Brad Pitt OK, let’s get the jokes out of the way first. I know Glasgow is often in the grip of madness, but this is different. And, yes, any number of zombie gags were funny the first time… Brad Pitt has arrived in Glasgow to make his latest film World War Z. The centre of […]
I hate house work more with each passing day
Today I got a new thing of wonder – a tablet computer gizmo. It’s, frankly, astounding. It plays videos, goes online, connects me with everyone and even turns itself into a book at bedtime. It takes pictures and tells me where I should be and when.For those of us old enough to remember the first […]
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Sock mystery solved, a few more to go
For fox sake… That’s it then, a domestic mystery solved. It seems that some 5000 socks and pants (yes pants!) turn up in our drains every year. This accounts for the weekly dating game I play with the lonely solo garments… and why no matter how hard you try, there are always an increasing number […]
Toasting the toaster…. bravo to Breville… and well done mum
And not a little respect to my mother, the Dowager Duchess of the Palace of Bundance… It was lunch time at her place and her grandsons One, Two and Six were hungry again. “What can I feed them?” she asked perhaps a little concerned that at least two of them have locust-like appetites. “Cheese?” I […]
Silent Sunday
Men Behaving Reasonably – sitcom women fight back
Do you remember Terry and June? Margo and Jerry? Victor Meldrew and Margaret? Of course you do… Then there was Basil, Sybil and the rest… It was the stuff of Saturday evenings on the sofa. The family gathered enjoying time together. Let’s face it, there wasn’t a choice then – if you didn’t like what […]