The Bairn, The Giants and The Dolphins

It’s been a while crocodiles. Sam is now two weeks old. He’s changed dramatically in that time. He’s gained weight and is going from strength to strength. The nappies stink. Naturally. Milk, it appears, is a smelly business. Obviously we are absolutely exhausted. Sam does not respect the natural lifestyle patterns of his thirty-something parents. [...]

Wee Minute Boy

Baby Sam Palmer entered the world at 8.25am, Sunday 14th October 2007. Love at first sight.

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Virtual gigs and all that /jazz

Still no baby. Now 4 days late. To say things are tense is an understatement. In order to relax at the weekend, I decided to take in a slightly unusual musical event, namely a gig by Marillion’s Steve Hogarth, part of his one man and a piano ‘h-natural’ tour. The gig in question was in [...]

10p for a single fag

So they’ve upped the age limit for buying cigarettes to 18 years of age. That’ll stop them. When I was at school there was an ice cream van parked outside the school gates every day for four years, selling single cigarettes to 11 year olds and upwards at 10p a fag. I admire the ice [...]