Archive for the ‘smile’ Category

Haunted Sainsbury’s

Posted: 14th July 2010 by graham in My life, smile

Sainsbury’s have open their refurbished shop at Monk’s Cross in York. I met my wife and daughter there for a coffee. Look what I got! Click on it to see it full size in all its horror. Is this a ghost in my cup? A ghoul in my grounds? A demon in my mug? Should [...]

Don’t You Just hate It

Posted: 1st June 2010 by graham in My life, smile

Relaxing on a mini-break in a nice pub in Oxford about to have a meal, and my wife said to me, “Can you notice something different about me?” Men, don’t you just hate it when women say that? There is no way to answer that correctly. So I decided I could play that game too. [...]

Bible Authorship

Posted: 8th May 2010 by graham in Culture, news_comment, smile

Who wrote the books of the Bible has long been a subject of study and debate. One thing that has been tantalisingly out of reach is understanding the personalitie of the writers. Now though we have the revelation of Polish pop star Dorota Rabczewska. Where would we be without such wisdom and insight? This week [...]

Idiot Version Scrabble

Posted: 9th April 2010 by graham in Culture, My life, news_comment, smile

Scrabble has been dumbed down and I can do no better than the EXCELLENT article in my local newspaper today. Many a holiday evening has included me trying to think of ways I can avoid playing Scrabble with my wife, who is determined that we shall. Now the negotiations are going to include whether we [...]

BT Customer Service

Posted: 23rd February 2010 by graham in My life, smile

I have had a link sent to me and now realise my previous post about my BT adventure could have been written better. Perhaps this is what I should have written. I was in tears with laughter!

Raising the Dead

Posted: 8th February 2010 by graham in Culture, My life, reviews, smile

I have just been listening, on the radio in my car, to a remarkable interview with a lady in her 70s. She is to have her body frozen when she dies in the hope of being brought back to life some time in the future when technology has advanced. I would really like to understand [...]

Still Snowing in York

Posted: 7th January 2010 by graham in smile

Still snowing here in York with temperatures of -5 today. We have had snow covering the pavements and trees for weeks now. I will not post pictures as there seems no end of pictures of snow in newspapers and on TV. But this picture I will post, sent to me today by Matt, along with [...]