Posted by: hilaryusfun on: August 30, 2010
So; if you’re a teenager or indeed know a teenager you’ll have heard of Twilight. I read the books at the urging of Intellectual Colleague, so surprised was I that she’d read them, and well, I read them at a time I had a Lot Going On and they were candyfloss for the brain. I [...]
Posted by: hilaryusfun on: August 27, 2010
Time and energy are a bit short, but all is well. In light of the upcoming weekend, I wanted to share the funniest joke I’ve heard for a while. Why do elephants have big eats? Because Noddy won’t pay the ransom. Happy Bank Holiday all!
Posted by: hilaryusfun on: August 21, 2010
So I was about to write a post about a particular film I enjoyed which I hadn’t expected to. I was going to describe it as a Guilty Pleasure. And then it occurred to me; what on earth do I mean by a guilty pleasure? Well I usually mean a bit of food which isn’t [...]
Posted by: hilaryusfun on: August 16, 2010
Overheard in the doctors surgery, as part of a discussion about registering as a patient; RECEPTIONIST: So, are you Italian? POTENTIAL PATIENT: No, I’m Brazilian RECEPTIONIST: Close enough. POTENTIAL PATIENT: No, actually…. Suddenly I feel good at geography…
Posted by: hilaryusfun on: August 12, 2010
It’s a shame that buns need to be kept in pairs, as all the really good names are for singletons (It’s a shame also that ours don’t realise they’d be happier if they only liked each other. But anyway) There was part of me that wanted a rabbit just so I could call it Starsky. [...]
Posted by: hilaryusfun on: August 9, 2010
So what with the budget being dreadful for women, with women getting raped at festivals, and women being stoned in Iran, my inner feminist is outraged. In fact my inner feminist is fairly outer, most of the time. I am spewing fury in fact and seeking out fellow humans with whom to vent my overactive [...]
Posted by: hilaryusfun on: August 5, 2010
I was reluctant to take up knitting again when it became popular partly because I wasn’t sure I needed another hobby and partly as I didn’t know how to fix any mistakes I might make. I make lots of mistakes; and wasn’t sure if my usual cake baking/wine bringing/apology strategy would do the trick. So [...]
Posted by: hilaryusfun on: August 2, 2010
I have learnt a new word! I do quite like learning new words; but rarely come across them. Perhaps I need to read slightly more intellectual books? Today’s new word; concupiscene. I read it in Secrets, by Freya North, which is an enormously enjoyable book although not in any sense intellectual. I’m reading that to [...]
