How did that happen? That cute little baby that featured on the cover of Nevermind is now 20 years old. That can’t be right: I remember so vividly when Nirvana released this, and it certainly didn’t feel like it was…
Oh baby, how time flies
Category: Just me
Posts about me, my family and friends (yes I have some), Seymour the Wonder Cat and his not-so-trusty sidekick Norman the Newbie Cat and life in general, both online and offline
Neener, neener, neener … we won
That was way too scary but I suppose it was a game of two halves and rugby was the winner on the day. Well, actually, we were the winners. I’ve just finished work and while I’m pleased the Rugby World…
Cleaning shit up
As you may have noticed, we’ve had a wee change around and a bit of a makeover. Kind of like Nip/Tuck but without all the nakedness, shagging and dirty dealings. Anyhoo, I decided to keep the monkeys because, well, I…
Scheduled outage September 8
There’s a security update happening on the server that hosts this site on Thursday night (September 8). I’ll be offline for just a minute or two somewhere between 10pm and 11pm.
The missing link
Wondering where all the book reviews have gone? They now have their very own home at Books By George. I’ll be tweaking the site over the next few weeks but don’t let that put you off. Oh, and I’m thinking…
Time flies and people are just plain weird
My parents used to mutter comments about the speed at which time passes as you get older and I had always believed it was simply something old people said. However, I now find myself saying the same things, which leads…
Books on the move
We no longer run a book reviews section on The Southland Times website so I’m going to separate out the books section here and keep all my reviews in a separate blog. I’ll keep you posted!
Pussies galore
There’s something quite disconcerting about waking up with three cats in your bed when you actually own just two cats. The neighbours have a fairly new, fairly small kitten. She took a liking to the big hairy bloke I’m married…
Winter. Cough.
It’s cold, snowy and I’m still recovering from whatever lurgie it was that got me a couple of weeks ago. The snow’s been a bit startling, hasn’t it? Norman has been enjoying it, running around like a maniac as her…
We have a bed!
BigSave have given up on waiting for the manufacturer to get it right and have given us a base to go with the be we bought so FINALLY, we have a bed. A usable bed. They’ve also had the side…