Friday, November 14, 2025 • 2 min read
Time I woke up: 5:05 a.m. First thing I did upon waking: Go for a pee … no, seriously. I have a bladder the size of a thimble. Today’s weather: Overcast with light snow. Something I spent money on today: Groceries. An out-of-the-ordinary thing that happened today: I had to drink old Earl Gray teabags as I’ve run out of my usual Moroccan mint. Last thing I read (not on the Internet): The back of a box of teabags (Twinnings).
Thursday, November 13, 2025 • 3 min read
It’s funny how we find these kinds of topics sometimes the most fascinating. I mean, who doesn’t love the smell of a good soap? Well, I don’t. I find most soap overly perfumed. Some even make me gag, their scent so strong. So, just what are my 5 top and bottom smells? Well, I thought you would never ask: TOP FIVE No. 4711 — My mother’s favourite cologne, is the original cologne made in Germany more than 228 years ago.
Wednesday, November 12, 2025 →
You have to be careful screaming into the void once too often … it has a tendency to scream back. And believe me when I say, no one wants that!
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When I need a humour boost there’s nowhere on the planet that delivers better than over on McSweeny’s. Today I discovered the veritable laugh out loud list: Oxymorons for 2025. A list that will have you wetting your pants or, at the very least, shedding a tear or two, or even, a dull snigger.
Go forth ye peasant and rejoice.
— em dashes forever!
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Saturday, November 8, 2025 • 3 min read
I casually mentioned online the other day to Scott that my alter ego, 8 year old Alex, loves to pull pranks on people. This particular, some would say, unsavoury trait started early on in my life. And for good reason. It was more about revenge on my older brothers who, themselves, love to prank me, their younger sweet innocent sister. Was I ever sweet and innocent? Who knows. The thing is, when we lived abroad, which was pretty much all my young life, we lived in countries prone to hosting a lot of creepy crawly insects and really BIG bugs.
I have adulted this morning …
I just paid my credit card!
Tuesday, November 4, 2025 • 2 min read
Just to let you know our flood of yesterday afternoon lasted about 15 minutes. However, it took maintenance over an hour to respond to our frantic call to the front desk. An hour! And then, when he knocked, he arrived with nothing. Not so much as a torch, helpful towel, or maintenance trolly. He spent exactly a minute inspecting both bathrooms, pronounced he needed to go and … came back 30 minutes later with … his phone!
We’re right in the middle of a flood happening right now in our guest bathroom. Water is literally cascading through the fan on the ceiling onto the toilet and floor below, pooling.
Oh, the OH just shouted through that it’s now coming into the main bathroom through the adjoining wall …
We phoned the front desk here, in the main building and, they told us the plumbing crew is on another job we’ll have to wait.
We’ll have to wait? Are they fucking kidding me? I’m sorely tempted to phone 911 and call the fire brigade in.
Jesus F. H. Christ …
Oh, look, my butt’s buzzing … it seems I forgot my phone was in my back pocket and, well, I sat on it.
No harm done, nothing seems to be broken or squished, including my butt.
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Sunday, June 1, 2025 • 1 min read
I’m delighted to see Robert back blogging on micro blog again. And not only that, he’s once again hosting Junited 2025 in which he’s encouraging us to share links to our favourite blogs and post. Check it out, and join in. Check out my Junited 2025 page for more.