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Posts from ‘December, 2008’

Guest Post: Women want bad boys they can save; men want good girls they can corrupt…

 
The lovely Jules (Julie Lawrence has asked me to remove this post which she authored back in December.

Out of respect for her, I have agreed to do so.

 
She’s promised me she’ll write something else soon - and if she doesn’t I’ll give her a chinese burn.

 
NB - if you were looking for porn you were [...]

Eggcorns & Malapropisms & Dogberryisms, Oh My!

Firstly dear readers, please forgive the poetic license I’ve exercised in the naming of this post.
Malapropisms and dogberryisms are of course one and the same thing. But I wanted a set of three so it sounded a bit like ‘Lions & Tigers & Bears, Oh My!’… I heart the Wizard of Oz.
According to Wikipedia (I [...]

T Minus 144 Hours (or thereabouts)

I have a very lovely friend called Jules. We’ve known each other for around 7 years now.
She’s newly single. I too am single.
Therefore within the next 6 days, I’ll meet someone.
It’s always the way - we’re never both single for more than 5 or 6 days. One of us always jumps the singleton ship and sails [...]

What’s the difference between being ‘Single’ and being in an ‘Open Relationship’?

Ok, I’m going to try not to get on my soapbox here - but I might just fail.
I logged into Facebook today and noticed a change in someone’s status… Apparently she is no longer ’single’; she’s in an ‘open relationship’.
Now call me cynical, but seriously - what is the difference?
When you’re single, you’re free to [...]

Give a Little Something Back This Christmas

This Christmas reddit.com is launching its first Feed A Need project. Instead of asking for cash money, they’re asking people to donate a few hours of their skills & energy.
So if you are a programmer, designer, artist, lawyer, geology professor, bacon cooker, or anyone else with a few hours to spend for a good cause please consider [...]