Hurrah for Friday night, and some more QI. When you’ve reached the final hurdle of the end of the week, it’s nice to sit down and have some reliably (very) funny oddities of the world to learn about, and laugh about. QI appeals for those moments when you just need a little bit of unusual …
Category archives: Moments
Nota bene
I’m ready for next year. This doesn’t mean I’m doing away with Christmas (although an interesting T2 article on doing without it, and music (it being annual No Music Day today), for a limited period of time, in order to enjoy them more on getting them back). A few years ago, I started my Useful …
Good write, bad write
Blogs not quite flowing last night. Having had a not bad first week back after holiday, struggling a bit more this week. The Scottish greyness-that-lasts-mightily has set back in, rather than last week’s sunshine. It’s not quite C S Lewis’ ‘always winter and never Christmas‘ but the mood is a little in that direction – …
Duty v Pleasure
This weekend was a good one for reading things I could nod along with, or better. Kate Muir took potshots at modern coffee houses no longer being places for debate and politicking, but being more about a load of hot milk. (I had been thinking of writing something about feeling excluded from seasonal Starbuck products because …
Rainbows from above
Everyone likes a good rainbow eh? Double ones good value too and all that. Coming back from our recent holiday, we had a new sight – a rainbow from above. You are basically talking a stripy donut shape, but it’s still exciting. Even better – we got to see two different ones, about half an …