Category Archives: General

Test migration

Hosting has moved, so this should appear on the new system and not the old

Animated

I took a lot of pictures of Oscar running across a field towards me. Most of them weren’t worth keeping on their own merit, but when put together….

Therapy

A week away from home does wonders for the veggies. At least, it does when you have a week of a mix of rain and sunshine and somebody popping in to water things when there’s no rain. Of course, the weeds had the same benefits so this morning I mowed the lawn and did some… Read More »

The things people do at work…

I found this on top of the soap dispenser in the toilet at work. I removed it, partly because I didn’t want to run the risk of the next visitor thinking I’d left it behind 😉 I thought about using it for a prank, or emailing the office mailing list to let whoever left it… Read More »

Swine flu

Seems like Hannah’s almost certainly got swine flu. She was up puking several times last night and has most of the expected symptoms. The NHS have taken the stance that containment isn’t working so they’re giving Tamiflu to anybody reporting symptoms. Hopefully the Tamiflu will help in a day or two. I’m hoping that Oscar… Read More »

OCD?

Is this normal for a 2 year old? Normally, the fridge magnets are strewn across the front of the fridge, dishwasher and floor. Oscar obviously took issue with that..

Self-medicating toddlers

We were up until 3 the night before last, with an Oscar who was refusing to sleep. He was being infuriating, but also unbearably cute. Some time after 2am, he sat up and said: “I’m not feeling very well. I need some Calpol, some Piriton and some Neurofen”. He’s 2 years and 4 months old… Read More »

Knowledge is power

I was in a local charity shop with Oscar the other evening, while Hannah was next door buying some groceries. Hannah has been wanting some kind of single volume encyclopedia to enhance her general knowledge and I found something pretty good; The Reader’s Digest Illustrated Dictionary of Essential Knowledge for £1.50. Thus armed, I wandered… Read More »

RHCA

I am now an RHCA I wanted to be as blasé about it as when I got my RHCE but I’m just not. It feels damn good to have joined the l33t ranks of around 170 RHCAs worldwide. It was hard work, and my brain is hurting.