So I was in this house with this girl and she was lovely and warm and snuggly. We were in a sitting room/front room near the front door to the house, with a bright red carpet and a wooden staircase running upstairs, below the staircase was a fire all laid out and we knelt in … Read More

As a bisexual woman I have often found men to be a bit of a problem. There is a type of man who is rarely a problem, it may well be ironic that he’s usually something of an English stereotype, often right-wing and very, very likely to pay for dinner. I’m playing with stereotypes and … Read More

I can remember standing on a railway platform with a Catholic girl and a part-Jewish boy discussing the guilt that our families had left us with, they at least had humouress somewhat un-PC jokes about theirs. I don’t, didn’t then, still don’t. As a matter of fact the randomised guilt that I feel generally didn’t … Read More

Just got a phone call from VSO about their campaign in Zambia and actually, since I know something about VSO, having looked into volunteering with them for the past nine years I actually told the kid on the phone a fair amount about it. I then persuaded him to donate money and time to the … Read More

So the Dorset Rugby Player is feeling a bit guilty at egging me on to go for this job. He’s let slip a couple of things he really shouldn’t. For example they’re re-advertising ostensibly because HR mis-advertised by not making clear that this was a part time position. I’m not saying why he reckons it … Read More

Went to Manchester to visit the opticians who did strange and wonderful things to my eyes, this included putting weird eyedrops in them and doseing them with anasthetic. I asked them if I was ok to go out last night, they replied yes…just read the notes that they gave me ‘no alcohol to be consumed … Read More

From my perspective the event at the weekend was fun, was good and was a whole lot of other things too but it didn’t live up to the previous Eskmeals event. I suspect that’s largely because I wasn’t overly happy with a lot of reffing decisions that I made or generally how I reffed. I … Read More

Overhill, underhill dreaming we’re free, the Migo of Muncaster Fell are we, Making good use of the balls that we find, silver computers Aunty left behind. Old Aunty Ginny now She could remember the days when, her best dark suitors were made, by the spells in her book. Pick up the papers and take them … Read More

Thou shalt not call a ref on the morning of the game to ask for last minute costume, nay even thou she be also your sister.

So, yeah. At first my Boss, let’s call him the Dorset Rugby Player, was encouraging me to apply for the position I’m currently temping in. Then he was being a little too relaxed in my company and my Boss Boss, let’s call him Mr Over The Road, was a little discouraging. Today I got told … Read More