What has the solitary and sanitary act of blogging got to do with the intimate, messy business of sex? One you do by yourself in front of a computer and the other is an online diary. *Groan* Heavy-handed metaphor by banoootah_qtr via Flickr But actually the similarity exists and it’s to do with the affect […]
Five problems we didn’t have 10 years ago
Progress is good, isn’t it? You know, clever people coming up with more ingenious things – like being able to print 3D sweeties or ways to send photos to people that they can only see for a few seconds. Before you know it, you’ll wonder how you lived without these magical innovations. However, with every […]
Oi Family, I’m On To You…
This family’s favourite games
Monopoly, snap or sardines? We don’t need any of those games with recognisable rules that other families play. Not here. In the past I’ve written about how we should work harder at playing more. About how we need to get back to the fun in fundamental. But then I realised that actually we five play plenty of […]
It’s bloody rubbish being a grown up
Look, over there. The grass is greener Once upon a time adulthood couldn’t come fast enough – no one to say ‘eat your spuds’, ‘it’s time for bed’. Suiting yourself – short skirts, makeup, joining CND, choosing when you wake up. Now I live among the grown ups all the time. I’ve joined their gang. […]