Over the years, I have had the pleasure (and at times displeasure) to have travelled a lot with my job. In the past this involved a lot of overseas travel, the need for which, many people considered me to be very fortunate. I can assure you that, aside from the odd...
Apparently, Pets at Home is currently selling a Halloween outfit for a dog. Or it may have been for a cat, I wasn’t really concentrating to that level of detail when I was told. Not that it matters whether it is for a cat or a dog, to be honest. What kind of moron...
I am a natural head-shaker. I don’t mean a head-banger, as that is something totally different and requires a modicum of hair to carry off to an acceptable degree. I do, however, shake my head far more often than is probably necessary or merited, usually when...
Let’s be clear here, I am not a lazy person. I’m certainly not physically lazy, though there are times when mentally I would probably benefit from a metaphorical kick up the jacksy. I play football and, faced with the choice of phoning someone at work or walking to...
A few weeks ago, I was pleasantly surprised to find that our work canteen stocked some proper old skool pop in its fridge. There were tins of Irn Bru, Barrs’s Shandy and Dandelion and Burdock, stuff I haven’t seen on shop shelves since I was a kid. All they were short...
