Saturday, 28 June 2014

Staying in, watching Frozen with daughter №2

Speaking as a musician, I think the quarter finals should be called demisemifinals. And the round of sixteen would then clearly be the hemidemisemifinals.

Wednesday, 25 June 2014

how is it possible that this mouse has eaten all the peanut butter off the mouse trap and yet not triggered the trap? I think we're dealing with a higher form of intelligence here.

Just to show that the BBC does occasionally cover issues of social importance </irony>

A craze for 'loom bands'

Monday, 23 June 2014

Sweeping up glass on the bike paths.

Broken glass scattered on a bike path
My gloved hand, wielding a brush to sweep up the glass

Saturday, 21 June 2014

School fundraising ceilidh. Still the most nerve-wracking gig ever.

Monday, 16 June 2014

There is no reason to rejoin the male Ents. In their male folly they have joined an international war over a piece of jewelry and will surely be destroyed.

What Became of The Entwives: Political Lesbianism

Wednesday, 11 June 2014

Manchester Ceilidh with Fortuna Grove.

Freemasons Hall, Manchester, United Kingdom

I must stop getting caught up in bike races with much younger men on my commute. I never come out of it with any dignity.

Thursday, 5 June 2014

For historians: the cover of the New Yorker, 15 July 1944, illustrating D-Day in the style of the Bayeux Tapestry.

Hark! A Vagrant

Tuesday, 3 June 2014