A good argument can be good for your heath
“A day without an argument is like an egg without salt” so said the novelist Angela Carter. It helps if it is an argument you win; although as someone once said, “I have never won an argument, but I have enjoyed all of them”. What is the point of all this, you may ask. Well, research recently published has shown that some forms of stress we face are good for health and others, not so good. Scientists at UCLA (The University of...
The Devil’s In Your Details…
I found this video just ever so slightly disturbing. Which is, I guess, the point… I used to laugh at the smallness of the risk – until it happened to me. And I bet it’s happened to someone you know too. To find out a bit more about how to protect yourself from fraud just visit The Devil’s In Your Details
Our Top Ten Tips on Successfully Working From Home
It’s living the dream, isn’t it? Successfully Working From Home? That’s what I’m told often , anyway. Fact is, for anyone that actually DOES it, they know it is very far from living the dream. Most would call it ‘living-the-do-half-as-well-at-everything-nightmare’ a lot of the time. But, on those days that you get it right? Oh yes – it’s those times that make me realise I could never go...
LONELY GIRL SEEKS VALENTINE TO SHARE LIFE WITH
Bunny girl living alone too long seeks bunny boy to snuggle up with on cold nights, enjoy romantic meals together, and go running, jumping and foraging. Looking to share my spacious love-nest, in well appointed large and secure grounds, well furnished and spotlessly clean. Will nuzzle your ears if you nuzzle mine. This Valentine’s Day The Rabbit Welfare Association & Fund (RWAF) is urging owners to find a companion for their...
LEGO – where did it all go wrong?
There has been much talk on many blogs over recent weeks over the new LEGO Friends. I’m not going to start yet another blithering on the ghastly hideousness of the stereotyping subject matter of these sets – suffice to say that it’s just… bad. But I do want to say something quite important. This… … is not a LEGO set. Sorry, but it’s not. It’s a small figure playset, for sure, but what...
Do you ‘Pin’? Find us on Pinterest…
We’ve collated an archive of our top Spotted! items over on Pinterest, which is such a great way to mosey around the eclectic stuff we come across and ‘spot’ for you. Next up is the Books board – all the books we’ve talked about on one quick-to-browse shelf of loveliness. New to Pinterest? Fret not! The lovely Domestic Goddesque has just written a Beginners Guide to Pinterest, which is fantabulous and...