Chris Tolkein has spent 30 years working on editing the last of JRR Tokeins great works “The Children of Hurin”. Sadly, for those who think the tale of the ring is the be all and end all of Tokein… there is no Gollum or Hobbit to be seen from one end to the other. I … More Tolkein Rules

Strange thing medicine. All the medical advances of the past 100,000+ years really don’t mean much. In a very real sense, all we’ve learned to do is delay the inevitable… to just stall the grim reaper for a little while. One other thing we’ve learned though is to improve the quality of what life we … More Medicine – what is it good for.. ugh?

I’ve managed so far today to live without much to eat. I’ve had two carrots, some custard and a glass or two of water. I also managed to stagger up to the shops in 30 degree heat in order to buy tonights dinner. Of course this has left me *very* hungry so I’m considering making … More Lard Lad revisited

Well it’s official… I’m a fat old git. I’ll be 59 in a few days and the diet has failed utterly. I’m even heavier now than I was when I started the diet last year. It’s becoming clearer and clearer to me that I *am* actually addicted to something in the food I’m eating. Something … More Scoreline: Fat 1 ~ Lard Lad 0

Looks like the drought is coming on strong once again. We had good falls of rain a few weeks back which really brought the gardens on but it looks like they’re drying out and plants are falling over again. Not at my house tho! We are lucky enough to be on a recycled water system … More Water shortages – drought beckons again

Sat this arvo watching Stevo in his feature film. Was really funny to watch it again… but of course still sad. He was such a great guy and a real showman. He really comes across as if he *was* like that in real life. I’m slowly coming to terms with the fact he won’t be … More Crocodile Hunter – the film

There was I the other night gently festering and suppurating in ma kip… a phrase I learned from an old Scottish girlfriend… not that she was old at the time, quite young actually… though rather too much of a moustache for me now. Of course I didn’t bother with that back then… in fact I … More Weird Dream – interpreter wanted

I’ve been buying online for years and never had a single problem. Purchases have arrived, refinds given.. no issues… until recently. For a start I’ve had my online (e-gold) account hacked and emptied twice.. which was bad but unfortunately always possible because of the way I waws using it. However I now have had a … More Online fraud – subversion rules!

Lucky me… the kids are home for a couple of weeks on holiday. I’ve told them they are going nowhere until the house is tidied and they put away their mess. Since I’ve been telling them that since last Christmas I doubt it’ll make any difference, but at least I said it. Makes little difference … More Kids are home

As reported we took the kids off to skating last week so of course I thought I ought to shower and tidy up a bit… as you do you now and then… not me… just you. Anyway… I shower, shave, clean the teeth etc and think that bearing in mind the state I’m in physically … More So who *needs* eyebrows anyway?