One Brick at a Time

Train companies to run an effective service. 95% on time still means at least one train an hour is going to be delayed. Pretty crap, really.
Taxi drivers to actually follow the rules of the road. Those funny blinking lights on the sides of your car? They’re to indicates your intentions, you arse!
Anyone who drives while [...]

Sorry.
I did mean to keep this thing up-to-date – really, I did. But… well, other things kept getting in the way.
So, what have I been up to these last few months? Well, I’ll start with the last week, and maybe I’ll write more about previous months, later – though experience tends to suggest I probably [...]

This entry will get a little gruesome, so unless you are a doctor or you’re writing a hospital-based horror/drama, you might want to click away.
So, here I am in York Hospital. I’m here for a nosebleed, and when I came in a few hours ago I felt a bit guilty about taking up the nurses’ [...]

So, we headed out to the hospital with Lana at about 10.40, as we were told to be on the ward for 11.00. As we neared the hospital we got a call from the ward nurse to say we wouldn’t be able to see the opthalmologist until 1.30, so no need to come in until [...]

In happier news, it was our turn to see Verity’s teacher yesterday at the parent/teacher thingummie. Outstanding results all round – she’s way ahead of where she should be, academically, particularly with her reading, writing (she loves to write stories) and her maths. In fact, her maths is so good they’re putting her on the [...]

So, what with one thing or another, the whole family has had some sort of minor illness over the last few weeks – we’ve all had colds and flu-type things, and my 2-yr old (Lana) had a mild case of chickenpox.
As Lana was coming to the end of her chickenpox, though, I noticed something odd [...]

I did mean to update this thing more often, you know – but I’m doing better than I used to, so it’s a positive start, I guess.
Just a few catchy-uppy things.
My 5-yr old (”I’m five and a half, Daddy!”) impressed me a short while back. She decided she wanted to try to con the tooth [...]

Well, 2009 has been quite a year. Unlike pretty much all of my local friends, my 2009 didn’t suck. In fact, it was the best year I’ve had in ages, despite a brief moment when it looked like 2 of my family might have cancer (they didn’t, thank goodness). In fact, my year has been [...]

There has been a whole lot of debate over the last week or so about the British National Party’s appearance on Question Time.
Now, before I start with my views, I think it important to clarify my particular stance on the subject of the BNP.
First of all, I despise everything the bunch of nasty little shits [...]

So, here I am, back from sunny Zakynthos- and it was lovely and sunny, except for an hour or two when it rained, but it was warm rain, so that’s alright.
A trying holiday in many ways – my 5-yr-old (I’m not 5, I’m nearly 5 and a half, Daddy!) is going through some behavioural issues [...]