Mr Mochrie-Smith-mas 🎄 🏳️‍🌈

Oh great. Apparently ‘Birthday Boxing Day’ is the start of winter coat season. Tufts of fur everywhere this morning.

A Husky on her back with a goofy face. She is mostly white with black/grey markings and ice blue eyes.

A middle aged man sitting on a sofa with a Husky lying down next to him

A snoozing Husky. Her head is on a cushion and her tongue is slightly sticking out.

A Husky lying down on the sofa like the Queen of Sheba

Happy 9th birthday to The Middle Child!

Oh that’s lovely! Ours won’t be that pretty this year (puppy = don’t put the ‘nice’ baubles out) but it’s going up next weekend.

That’s probably the closest movie to where I’m from too. Loads of TV shows though, nearly everything Sally Wainwright writes nowadays!

A close up of a curry cooking in a pan. There is a star anise pod partially submerged in the sauce which looks like a big spider has fallen into the curry. I must either remember to remove it before serving, or put it in my husband’s portion when I serve it and give him a scare.

Ah, star anise. Making it look like there’s a big ole spider in the curry.

Same! My dog will not let me dance to Steps though. bsky.app/profile/mrmo...

When I was diagnosed I (eventually) managed to get a referral to a dietitian, which was really useful - managed to reduce my diabetes medication by changing a few dietary habits. Hope you get on ok.

when will the lesson finally get learned? #cloudflare

Wow. I had a full hour where the stars aligned and I had no pain from any of my chronic illnesses.

It. Was. Awesome.

I’m so envious of people who feel like that most of the time.

Yep, I once had a six week contract where they’d overestimated the amount of work (or maybe based the contract on how long it would take somebody without my technical background). It got really tedious having nothing to do after two weeks.

I’d have to go with Shakespears Sister - Sacred Heart is okay but Hormonally Yours is a masterpiece.

Can confirm Yorkshire is very good at this. A couple of miles from where I grew up was Rough Bottom.

It’s their version of Baileys www.aldi.co.uk/product/ball...

I think it’s the company (140db management).

Big Aldi for me today. And they had the chocolate clementine liqueur in stock. Bliss!

Still from the film Sunset Boulevard where Norma is phoning Betty. Norma has fabulous high eyebrows.

“Is this Gladstone 9281?”

I have the ‘96 re-release of this on red vinyl!

Freshly ground, V60. Tastes better than instant, not too pricey, and not too much of a faff.

Change a letter, make a singer less appealing:

Farty Wilde

Nope!
(Don’t look in my office though).

Nobody should own a home they don’t live in. Any home that isn’t a primary residence should become social housing with affordable rent. No landlords, second homes, Air BnBs, or investment properties.

And to piss off all the gammon who claim you’re not allowed to mention Christmas anymore, the first track should be called…

Happy ‘Olly-days

One of the offices I worked in was terrible for this. The people who always complained about being cold had desks by the windows, but wouldn’t entertain the idea of swapping desks so the people who were too warm could be by the windows and the cold people by the radiators.

Loved every minute of this!

Ok, but they are bloody excellent.

How Bond 26 opens

Good call!

Erm, where’s the coffee syrups please?

Trick question. There should be no billionaires.

Name a villain you sympathise with