It’s amazing how much parenting can change you as a person. I’ve learned all kinds of new skills, plus incredible amounts about a vast array of topics. Perhaps the biggest change, however, is one that is there 24 hours a day yet is rarely consciously considered. It seems to have given me a new way …
Like most of the country, I’m the angriest I’ve ever been right now. Our Prime Minister has effectively just stuck two fingers up at us for adhering to the formerly-clear rules regarding lockdown. Similarly, his advisor, Dominic Cummings, has given his version of events without the merest hint of an apology for breaking his own …
There’s a particular piece of advice my late Grandad once gave me as a child that has always stayed with me. Namely ‘Don’t count your chickens’. His intended purpose was to help manage my expectations of Tottenham Hotspur and it worked. Since he imparted these wise words, I’ve endured three decades of them snatching defeat …
One thing that never ceases to amaze me about parenting is my ability to forget things. Specifically how to negotiate tricky phases. And, yes, we’re in one of those at the moment. I call this particular tale of parenting woe The Princess and the Peas. You see, youngest seems to have something against vegetables. And, despite …
Thanks to coronavirus-induced lockdown, I’ve been working from home for almost seven weeks now. As a result, I’ve had more time on my hands thanks to not having to commute. Among other things, this means more time to enjoy TV boxsets of an evening. So, with the current situation in mind and some of the …
Last week, parents were nervously waiting to find out their kids’ school places. We were among them and, for me at least, it was strangely nice to worry about something other than coronavirus and its wider implications for a day. Having gone through the process twice before, we were braced for a long wait. It …
A couple of years ago, I wrote a post about five unlikely jobs I could do as a result of parenting. It was one of my sillier contributions to the internet but people seemed to like it. Now we find ourselves in coronavirus-induced lockdown, we could all do with a laugh so here are a …
Disclosure: I received a copy of Gigantosaurus The Game to review and keep. Youngest has shown a real interest in video games lately. So, when I was offered the chance to review Gigantosaurus The Game, I knew she’d be happy to help out. Based on the popular Disney Junior show of the same name, this …
Well, where to start, eh? These are unprecedented times, the like of which we only usually expect to encounter in films. There’s so much to worry and feel down about and, by using the phrase ‘silver linings’ in this post, I’m not trying to downplay the severity of the situation we find ourselves in. It’s …
Being a natural-born pedant, I’ve always had a bit of an issue with Alanis Morisette’s song, Ironic. Why? Well, most of the examples of so-called irony cited in it aren’t ironic at all. They can mostly be attributed to misfortune or bad forward planning. Rain on your wedding day, for example, is a statistical likelihood …