White horse
Housesitters and visualisation – the ups and downs of judging someone based on first impressions
Richard Allardice
Things your kids say to delay going to bed
* “Oh, I just love my dog. I just want to cuddle my dog.” As touching as this sentiment is, I can’t help but notice that at any other time you just ignore the dog.
* “I need to say goodnight to Mum. Night Mum!” Okay, great. Let’s get to
#12 🏏 Good innings! An advancement in years. 👴
Turning a number
First up, apologies to those sports fans who may feel miffed that the subject line promised a post about sports. While I am a person who likes and plays sports, this is not that kind of newsletter/blog. (But if you’d like to see me pull
The big pwhoar-oh
Museum clothing, He Man, and a Keith Flint hair style – the themes and assumptions of turning 40
Things kids say to imply they don’t like their dinner and certainly won’t be eating it
* “What... is this?”
* “Is this what we usually have?”
* “There’s something... different about this.”
* “This food looks weird.”
* “This food smells weird.”
* “Where does this colour come from?”
* “But: Is this what we’re eating? Really?”
* “Does this have... mushrooms... in it?”
* “This has chewy bits in it.”
* “This
Stuff you’ll find in the little compartment in the car door
* A single fresh plaster, that still looks a little dirty to use
* A used plaster, balled up
* Human fingernails
* Little medallion batteries, now half-melted
* Used gum
* Gum wrappers
* Gum so old no one would dare put it in their mouth
* Change so ancient it’s no longer accepted as legal
#11 ⚗️ Distil the essentials 👖
Minimalism: So hard in reality
I like to think of myself as a minimalist, but the reality is that I still have too much stuff: too many clothes, too many books, too many retro games for consoles which no longer quite work. I’ve always sourced as many clothes as