From left the teeth were in apple juice, vinegar, coke, water and milk Things we learned from our dental experiment. No one knows what to do with their children’s baby teeth. That is no one except sister-in-law A (aka Healthandsafety) who suggested we carry out an experiment on ours. What else would you do? Make […]
We need to talk about Black Friday
Inadvertent wisdom – the same difference again
It was one of those half-hearted attempts to encourage wholesome activity in Boy Three. A pathetic plea to do something that doesn’t involve doing battle in cartoonish worlds, listening to shouty American YouTubers, or both. “Draw me a picture. Just, you know, how you feel, or something… “ and off he went. I’d forgotten the […]
Making a spectacle (or pair of spectacles) – things I’ve learned lately
It’s May the Fourth today. This, apparently, means something to those members of the population who have seen any of the Star Wars films. I haven’t but that doesn’t mean I’m not aware of the general idea – glow-in-the-dark swords and creatures too clever to bother with syntax. What it means to me, is an […]
