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Bathroom

We’re about to redo our bathroom, and I’m wondering if I could get some colour-change tiles past the missus. (HT: Neatorama)

Bridge

The main story on BBC News today is the collapse of the I35W bridge in Minneapolis. So far I’ve heard from a few friends who are all OK, and as I don’t know many people from the northern suburbs it’s unlikely to affect me too directly, but it’s still an upsetting thing. I hope that [...]

Lard

£12.50 in consultation fees later (more than all three of them cost initially) we officially have a fat gerbil. On the upside, he’s not clinically obese, so we don’t have to worry yet.

Parenthood

We have 3 boy gerbils. To be honest I have to take the RSPCA’s word on this, because they’re not exactly hung like hamsters, but we’ve had no reason to doubt that. Until now. We currently have one normal gerbil, one who could probably stand to lose an ounce or two, and one who is [...]

Driving

There’s a report on the BBC about Britain’s most dangerous roads. The first thing that struck me is that they’re all in the north of the country, probably because there isn’t enough space in the south to get up enough speed for a decent accident. A little study showed something a little more surprising. In [...]