independence

  • Dear Bump 22/10/2009

    Dear Bump, right chuck it. It’s a bad day when even I’m feeling sorry for the wife. Stop making your mum this sick or it’s the naughty womb for you (what? I can hardly send it to the naughty step or anything else can I? What would the equivalent threat be? “Right, off the pancreas

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  • T-shirt pressies for geek pregnant partners

    I like these: From Think Geek

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  • Defying Gravity: best TV show for 2009 and why viewers should stick with it

    It’s started on BBC 2 now (Thursdays 9pm – though the opener was tonight, Wed.) so it seems safe enough to talk about this. Defying Gravity is a joint venture between the BBC, ABC and a few other stations (BBC press pack here). It’s the story of a group of astronauts on a six-year tour

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  • Do UK dads not blog? Do they tweet?

    Was skimming through the excellent top 100 UK parent blogs (note to self: try and get on it) earlier and the most obvious thing that struck me was the lack of dads on it. At a glance, I see one – Single Parent Dad. So what’s the deal. Are we too busy lifting the toilet

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  • Why I’m not mad on Mad Men

    I’ve sat and watched the first season and a half of Mad Men, the show that many a person raves about. And I think I’m done with it. It’s a show that should appeal to me – it’s about the media and I can’t fault the acting, most of the writing, the sets or anything

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  • Dear Daughter 20/10/2009

    Dear Daughter, while your tantrums are starting to be a bit annoying – though the “you’re the world’s worst dad EVER” is good for a chuckle as you constantly backtrack, it was a laugh tonight when you were trying to plead for bedtime treats as you promised to be a good girl “forever, starting tonight.

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