My idiot cat (one of my idiot cats) has just fallen off the roof. Excited by the prospect of an unexpolored egress, she leapt for the unusually open velux window, and soon found a slate roof offers c… (View Post)

'The exception that proves the rule' doesn't mean what most people think it means. The phrase comes from the old-fashioned sense of the word prove meaning 'test' (see also &#… (View Post)

@Leon - as you're around, was reflecting today in the joys of living at 53 degrees north in winter. A beautiful sunrise has segued seamlessly into a stunning sunset; the colours in the sky have … (View Post)

Reason to fear SKSLab #1: "we want more harder lockdowns". Reason to fear SKSLab #2: that picture of him and Ange jumping on the George Floyd bandwagon. Reason to fear SKSLab #3: his decryi… (View Post)

My first kiss was with a girl called Tanja, a German exchange student of Polish origin, aged 14, in the girls' hockey changing rooms at school at some Anglo-German party arranged by the school t… (View Post)