"Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down." ~ Oprah Winfrey It has occurred to me recently that I haven't heard from a number of people who I used to be very close to… Continue reading Just Say Something
"A happy arrangement: many people prefer cats to other people, and many cats prefer people to other cats." ~ Mason Cooley Interesting fact of the day - early childhood exposure to cats infected with a bacteria called Toxoplasma gondii could be a factor in the development of schizophrenia in later life. The bacteria can be… Continue reading Which Came First, the Crazy or the Cats?
(Image Credit: Lori Welbourne) "If we just sit and exist, and understand that, I think it will be helpful in a world that seems like a record that's going faster and faster, we're spinning off the edge of the universe." ~ Martin Scorsese Life is like a set of spinning plates. There's a plate for… Continue reading Life Is Like A Set Of Spinning Plates
“There are two kinds of people I don't trust: people who don't drink and people who collect stickers.” ~ Chelsea Handler Make-Up and Mirtazapine is not my first attempt at writing a blog. A couple of years ago I slipped a disc in my back and was pretty much immobilised for about four months. At… Continue reading Why I’m Giving Up The Demon Drink
Too many of the inhabitants of the blogosphere seem to be miserable this week, and I don't like it. So I'm hosting a tea party to try to cheer everyone up. If you want to join in, it's easy. All you need to do is bake a cake like the one above - here's the… Continue reading You’re All Invited to My Tea Party
Why do so many people own bathroom scales? What is the point of them? I mean, I know they tell you how much you weigh, but why do you need to know to the nearest kilogram? Competitive fighters need to know, and jockeys. They have to weigh in before they can do their thing. But… Continue reading A Useless Object?
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