It looked such an innocuous little bump. My God, it was only 427m high! We used to swallow up those wee molehills on our way to much bigger things. It created mayhem did Dumgoyne…the little sod. . . . It was all the fault of Cap’n Jack of course. He opted to tackle it head [...]
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Time for a Wee Break
February 17, 2012
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You may have noticed a distinct lack of posts on the blog during the past few weeks. We’re taking a break. I know, I know…for some of you this is the equivalent of the end of the world as you know it so you might as well find the nearest window and defenestrate yourself with [...]
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Just Your Average Supermarket Conversation
January 25, 2012
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“Ah feed them tae ma bearded dragon!” My hand stopped inches above the open box of Tesco courgettes as my brain tried desperately to digest the meaning of this sudden and unexpected supermarket conversation-opener. It appeared to come from somewhere to my right…and down. I turned and found jammed against me a short, round, bespectacled [...]
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“New” Blogs We Like – French Leave
January 20, 2012
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For a while now I’ve been trawling the internet looking for blogs that appeal to my sense of humour or that I just find…interesting. I’ve discovered these are scarcer than the proverbial hen’s teeth! There are blogs out there with hundreds, yes hundreds, of followers but the writing therein would bore the backside off an [...]
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The Formation of Black Holes and The Triumph of The Muffin Man
January 20, 2012
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Some weeks are just like that…that downward spiral of events that should, in theory, have you deciding enough is enough say, by Tuesday. This week should have been one of them but for some peculiar reason the bleak, end it all, mood failed to materialise. Monday, as you are all very well aware by now, [...]
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