pains that both Big H and I have suffered from for the past week since we moved to our last rented accommodations whilst we were away. The culprit was a bloody awful soft bed that we had to [...]
27
2010
It Keeps Sneaking Up On Me.
Hey, . Up again early this morning, but I know why this time. Big H was watching a really cheesy Jean-Claude Van Damme film and I had to leave the room before any more of my brain cells died on me, so I exited off to bed to read a book. He will probably arise [...]
18
2010
Barbies Rule.
Hey, . Sunday again, as if you didn’t already know! . Yesterday was a very pleasant day for me. We went along to the garden and discussed cutting the lawn and weeding out the dandelions….but we did not do anything more than lie back on the lawn and drink ice cold beers and talk about [...]
12
2010
It Is Beautiful Today.
Greetings Peeps, . My Oh My, what an outstandingly beautiful day this is. Blue and amazingly warm and sunny with a faint tracing of mackerel cloud in the sky. . I look out of the window to see people in less clothing than usual, smiling and happy, going for their morning papers or walking their [...]
24
2010
What Is Hiding In Your Cupboard?
Hey, . Wet again this morning….but not in a bad way. All of the red brick walls roundabout the place are glowing with the rain and the greenery looks lovely and fresh. There are more pretty flowers than ever filling the patio, with my longed-for Hyacinths looking almost ready to bloom again. And it is [...]
23
2010
Mini Eggs Won.
Hey, . Well that’s Monday over with….it can only get better from now on. . We have a pleasant day her this morning, with a pale grey-blue sky and hazy sunshine. It is definitely warmer now and I have finally been able to go and switch the central heating down, so that should save some [...]
8
2010
Too Good To Be True.
Hey, . Did you have a few drinks at the weekend. . Are you feeling guilty about it! Are you ladies afraid that necking down a regular glass of wine will make you gain weight! . Well, according to a report recently published in America, there is no proven connection between alcohol consumption and weight [...]
31
2010
The Revenge Of The Dubious Chicken.
Good morning to you, . Well, here I am once again, up at an unfeasibly early hour. Unfortunately, we switch off the central heating at night, so it is totally freezing cold. I have looked out of the window and I see that all of the cars on the street are glittering with frost. . [...]
27
2010
A Matter Of Some Weight!
Hi, . News flash. . Weighty matters to share with you all. Whoaah, life can be dangerous in the most unlikely of places. . You do not necessarily have to be or deep sea . . Recently, on Jan 15th in Sweden, some unfortunate people learned that it is dangerous to be too overweight. . [...]
22
2010
The Shocking Re-appearance Of A Victorian Disease.
Hi, . What an excellent morning it is today. The sky is pale grey, it is very cold but there is one bright ray of sunshine and it is cheering to see it. . That bright shaft of light reminds me of how horrified I felt to find out that there is now a rise [...]
20
2009
Deep And Crisp And Even.
Good Morning Peeps, . How are you this most excellent December day. . I hope that good things are happening to you. . Back here where I dwell, it is way cold, but it looks entirely beautiful. Everything is covered in white, the spectral trees looking like fine lace against a hazily blue sky, and [...]
7
2009
A Very Sweet Tooth.
Hi, . Did you know that a revolution has been going on under our very own noses. Yes it is true. Sweeties are going all Retro. There has been a swing away from the modern style of sweets, with all their E Numbers, and associated bad effects upon children. I mean, if they must eat [...]
25
2009
Poem: Simple Simon Annoyed A Pieman.
Simple Simon Annoyed A Pieman. . Simple Simon Met a pieman Going to the fair, Said Simple Simon To the pieman What have you got there. . The question Was stupid The pieman Saw red He grabbed hold of Simon And twisted his head. . .
10
2009
Guinness Is Good For Me.
Hello people. . Well, Twitter is back online. Hang on, I will just repeat that loudly…TWITTER IS BACK ON LINE!…now all of you sad people can come back in, off the window ledge of desperation and , and continue service as normal. Thank God that I caught you before you took that last, irrevocable step [...]
2
2009
Laziness Is A Slippery Slope.
Hi. . Today we have a pretty morning here. The sun is just pouring over the skyline and it must have been raining heavily during the night, because all of the slate roofs are black and wet. The sunlight is reflecting off the the tiles and it looks beautiful. Some of the windows are also [...]
22
2009
Alzheimers.
Hello, . It is now thought, by American scientists, that if people drink five cups of coffee per day, then they will reduce their chances of developing . The research was carried out with laboratory mice, which were specially bred to develop Alzheimers when they reached the mouse equivalent of of human old age. . [...]
22
2009
Poem: Barbecue.
barbecue . my friend was almost six foot two i cooked him on my barbecue and by the time that he was done he’d frizzled down to four foot one .
22
2009
Death To Chocolate Fish.
Good Morning Peeps, . Last night I went to bed early, to read a book, because Big H was playing one of his computer games. He has a big pile of them, all with different titles, but they all appear to be exactly the same game as far as I can see. . It was [...]
13
2009
It was the Guylian Chocolates wot done me in.
Hi, . I thought that I would just give you a quick update about the progress my friend is making with her new You will recall that this is reputed to help a person lose up to one stone in a month. . Well, I am afraid that it is not very good news so [...]
10
2009
Moonbathing
Hello Women, . Moonbathing! Do you do it? Why not? . I am a great believer in moonbathing. For many reasons. . There is a primitive, intensely female feeling, especially when you do this in the nude. Life works in cycles and I believe that women are in tune with the moon’s cycles. Each month [...]
1
2009
Diet: Lose one stone in one month.
Hey, . I had an interesting conversation yesterday with a friend. She has been trying to lose some weight, but finds it very hard, because rich cooking is her hobby and her passion. She tries to make slimming meals but the temptation to really do her own thing always gets the better of her. As [...]
