I know, I know. There really is no excuse worth having. But the gps were very hungry, and when teens are hungry, instant foraging is essential. The McDonalds just happened to be next to the Asda carpark when we stopped in Omagh for essential supplies (read alcohol) en route to Donegal. (I’ve just reread that - [...]
Archive for September, 2008
The rain in Spain…
Published September 27th, 2008 in Communication, Family, Ireland and Miscellaneous stuff. 2 CommentsTri-ing hard
Published September 27th, 2008 in East Lothian, Ireland, Out & about, Running and Triathlon. 2 CommentsIt was Friday morning. The end of a glorious September week of sunshine, calm seas and early morning mists. At about the time that you were all settling down to your desks with that first cup of coffee or struggling with the first class at the end of a long week, I abandoned my duties [...]
Extreme reading No 2
Published September 24th, 2008 in Books, Miscellaneous stuff and ovarian cancer. 0 CommentsI’ve just spotted this on The Fidra Blog, who in turn borrowed it from Steve Augarde’s blog. Enjoy!
Steve Augarde, by the way, is author of the Various trilogy and, when I looked at his website, I realised he also wrote The Tractor Factory, Lifeboat to the Rescue and a number [...]
To boldly go
Published September 10th, 2008 in Boys, Marine biology, Miscellaneous stuff and School. 4 CommentsRead in younger son’s physics homework the other day: “The bench moves you fastly to the start and then slowly back through the…”
Nothing to do with hadrons or black holes, fortunately.
Me: “There’s no such word as ‘fastly’.”
Him: “Yes there is. What’s wrong with fastly?”
Me: “The word’s ‘fast’. But that doesn’t really work [...]
“Have you noticed” said a notoriously tactless and insensitive male of my acquaintance, “Have you noticed that your hair’s rather curly?” I sighed. I tried to summon a suitably withering are-you-an-alien-from-another-galaxy glare. Deep breath. “Well, there are mirrors in our house and, oddly enough, I do tend to take a glance while I’m brushing my [...]
Not a bad day
Published September 5th, 2008 in Islands, Marine biology, Scotland and Working at home. 4 Comments
If it’s not raining in Shetland, it’s “not a bad day”. If you can see across the voe “it’s clearing up nicely”. Perhaps, then, it’s not too surprising that the lead article on the front of the Shetland Times when I was there recently was marvelling at the heat wave, with July temperatures reaching 20.8º C. [...]
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