I’ve been very remiss of late in keeping you up to date with how things are going with the job. As I mentioned in my previous post, I have been predominantly working from home with occasional face-to-face meetings which I…
Sunbury Antiques Market (31-Jan-2017)
Today I got up at a frankly ridiculous 5:30am, and left the house at just gone 6am heading for the Sunbury Antiques Market at Kempton Park Racecourse in Surrey and arrived at 6.40am. Here are a few pics that I…
Royal Worcester – Moments For You
Today’s Antiques Fair purchase – this lovely Royal Worcester figurine of a lady The seller had £35 on it and said he would let it go for £30, but I pointed out a long and almost invisible hairline crack in…
Review: Binky nail varnish
I was in my local Co-Op the other day and they had Binky nail varnish on special offer at £2 a go. Having really enjoyed wearing my best friend’s “Countess” by Barry M that we both wore during a weekend…
Dear diary
Somewhat surprisingly, people actually read my blog (I know – it came as a surprise to me too) and people have been asking me what I’ve been up to, and how the job is going. As I mentioned in my…
A new chapter
As you may or may not know, I work on a freelance basis rather than being a permanent employee of a company, although often it is on a contract basis with just one client. For the past 2+ years I…
Transgender – Richard O’Brien and Germaine Greer
Well… wow. What do you make of this? Richard O’Brien responding to Germaine Greer’s comments on transgenderism. I agree with Germaine Greer and Barry Humphries. You can’t be a woman. You can be an idea of a woman. You’re in…
Ted Cruz, Toilets and Transgenders
A month ago, I posted a reaction on my public Facebook page to Ted Cruz’s comments on North Carolina’s decision to pass a law which makes transpeople use the public toilets (restrooms) of their birth gender rather than their identified…
Specifying your gender on Facebook
Just over two years ago, I wrote a blog post entitled “Does a rose by 58 other names smell as sweet?” where I talked about Facebook’s attempt to allow users to specify more than just a gender binary of male…
Project Reorganise: Jewellery Rack
Recently I found a jewellery rack for sale on Amazon. It’s the first one I have ever seen for purchase that doesn’t require you to remove the back from a post earring, push it through a hole, and then reattach…