A post from 2013, but this week Facebook reminded me that it was 10 years since I first posted a status – back in the day when you’d be happy to be poked by a chum. I thought it could do with another airing. A good eye, deer. What did we do before Facebook? I […]
Royal prank – horrible story but no one committed murder
No one dialed for murder And not even nearly…The news that the nurse who was taken in by prank calling Australian DJ’s may have committed suicide is truely awful. Not least because she leaves two teenage children.But there’s a savage noise building. It’s the sound of howls of indignation and outrage as Tweeters bay for […]
Teenagers: the stereotype is true
At first when you get a baby (once the colic and breastfeeding misery is over with) it is really rather lovely. They smile sweetly and you adore them. People say “just you wait for the Terrible Twos”, but you ignore them. Your cute little butter ball couldn’t possibly have a tantrum. Then he does – […]
Royal Wedding: a tale of two cities.
Where were you when Kate and Wills got hitched? It’s going to be one of those – Chas and Di, Di dead, Piper Alpha, Dunblane or 9/11 questions. I’m quite pleased my children will remember that they were on the sofa with their mother. I started my day about as ambivalent as a person can […]
Social media: so much noise, only one pair of ears
Do you tweet, facebook, blog, email or text? Of course you do, we all do. But it’s all starting to get too much. It’s taking so long to keep on top of it all, the Panther of News is starting to call himself an internet widower. He’s over there on the sofa with Professor Cox […]