Some time ago, in one of my spasmodic and infrequent (and therefore doomed) attempts to beautify my home, I bought a large pot and some colo...

About time I lived up to my blog description and put some "science" up. There are so many excellent science blogs out there, writ...

I think my darling daughters need some tutoring on how to play hide and seek. They're not toddlers anymore - I have no excuses for the...

Image by dynamosquito via Flickr Creative Commons Two nights ago I saw the movie Tree of Life . I expected it to be pretentious and borin...

Image: free-wallpaperbase.com This is an off-topic post, about what's happening in Greece. I lived 4 years in Greece where I met m...

Today I had a day off work. I had a couple of things to do, and could not get all the time I would have liked off work for the school holid...

Mmmmm, winter casserole. Not made in a LeCreuset, but I didn't take a picture of dinner before we gobbled it up and my Kambrook slow-coo...

I like Gen Y. I do, and I will sing it from the rooftops! Here is why.

I’m a late adopter. In fact I am even a late adopter of the phrase ‘late adopter’. For ages I called it ‘late adapter’ (a better phrase IMHO...

..And that's why it's called Work. I have been mulling over the nature of work. Or maybe work in the corporate world. It's har...