This evening I’m feeling grumpy. No particular reason, just grumpy. Think it might be hormones. So I’m going to take this opportunity to list things that make me grumpy. When people talk over me Crunching The Daily Mail Kate Moss Trapped wind When people slurp boiling hot cups of tea Charity muggers Door-to-door salesmen Political [...]
Archive for February, 2012
Things that make me grumpy
Posted in Uncategorized on February 29, 2012 | 6 Comments »
Awesome history and snotty noses (may contain castles)
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged castle, dads, fatherhood, history, kenilworth castle, time team on February 25, 2012 | 1 Comment »
There’s no ‘may’ about it. This post does contain castles: Kenilworth Castle, in fact, which is just down the road from where I live. In Kenilworth. Today Noah and I went down to the castle as Jess recruited Isaac to help her wash her car (I’d do it, but it goes all streaky). And so, we [...]
VIDEO: Dog in ballet shoes jives to Riverdance
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged award, ballet, blog, blogging, brilliance in blogging, britmums, dad, dog, fatherhood on February 23, 2012 | 2 Comments »
OK, so I lied. I don’t have a video of a dog in ballet shoes jiving to Riverdance. I don’t think such a video even exists. But I did get your attention, which is what I wanted. Mwahaha. I’m after a couple of minutes of your time; please could I ask you to nominate me [...]
Finding Humour in the Costa Concordia Disaster
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged costa concordia, disaster, schettino on February 21, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
There is absolutely no doubt that the sinking (is it a sinking if it’s not actually sunk?) of the Costa Concordia off the shores of Giglio is a tragic disaster. But, as the weeks have passed and more information has come to light, it seems there were a few rather large blunders during this event [...]
Songs that used to scare the heck out of me as a kid
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged nursery rhymes, scary, songs on February 19, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
I don’t know why I listened to them, but I remember being tucked up in bed with my headphones on, Walkman clutched in sweaty palm, listening to songs which, quite frankly, scared the living heck out of me. Again, I don’t know why. They were songs meant for children, of course. I was about nine [...]
The Big Hairy Giant
Posted in Uncategorized on February 18, 2012 | 3 Comments »
This is a poem I came up with after making up a story for my sons the other night. It’s a bit long, I’m afraid. (PS. In case you hadn’t twigged, the giant is a metaphor for me.) – The Big Hairy Giant Isaac and Noah went walking one day Into a forest and far [...]
Weird things my son does to amuse himself
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged books, fatherhood, funny, infant, parenthood, parenting, son, wet wipe on February 17, 2012 | 5 Comments »
My youngest son is a bit weird. I mean he’s gorgeous and everything, and he gives me the chompies big-time, but he’s just…a bit strange. For Christmases and birthdays we spend a small fortune on him in the way of presents and gifts: toys to keep him amused whilst we scoff our food in the kitchen [...]
Guest Post from Sainsbury’s: Avoiding Car Arguments
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged arguments, blog, car, network, Sainsburys, travel on February 16, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
I like Sainsbury’s. There’s one quite near my house, and I go there a lot to buy stuff. It is for this reason that I have become part of their Family Blog Network, and feature their guest post tonight. Anyone who has ever endured a car journey with annoying spouses, friends, family or kids will [...]
This GIF pretty much sums up every car journey I share with my wife.
Posted in Uncategorized on February 13, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
She’s the one on the left.
Video: Amazing Skydiving
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged amazing, skydiving on February 12, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
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