by Mel | Apr 23, 2011 | Beasties, Life
To my dear old orange cat, Tabasco, who left us this morning. He fought the good fight against CRF but the last few days had been telling me he’d had enough. Seeing as we got him around Easter 1995, I guess it’s kind of fitting that he left at Easter time...
by Mel | Feb 22, 2011 | Life, Writing
Firstly, thoughts are with those in Christchurch or with loved ones there. Terrifying stuff. I’ve only ever been in very minor tremors and those are weird enough. Can’t imagine actually have the world move under your feet, let alone have it come crashing...
by Mel | Jun 4, 2009 | Bookworm
David Eddings passed away. Sadness. I can still remember reading Pawn of Prophecy for the first time in high school. Adored it. I’d always liked fantasy but this I really liked. It felt more real than things like Lord of the Rings. There were still exotic names...
by Mel | Nov 25, 2008 | Tech-o-drama
When you are all tired and sleepy do not let Mel think she should futz with her blog template because you will make her delete half the code, not notice and then save. When she does notice she will nearly have cardiac arrest. If she has cardiac arrest, things will not...
by Mel | Nov 17, 2008 | Beasties
As previously discussed – dead mice = ick and gross and ewww and you’d been fed, you feline fiends. Headless mice do not make mama happy and you are even more too old to be engaging in such behaviour as you were the first time. Trust me, I will think more...