Dislike and Hate – how do they differ? Dislike is a feeling of aversion. Hate is an emotion of extreme hostility. I really, really dislike Brussels Sprouts and cleaning toilets. I can’t […]
Dislike Vs Hate Quotations
There are Always Consequences
I don’t offer these thoughts because I want to offend anyone – simply wondering what the consequences will be for politics in the United States once the dust has cleared… I believe […]
This, That and the Other #8 – Amazon, Time, Video: Invention of Ikea
THIS: If it wasn’t for the delivery guys, our social life would be almost zilch. The only upside to Covid is that many retailers have made online shopping really easy! We don’t […]
We Have the Right
To Remove ‘Do Not Remove’ Stickers Thanks to Tim Allen (on Twitter) for featuring this poster from iFixit. iFixit is a site that wants to help people repair things. They are building […]
This, That and the Other #7 – Moose, Snow and Halloween
This: We had one more day of being ‘Hostage to the Moose’, though by mid day they had all settled down together, well away from the truck. We drove to town and […]
Halloween Quotations
Be sure to stock up on loads of sweets for Halloween so you have something to eat while hiding in the wardrobe. – Rob Temple, Very British Problems, @SoVeryBritish, tweet, 2019 – […]
Moose to the Left, Moose to the Right!
We’ve lived at the Red House for almost 30 years. For the first 20 years, Moose were an urban legend as far as I was concerned. The neighbours all talked about them, […]
Mirthy Monday – It’s a Dog’s Life
I nearly kicked my dog out. But we renegotiated the terms of his leash. Don’t drop snacks on the floor on game day—you don’t want to end up with a wide retriever!
Who is this Dark Stranger? (A Red-tailed Hawk Dines in our Yard)
A dark brown shape, a jumble of wings and talons. Flying feathers, uprooted autumn leaves, a flurry of snow. When the ‘dust’ cleared, I realized it was a rather large hawk, and […]
An Eggsellent Arrangement of Eggs
I’ve done quite a few blog posts about Eggs over the years. In a post called Playing with the Word Egg I noted that “Nature recognized that the Egg was eggsactly the […]
