Google Reader may well be driving me up the wall at the moment (every so often I get sick to the back teeth of Bloglines and emigrate elsewhere, swearing that this time, it’s final…) but there’s a huge reason to love Google, no matter what: As an Internet company, Google is an active participant in [...]
Archive for September, 2008
30 Sep
The cost of living
Before moving to south Wales, both B and I worked in a supermarket, which not only meant we were eligible for the staff discount, we were also in the right place at the right time to stock up on the reduced to clear items, from bread to veg, that were being sold off at silly [...]
29 Sep
Flying the rainbow flag
Hurrah, yet another gay MP has done the deed and “married” * their partner at a Civil Partnership ceremony. This time it’s the turn of Parliament’s only openly gay woman, the Treasury Minister Angela Eagle and her partner Maria Exall. I have met them both (no, I’m not name dropping, there’s a silly and childish [...]
29 Sep
The blogroll
The blogroll on my old blog used to be huge. Bloglines bulged all day, each day. As a result, I skimmed the majority of posts and clicked the ‘mark as read’ option as a matter of routine. I hated being away from my computer for a day because it would take me the rest of [...]
28 Sep
Down in the river to play
The dogs were getting all hot and bothered the other day, so rather than a post-lunch (mine, not theirs) walk across the field, I took them down to the river. It was a peaceful scene, the sun being in the right place in the sky to be behind the trees that drape so elegantly over [...]
27 Sep
Eat like a pig(let)
Scrumpy’s piglets have started showing an interest in her food, which is something I’m keen to encourage – but with their own food, not hers! There’s been a mixed response: Curly (who suddenly went all camera-shy and vanished lest he be captured on film) and Wurly are quite amenable to the idea of eating their [...]
26 Sep
Piglet cuddles and kisses
Couldn’t resist taking these over the past couple of days. Just look at the huge grin on Fergie’s face coz she’s suckered Jennie into giving her some cuddles and lovings. Fergles might be the runt of the litter, but she’s the expert at playing the game! B said some very rude things when she saw [...]
25 Sep
Growing blogs
Today, Bring me Sunshine ranks 97 (out of 100!) on the WordPress Blog of the Day list for 25/9/08. Apparantly, inclusion in this list is because “these WordPress.com blogs gained the most popularity recently”. Until yesterday, BmS was your typical new blog. A few loyal readers (mainly friends who either enjoy what you have to [...]
25 Sep
Piggie names
Quite a few people have asked me how (and why!) I came up with my pigs’ names and I’ve always thought that an explantion was probably due but it wasn’t until yesterday’s discovery that two of Stonehead’s piglets are called Snugglepot and Cuddlepie has finally prompted to put together the answer. If you’ve been reading [...]
24 Sep
Nazi rally in Somerset
Looks like Hitler got his wish after all – “Sieg Heil” was chanted at a Nazi rally in a Somerset village over the weekend. Click here to see the report on the BBC website. Hat tip to the Methodist Preacher. Update: At some point this afternoon, this humble post became the top search result on [...]
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