Back Soon

In the meantime, there are lots of nice pictures to look at here.

Happy New Year.

Hold On a Minute

There are many more bits of this over here.

Too Much Certainty, Too Few Teaspoons

(This is a very long post, but, as I'm going down the coast for a bit and then it's Christmas, it may have to last

Freecycle and the Younger Generation

I have resisted my addiction to Freecycle for a long time now, but today I gave in. Once more I am glued to

Tristram Shandy's Dad's Opinion

Inspired by this post at the incomparable Anecdotal Evidence blog, I have started reading Tristram Shandy

A Bit More

I've put three more bits of this over here.

Words and Phrases, a Continuing Series

I'm not sure the thing I'm objecting to today is actually a phrase so much as a franchise. It's certainly not a

Tribbles and the Tin Man

Having headed a post 'The Name Game' yesterday, I was surprised to see this, on opening my daughter's

The Name Game

It gave me a shock to meet a grown-up Merlin the other day. I remember when I first heard the name

More Quacking

The other day I had a bit of a moan about my experiences with efficient but rather chilly doctors.Then I

Mystified

In the 24 November, 2012 edition of The Week there is a page devoted to the new Archbishop of

Gosh

Last night someone - not an Australian patriotic zealot, but an Austrian, I should point out - told me that

Motheaten

Having been literally overwhelmed by requests (if you consider 17 requests, not including friends and

Smear Tactics

Everyone's into smear these days - Conrad Black says it was smear that condemned him to the clink, our

Not Quite Wasted

There are mornings when you wake up to find that overnight, rather than cooling down, it has somehow