Powdered wombat guts and other sources of feelings of wellbeing
Posted in Misc on Nov 13th, 2008
I got an email this morning with a subject
Exact match
The upshot is that I have a previously unknown relation in… Oregon.
It turns out that since we are an exact match for the genetic loci used by familytreedna they copied him on the posting of the results to the website, and I ended up reading his [...]
Posted in Misc on Dec 27th, 2007
The cat summoned us in the night with a few distressed mews as he lay on the dining room floor. We turned on the light and stayed with him. The lady who hated cats when I met her shed a tear and stroked him as he died.
Yes, he knew we were there
I reassured her as [...]
Posted in Misc on Dec 26th, 2007
And so it is the day after.
Christmas has been and gone, as has the prodigal son. He brought a puppy. It peed, of course, but mostly on the newspaper put down for it, and stole slippers, and tried to dig to China under the table, and looked altogether pixilited with himself when allowed to watch [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 16th, 2007
The lady of the house went out yesterday saying
I’m leaving the door open for the cat, just so you don’t shut him out.
“Has he packed?” I asked. “Give him some money!”
Alas, there’s not much chance of him taking off. He just goes out to stick his claws in the neighbour’s doormats. He’s 17 and has [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 13th, 2007
The latest topic getting attention from journalists and the chattering classes in Britain is couples not living together. Several celebrity couples are now living next door to each other and, now that this is a trend, non-celebrities who have been living apart for years are being interviewed and celebrated. You can spot the sex question [...]
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