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RIP Robbie
We lost Robbie overnight. He was an old boy, napping a lot and slow and stiff when he jumped in and out of his hutch. I thought it was likely he wouldn't see another winter. I found him this morning, cold. Holly was sitting quietly watching him through their porthole window. I lifted him up to her to make sure she understood. She sniffed, then ( Read more... ) -
Muppet movie review (and spoiler alert, I guess, if you get het-up about these things...)
Went to the Muppets Movie last night. It was... Okay. A few bits hit the mark ( Read more... ) -
Hic est Jicama
Oh, hello Livejournal. Long time no see. That'd be my fault. Anyway, where were we? Last episode we were once again rock'n'rolling, which thankfully has recently been at a very low (and increasingly occasional) level ( Read more... ) -
Maybe I'll just post updates every time we have a disaster. That seems regular enough.
So I was getting a lift home with a classmate during the 5.7 and home for the 6.3 yesterday. That one did make me get under the desk. You hear poetic descriptions about houses bucking and plunging like rodeo horses, or boats on the sea, during quakes? Quite accurate really. The wee after-after shocks are ongoing ( Read more... ) -
Well, that's that.
First frost this morning. -
Stuff
A couple of really beautiful days to get into the garden are a nice distraction from the various not-so-good things happening at the moment. It never rains but it pours, to use an entirely inappropriate cliche ( Read more... ) -
Ooops.
Our 20 litre container of boiled (cold) water (necessary since the quake) is sitting on the table in the kitchen. Below it, under the table, is the cat's food bowl. Tonight the inevitable happened. I managed a rather uncoordinated removal of the water jug before I'd turned the container's tap off properly. This is not uncommon - that area is now ( Read more... ) -
On snakeoil salesmen...
Dear people saying "Oh I don't believe it but, just in case, I'm leaving town..." If you're acting on it then, by definition, YOU DO BELIEVE THE CRACKPOT.
Have a dose of information from actual scientists ( Read more... ) -
Facebook
I am scaling back my Facebook contacts. Please don't be offended if you're "scaled back." :-) I'm using Facebook less and less and see most folk on other forums. There's just too much stuff on the newsfeed to trawl though in the limited time I spend there.