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The Dog’s Balls

The Dog’s Balls

Some time ago we bought LarryBStanding a toy – it was on offer for about a tenner at a pet store that’s no longer there, and it was a kind of football-thing with rope tassles attached to both sides through

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The sort of really important thoughts that take place round here

The sort of really important thoughts that take place round here

The other night whilst washing baby bottles (because this is what I do now) a phrase popped into my head that I don’t think’s ever been in there before at my behest: “chief cook & bottle washer”. Hardly a proposition

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Achten sie auf Heißeswasser

Achten sie auf Heißeswasser

I keep forgetting to write about this, but I think you’ll agree – it stands shoulder-to-shoulder with any of the other quality content herein. During my 10-or-so years’ living in London one of the many & varied places I called

jasonbstanding Sunday 6th September, 2020 Musing No Comments Read more

Raising one’s kitchen game – turns out the key is what you’re Wareing

Raising one’s kitchen game – turns out the key is what you’re Wareing

I’ve always enjoyed cooking – it’s how I was able to negotiate my first tentative movement out of Mum & Dad’s house, through lodging at my cousin’s place in her spare room in exchange for being her live-in chef (primarily

jasonbstanding Tuesday 11th August, 2020 Musing No Comments Read more

5 more years of black mirrors

5 more years of black mirrors

In 2009 I thought it would be gripping and insightful to write about all the mobile phones I’d ever owned. And then in 2014 it seemed appropriate to update the list with what had come next. So, another 5 years

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The 10 Day Album Challenge

The 10 Day Album Challenge

(Is it wrong to rip off and repost your own Facebook content?) During Corona lockdown the “challenge” has gone around as a sign of our times to post the covers of 10 albums that had a significant impact on you,

jasonbstanding Friday 1st May, 2020 Musing No Comments Read more

Whoooooosh!*

Whoooooosh!*

While surfing about and reading a bit about task estimation, I stumbled on a couple of things in Wikipedia which gave me pause for thought – you could arguably dismiss them as baseless aphorisms, but for the qualifications of the

jasonbstanding Monday 26th August, 2019 Musing No Comments Read more

The Fast & The Spurious

The Fast & The Spurious

In the creeping march of reality catching up to Science Fiction (specifically, in this case, see the “Nosedive” episode of Black Mirror) I was… well, conflicted isn’t the right word…. maybe “given pause for thought” about a private hire taxi

jasonbstanding Wednesday 26th June, 2019 Musing No Comments Read more

Hey, what’s the story with the crisps?

Hey, what’s the story with the crisps?

Growing up in Australia in the 80s we only had about 5 flavours of crisps.  And, of course, we called them chips.  Plain, Chicken, Salt & Vinegar, Cheese & Onion, and BBQ.  And there were really only 2 brands to

jasonbstanding Monday 26th March, 2018Wednesday 28th March, 2018 favourites, Musing No Comments Read more

The birds of Gibraltar

The birds of Gibraltar

You knew they were there. The keening and gulling was a distant but ever-present backdrop to the relative serenity of our balcony – punctuated sporadically by the rattle of a 35 year old exhaust train as the vehicle raspily exhaling

jasonbstanding Sunday 30th October, 2016Sunday 30th October, 2016 Musing, travel No Comments Read more
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  • The MachineMonday 2nd May, 2022
  • Isn’t living in the future marvellous?Wednesday 2nd February, 2022
  • More plague, you say? Better fire the telly up then…Tuesday 18th January, 2022
  • Something in the way she moves… attracts me like a pomegranateMonday 10th January, 2022

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