For days last week Y was trying to get me to give him ideas for a mother's day present. The closest I could get was a possible manicure. Maybe. In the end, what I got was a book I liked the look of from the church bookshop. ... Read More

Is a hermaphrodite gay?

As I was passing Blackwells (the book store), I noticed a display in the window: "The Big Gay Read". No problems there. What got to me was the inclusion of Jeffrey Eugenidies' "Middlesex". It made me want to go into the store and ask what the hell ... Read More

Fix Car!!!That's the newest ready made phrase that TB has come up with... lol!He broke another one of his car (actually it was my nice Chrismas Prezzie Mini Remote Car but hey... if TB say "TB's" so it it TB's... lol) and then he came to me saying "Daddy, Fix ... Read More

TB had a huge day yesterday. We started off by taking him to get his hair cut (whilst Y was taking photos for the salon's website). We tried to sit him on the chair on his own but he was having none of it so I ended up having to ... Read More

A really good Praise Party this Saturday, and two things of note for me: firstly that I signed up for a conference without thinking, even though I knew it's on the same weekend as my company's annual ball. Does it bother me that as far as work life is ... Read More

Roarrrrrrr!!! :)TB is impossible... :)After haven most of my dinner (whch I can;t really complain about... let's say I am not quite the veggie sort of guy... lol), and making me reccord a Bob The Builder VCD... just so he could whatch one episode... lol... came the sleepy time ... Read More

This evening when we were trying to get TB to sleep, he sat in the semi-darkness of his room with "That's Not My Lion" open in front of him, asking Tio (his toy lion) whenther the lion's mouth in the book was yuk yuk!He also threw mini tantrums because Y ... Read More

What would you make of a dream

where your old friends dragged you to a party even though you didn't want to go. Then, despite the fact that even more old friends were there, you chose to stay with the people you'd only ever seen from afar because they understood. Then, when you realised those ... Read More

TB and I went back to Mum and Dad's this weekend. It wasn't for anything special, in fact, most of them were out for half the weekend, but it was good to get a change of scenery.We got the train there reminding me that a) I don't like trains ... Read More

Whenever Y and I are on the phone we always try to get TB to say hello. I say try as it usually ends up that we hold the phone to his ear and he listens to whatever the person on the end of the line happens to be ... Read More