Gore Warning: don’t read on if you’re likely to be upset by the description of an injury! So one of my cats lost its tail this morning. Completely. Not just the tail, but the first couple of vertebrae from the … Continue reading
My father, Bill, died in the small hours of Wednesday morning, UK time, in a nursing home in Tasmania with June, his wife, and Ann, his daughter, by his bedside. It was as though he’d waited for Ann to arrive … Continue reading
The Guardian: Increasing numbers of women admit to being hooked on internet porn. Why is this happening, and where are they finding help? Why are they using pron? Hmmm… Note also that when women view porn they need help but … Continue reading
Sorry, I’m just inundated with work.
Christopher Hitchens has had to cancel two public appearances, both at fairly short notice, and his latest Slate column failed to appear. Unfortunately, it doesn’t look good. My thoughts are with him and with those close to him.
After a long decline in a nursing home, my father is probably in his last few days now. His mental faculties declined, through remembering his childhood, to a stage now where he’s counting aloud a lot, and that’s about it, … Continue reading
In New Orleans: Students at St. Augustine’s High School in New Orleans are fighting to preserve a decades old tradition: using the paddle to discipline students. St. Augustine’s, a private all male and predominately black Catholic school, is the only school … Continue reading
A austere character – he deemed jam “effeminate” and replaced his lost eye with a glass one from a stuffed albatross From a particularly good Telegraph obit.
I’ve been too busy to think about posting; here’s some stuff from elsewhere: Rumsfeld interviewed by MSNBC. Marx is dead. Ghaddafi’s dress sense This one wasn’t included… from the delightful S. Weasel: Speaking of batshit crazy, here’s Ahmadenijad today: How … Continue reading
I can’t leave Humphrey out. He’s a rescue too, was in poor condition and about 7 years old when I got him. I didn’t expect him to last long, thinking it would be a comfortable couple of years for the poor old … Continue reading