Archive for November, 2006

Monday, 27th November, 2006

St Dweezil

I may have mentioned before (here and here) my theory that giving your children stupid names is somewhat akin to child abuse. I’m glad to see that I’m not alone here and that noted teacher Frank Chalk has declared the 21st of November St Dweezil’s day to shame those who would foist absurd monikers on [...]

Friday, 24th November, 2006

SWMBO Nutbag

Further proof, if any were needed, that SWMBO is a nutbag.
We’ve had an upturn in the temperature around these parts recently, in fact a couple of days this week would have been labelled "scorchers" by any British red-top newspaper worthy of its salt. This morning she asked what the temperature was going to be [...]

Monday, 13th November, 2006

Like Son, Like Father

I think I know where JFGP gets his extreme fondness for television from. Me.
How can you not love a medium that gives us something like tonight’s episode of MythBusters which is apparently called "Whirlpool of Death".
If you are unfortunate enough to miss or otherwise not view this masterpiece you can read all about [...]

Tuesday, 7th November, 2006

Going to the Chapel

Or, in this case, the golf club. I’ve put my photos of Mark and Sophie’s wedding up on flickr as this set. According to my count that means I don’t have to post another photo of the day until some time in late January.

Sunday, 5th November, 2006

Kiddies on the Beach

Kiddies on the beach. Hosted on Zooomr
Welcome to another photo of the day. This one is of our favourite boys and girls at Clontarf beach. It was a little hot so we had retired from the water and were sitting under the trees having snacks. Which was nice.
Of course, the snacks weren’t enough, and I [...]