This morning, I sat at the PC figuring out a sudoku problem, simultaneously sipping a milky coffee and eating a jam doughnut (I promise I brushed out the sugar from the keyboard afterwards). The day was mine – with Akra Jr at school and Li’l Bhaji at his one-day-a-week nursery visit, Friday is my much [...]

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An overheard snippet of conversation while on the way to pick up Akra Jr from school today: Bloke 1: … was 23 quid Bloke 2: 23 QUID?! That’s half a day’s wages, mate! Not a particularly exceptional conversation, I grant you, but it did get me thinking. I don’t know what the purchase in question [...]

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… are all in the same house together? Yes, we take pictures of each other simultaneously, of course. Notice that Akra Jr and Li’l Bhaji wisely stayed out of the way (actually they were probably completely blinded by flash!) In case you hadn’t worked it out, we had the great pleasure of Wintermute‘s and Famous [...]

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… there’s a new logic puzzle in town. It’s very addictive too – 3D Logic – a great little shockwave game in which you have to link up the coloured squares. Starts off easy and then gets fiendishly difficult. Prepare to waste a few hours! [Via digg.com]

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Do my children actually eat the cheerios we give them for breakfast? Or do they spend the entire time on their hands and knees, spot-welding the little whole grain O’s to the floor? Enquiring minds need to know.

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I don’t normally buy insurance – well, I buy house and contents insurance, obviously. I even have a life insurance policy (Akra… don’t get ANY ideas). But those extra-long warranties you get when buying goods? I normally avoid them like the plague as an obvious rip off to the consumer. Two years ago, I needed [...]

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I notice that salmonella in eggs is back in the news again (apparently due to imported EU eggs). Published recipes and Food Standards Agency advice have always warned vunerable groups (such as pregnant women, very young children and the elderly) against eating raw eggs for as long as I remember (completely taking the joy out [...]

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I have recently been asked to be a (hopefully regular) contributor to Chocablog – if you can’t guess by the title, it’s a fabulously tasty blog about all things chocolatey. If you’re interested, then I’ve just completed my first review: Cadbury’s Fudge.

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We’ve just returned from a very mini-blog meet (otherwise entitled “getting together with weirdos from the Internet”). We met up with Tangerinecath and her beautiful little girl again and also got to meet up with Apple (of Babies Everywhere fame) and her other half. A good time was had by all. Food at the The [...]

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No, not an impassioned plea for comments (although comments are always very welcome, hint hint) but Li’l Bhaji’s latest party trick. Ages ago, we gave the boys one of our old mobile phones as a toy – far more satisfying for a child to play with the “real thing” than a multi-coloured plastic lump that [...]

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