Hilary Usfun

Archive for September 2010

the wrong trousers…

Posted by: hilaryusfun on: September 28, 2010

So Dr Usfun have had a couple of weeks off; one week in Wales (cosy, slightly damp) and a week at home (cosier, slightly less damp) We have been Doing Fun Stuff and scheduled in a proper day of lazy. Proper days of lazy include various features; but without doubt include Comfy Trousers. I turn [...]

first they came for….

Posted by: hilaryusfun on: September 25, 2010

Is anyone a fan of the ConDem coalition? I was scared and unsettled in May, and I am still scared and unsettled now. Particularly with this list of quangos to be axed. In another time, I’d perhaps have agreed that there were too many, and certainly some replicate the work of other bodies.  And this [...]

when it actually works….

Posted by: hilaryusfun on: September 10, 2010

So I had a call from a friend. Not an unusual happening. She asked me what I was having for tea; and I asked her the same. She said roast kale. Roast kale? Isn’t kale a slightly bitter green leafy vegetable? Well yes, actually but by jingo it is nice roasted.  Its one of those [...]

more than words…

Posted by: hilaryusfun on: September 7, 2010

It’s often noted that I’m Not an Intellectual.  I don’t mind, all that much, really.  I’m not stupid, or dense or anything, I just often miss things. I aspire one day to read Tristram Shandy by Lawrence Sterne.  I often think it is one of those things I’ll do When I Grow Up.  As a [...]


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