Are you a hopeless romantic? Is Valentine’s Day an overly commercialised holiday, taking advantage of people? Is it a day devoted to that most chaotic of emotions, love? Is it bawdy? Is it sickly? Is it somewhere in-between? In my house, Valentine’s Day is not wildly celebrated, save for the offerings of cards, chocolates, maybe […]
Today, this meerkat is in Malta, and is being chased by a Golfu! Malta has many mysterious, legendary creatures in its history, and they all might have made for an intriguing post, but I decided to go with the Golfu. The Golfu is an owl, but an owl with a difference. It is said that […]
It’s been a minute since I’ve written about mythical creatures, so I thought I’d continue my alphabetical voyage, which takes us to Laos. Laos is home to tales of the mighty and fierce Nāga. Nāgas are usually depicted as half human, half serpent beings, though the word Nāga means snake in in Sanskrit, which may […]
You have three magic genie wishes, what are you asking for? I have a funny feeling I’ve answered this before, but I might as well answer it now, seeing as the opportunity is there. The cop-out answer would be more wishes, or more genies, but there’s a clever answer, should you wish to exploit the […]
For as long as I can remember, from virtually the moment I stepped into the working world, this meerkat has heard the message ‘we will soon be a paperless environment’. I swear each and every time I heard that, there ended up being more paperwork instead. The idea behind a paperless environment is not that […]
I was picking up up daughter from school the other month, and it occurred to me that over the course of the day, I paid for a few things, without once exchanging coins or notes. It also occurred to me that this is now virtually the norm in UK society, but is that necessarily a […]
What alternative career paths have you considered or are interested in? Once upon a time, I would have loved to be a train driver. I never actively pursued this career, and in many ways I am glad I didn’t, for I imagine the reality of it does not fit the romantic view of it in […]
What food would you say is your specialty? Does a peanut butter sandwich count? What about peanut butter on toast? I don’t think I have a ‘signature dish’. I know how to throw things in the oven, or in the frying pan. Sometimes these things even become edible!
Come and Muse with me! What’s been happening ‘kats? Extra Work If there is one thing I truly cannot stand, it’s when extra work is created for me, through the actions – or errors – of others. This happened a couple of weeks ago with price changes at work. After replacing and updating point of […]
What major historical events do you remember? There have been quite a few major events in my lifetime, some of which I remember more than others, on account of age. I wish I could say these events were all happy ones, but unfortunately the standout historical memories of major events are grim, sad ones. That […]
In the not so distant future, I will have been blogging at Meerkat Musings for TEN years. That's sort of scary. I never set out to reach a milestone like that, but ten years on, Meerkat Musings feels like my home-on-the-web, so to speak. #BloggingCommunity
Now, this I find difficult. Of those I have tried, which admittedly is not many, I am rather fond of McDonald's fries, though Burger King's have grown on me.
Suspicious Minds You may be wondering where I am going with this. Well, this relates to possible efforts to get into some of my accounts. Specifically, I had an email alerting me to someone who tried, and failed, to access my mobile phone account. Going back further, I’ve had sporadic emails alerting me to attempts […]
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