Art and Cooking

Should that be the art of cooking, or maybe the cooking of art? No, not that last one. That might be seen as bad (and it won’t taste pleasant). I’ve been continuing to doodle, and during this lockdown I’ve dabbled at cookery too. Admittedly the chief extent of my cooking has been to chuck random […]

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When Gatekeepers turn Nasty

Well, perhaps I should say nastier. Some observations have yielded a spot of misogynistic body-shaming, namely by attacking the weight of DSC character Sylvia Tilly (and therefore by extension, the actress who plays her, Mary Wiseman). Firstly, I’m not sure by what yardstick they can describe her as ‘fat’, unless that yardstick is based on […]

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The Relief Factor

At last, a few days later than planned, the new laptop is here! It’s got some punch to it, so I can sink my teeth into my writing with more ease. I think I’ve done quite well using the phone, but it’s not comfortable, whereas typing is (at least, it is to me). I can […]

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Covid Conversations

So on Twitter, this happened… oh look another one and you are the last person i expected to be singing from the same sheet as @piersmorgan shut it karen. they have a tough job already and you aint helping from your soap box whinge bag the virus is apolitical anyone in charge would have had […]

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Did he say *that*?

We have a serious suggestion from Donald Trump about injecting disinfectant to stop Covid-19. This comes from a man who barely knows anything about anything, and yet, you know people will listen to his mind-numbingly stupid suggestions. This kind of absurd, ignorant ‘help’ will cost people their lives. It’s the latest in a long line […]

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Khaaaaaaaaaaaan!

Sometimes, no expletive can do a situation justice. Just when you think an ongoing, annoying problem is resolved, a new variation on it rears its ugly head. Having had our water supply sorted, and enjoying powerful water pressure once more, we thought that situation was over. Instead, well, recall I mentioned expletives earlier? Fucking McFucky […]

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