Let me tell you a story. It's Sunday 30th Jan 2012. We were invited to a friend's house overnight and Amy was left in charge of the house with her boyfriend Jason as of Saturday night. David and Derri had been instructed to wash their bedding and Amy was clearing off her bed to give her mattress to David. Both boys were instructed to get bedding in the wash on Sunday morning after their breakfasts.   Both had to be reminded to do it and then Derri did it without any problems. ... Read More

I was born on the 17th December.  What else made this day special? Births: 1944 – Bernard Hill, English actor 1945 – Ernie Hudson, American actor 1953 – Bill Pullman, American actor 1972 – Laurie Holden, American actress 1973 – Paula Radcliffe, English runner 1974 – Giovanni Ribisi, American actor 1975 – Milla Jovovich, Ukrainian-born actress 1987 – Bradley Manning, American soldier, leaked information ... Read More

Again, an email conversation at work prompted this post today. " Two centuries ago, a somewhat obscure Scotsman named Tytler made this profound observation: 'A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the majority discovers it can vote itself largess out of the public treasury. After that, the majority always votes for the candidate promising the most benefits with the result the democracy collapses because of the loose fiscal policy ensuing, ... Read More

What would we be without Christmas, eh? I'll tell you. Richer. Middle of a recession. Everyone moaning about money (or lack thereof). Prices and bills going through the roof. But we (as a nation) STILL have the money to shell out on Christmas gubbins. OK, that's out of the way. It's been a while since my last post. That's because my little world is changing. Amy's pregnant, David is at college (and doing quite well) and Anne is trying to get treatment for a year-long ... Read More

I'm wholesale ripping off someone else's post today. Not for lack of ideas, but... Oh, just read the bloody thing. You'll get it. The post is by David Morgan-Mar, an Australian webcomic artist and physicist. He is discussing the creative process behind a guest comic created by his non-comic artist friend Andrew Shellshear. "The hardest thing about being creative is not coming up with ideas. Coming up with ideas is easy. You can come up with dozens of ideas in a lunch hour. ... Read More