Category Archives: Random

Don’t panic, don’t panic!!!

Posted on April 18, 2017 by A Misanthropic Bear

Last week it was a week away. Seemed like a lifetime. Suddenly, before you can say “They don’t like it up ’em!” we’re overrun by the imminent arrival of the weekend… (I know it’s only Tuesday, but that means only … Continue reading →

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Tipping the scales

Posted on March 25, 2017 by A Misanthropic Bear

I hadn’t really thought it through properly, had I? It has been a long, hard battle; over twelve years and counting; to control the problem. No, not mice – the cats! When we moved into this house, whilst aware that … Continue reading →

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HBO October schedule causes chaos

Posted on September 22, 2016 by A Misanthropic Bear

Well. That’s that mystery solved. You know. The one about my most visited page being completely unexpected, attracting an audience disinterested in anything else the blog had to say? Yeah. That one! Yesterday, HBO, that staple of American entertainment, published … Continue reading →

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Reclaiming O’Shaughnessy for Roald Dahl

Posted on September 13, 2016 by A Misanthropic Bear

Ode Arthur O’Shaughnessy We are the music-makers, And we are the dreamers of dreams, Wandering by lone sea-breakers And sitting by desolate streams; World losers and world-forsakers, On whom the pale moon gleams: Yet we are the movers and shakers … Continue reading →

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Do animals “feel”?

Posted on August 28, 2016 by A Misanthropic Bear

They say that animals don’t “feel”. Meet Blackie. At least that’s what we called her, as kids. It may even have been her real name, it’s been so long I’m no longer sure. That’s Eddy Miller on his rounds with … Continue reading →

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Children playing with matches

Posted on June 26, 2016 by A Misanthropic Bear

I leave you alone for a week, and what happens? It was all very well allowing the children to shake the box… such a nice rattle noise to keep them amused for a while, and all… but who on earth … Continue reading →

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The Problem With Mother

Posted on March 27, 2016 by A Misanthropic Bear

So Nature deals with us, and takes away Our playthings one by one, and by the hand Leads us to rest so gently, that we go Scarce knowing if we wish to go or stay, Being too full of sleep … Continue reading →

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Instinct vs. intellect

Posted on March 19, 2016 by A Misanthropic Bear

You are much better at mathematics than you think you are. Indeed, you sit at the end of a long line of quite exceptional mathematicians, each as convinced as the last that they were quite incapable of solving the simplest … Continue reading →

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“Lucky”

Posted on March 16, 2016 by A Misanthropic Bear

Early in my career, I seemed to find myself continually working weekends, covering the city centre road jobs which required the quiet of Sunday streets. It was on one such Sunday that “Lucky” came into my life. She arrived around … Continue reading →

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Five Things…

Posted on March 11, 2016 by A Misanthropic Bear

…I learned too late to make any difference to the outcome… If you sleep on a metal framed bed, you will, one day, whilst holding your breath and longed for release, overhear your parents at the foot of the stairs … Continue reading →

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