Left wing, Right wing, Northrend.

I wanted to take the time to write a blog entry which fully and cogently dealt with my feelings about both sides of the political spectrum in this country, and the associated rather martinet-like figures that arise to tread the political stage and stridently declaim thereon. But this gnome warlock…

Bike Repair Log: Gear Change

Repaired: Gearchange mechanism and interconnect to transmission. Gearchange mounting bracket. Left footpeg now present. Outcome: No longer stuck in third gear unless you manually move the selector on the transmission with vice grips. Can now actually change gear normally, and also have a place to rest your left foot while…

Taxonomic Nomenclature

Cat #1 Actual name: Pippin Nicknames: Pip. Pipper. Pipkin. Pip-pip. Senor Pip. The Pipmeister. Pippolous Pippleby. Hateful Face. Cat #2 Actual name: Merry (Alias: Monty) Nicknames: Merman. Merp. Monkey. Mon. Monarch of the Glen. Mermonman. Montague. Monster. Worried Face.…

Stay a while ... and listen.

Oh, hello. I didn’t see you there. [I’m leaving this as it was, though I have now imported this stuff from tumblr to wordpress, in order to try it out. ] This is my new tumblr blog. I’m reliably informed that tumblr is what livejournal should have been,…

Impromptu AND delicious

A recipie, from the files of JSR: Ingredients: – 1 x Some CHICKEN – 1 x A packet of CHICKEN SOUP – 1 x Some OTHER SHIT Instructions: Get HUNGRY. Wonder what to EAT. Decide to have a BATH instead of dinner. Get out of the bath after playing some PLANTS vs ZOMBIES.…

..and back again.

Pippin, the missing cat, has returned! She was gone for over two days, and returned filthy, covered in biddy-bids, upset and weak (she couldn’t jump up on the bed) and with some blood on her face. My current theory is that she was up a too-tall tree that was…

Cats, Kids and Collars.

Annette burst into tears today over the still-missing cat. And so I was staunch and comforting and patted her on the back and said, “I know, I know” and I was all noble and looked into the middle distance, as one does. She’s just gone out to post her…