Monthly Archives: November 2006

Bad Parenting Tips

Posted on November 27, 2006 by blogmywiki

No.2 in an occasional series If you are bothered by your small children insisting on climbing into your bed in the middle of the night, deter them with water pistols. I mean, it works with cats…

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A blogger blogs, always

Posted on November 23, 2006 by blogmywiki

Well, actually no. It strikes me that many bloggers feel they must Blog Come What May, even if that means that most of their posts run to this format: person A has done something cool; person B has noticed this … Continue reading →

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Ha!

Posted on November 22, 2006 by blogmywiki

Originally uploaded by oliorchard. The comments on this photo on Flickr had me sniggering into my Waitrose Côtes du Rhone… (I found this when surfing for photos taken with a Fuji A607 – thanks to Euan I discovered you can … Continue reading →

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Blintsday

Posted on November 17, 2006 by blogmywiki

Today is the 17th of November. It’s my eldest son’s birthday. But also his class mate Molly’s birthday, and the birthday of Hugh, who he plays rugby with. They were all born on the same day, but Hugh is as … Continue reading →

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Shallow age

Posted on November 14, 2006 by blogmywiki

I’m pretty sure that when I watched the TV adaptation of the Iain Banks novel The Crow Road when it first aired in 1996, I fancied the intelligent, feisty Ashley Watt (played by Valerie Edmond). Watching it again tonight on … Continue reading →

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