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Amy and I were going through her nighttime routine. Despite all my efforts to persuade her otherwise she insisted that she wanted to wear a nightie rather than pyjamas. It was a pretty miserable night outside and I was worried she’d wake up freezing once the heating had gone off….

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One Love Ricky Gervais in Kenya for Comic Relief. Make sure you stick with it past 2 minutes. Bookmark It

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Today was Amy’s baby ballet concert. This basically translates into sitting in a theatre watching thirty preschoolers run around randomly, occasionally make a half hearted token effort to follow what the dance teacher is doing. I had been really looking forward to it, but it fell dramatically short of my…

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I think I have mentioned before that Greg and Deb on the Web was the first blog I ever read. I stumbled across it via a review site and it quickly became a regular part of my day. Eventually I realized that Deb had her own site too, and so…

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Well, we’re back. We had a fantastic time but are both jet lagged up to our eyeballs. A more in depth report on the trip is coming soon, but for now you can see photos of both the Wisconsin and Chicago legs of our trip over at flickr. Bookmark It

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Ask any three year old in the US what sound a frog makes, and pretty much nine kids out of ten will tell you “ribbit, ribbit”. Ask the same question in Britain and you would probably get fifty percent in the ribbit camp, and the other fifty believing that croak,…

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The Bermuda Triangle is all very well and good, but it is hardly a boon to mankind. I’m sure giant squid surfacing and dragging passing shipping into Davy Jones’ locker is very exciting if you are into that sort of thing, but give me Yorkshire’s Rhubarb Triangle any day of…

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As you know Kerry and I have flown over from England to spend a few days with Geg and Deb. Most people from the UK have a pretty good idea of what goes on in the USA as American TV and films is extremely prevalent on our screens. In addition…

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In the days of the industrial revolution mill workers worked long tortuous shifts of up to fifteen hours a day. To keep the workers’ stamina up through these grueling sessions the mill owners introduced the tea-break. An invigorating cup of tea with added sugar for energy. Unfortunately the earthenware mugs…

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