Helping busy parents
The one thing I got warned about the most being a parent was the devastation Mini-G was going wreak on my time. Apparently a baby is a time-sink like Candy Crush but not as expensive. I don’t play...
View ArticleIt’s Panto time – oh no it’s not
Christmas in a bi-national home is pretty standard. Many of the traditions from either side of the Atlantic cross over with very little difference. There are few little touches that don’t make the...
View Article2015 Goals (not resolutions)
Despite my New Year Humbuggery I do like to have a set of vague goals for the upcoming months. I call them goals because this makes it hurt less when I fail to meet one, naming them resolutions just...
View ArticleGet a haircut
I have reached a worrying point in my coiffure evolution, I have left getting a hair cut too long and now every part of my mane is reaching length that is making it both unmanageable and stupid...
View ArticleRoad Rage, or Set it to Rights
When you are faced by the madness caused by crazy people you have two options, you can put up with the madness and let it slide or try to do something about it. For the most part I am of the former...
View ArticleBroken, or Weaving the Threads
It comes in threes, that’s what I’ve always been told. Whether it is buses, triplets or Peter Jackson Tolkien adaptations we are told to expect a trio of happenings. This saying is nonsense, it is...
View Article50 things a Geek should know
Ambling around the internet I came upon a very interesting pseudo-infographic from a company trying to get some cheap PR and SEO by talking about a random subject thinly connected to their business. It...
View ArticleThe Tough Mother Challenge
I’ve got mad at another “Look at men, they are useless and they’re terrible parents, shall we help them to be better girls?” kind of article today. This all because of the “Tough Mother” challenge that...
View ArticleThose Bachelor Days, or Linger
Tonight is the last night for a week where I have parental responsibility, the Feliciraptor will be spending a few nights at Grandma G’s and then she and Mrs G are off to Berlin for a few days leaving...
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