My aquarium
Just because I don’t remember putting pictures of it up before..
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On getting posh chocolates
Look what I found when I got to work this morning! A very posh looking bag, containing.. .. even posher looking chocolates! It’s the thanks for the prizes I made and donated to a competition in the summer. There’s all kinds if things in there I’d never buy for myself – I’m looking forward to […]
On soldering on
Once upon a time, I soldered something together in school. At some point between then and now I made some stained glass windows and some small Tiffany style pieces. That kind of involves soldering, but with a huge soldering iron and a reel of lead/tin you could probably knock someone out with. Since then, my […]
On lacking trust
This morning I bought 10 chocolate catfish. They are small and dark brown and incredibly cute. The saleslady at the fish market said they’d grow to approximately 4-5cm long – perfect for my tank. I had no signal in the salesroom, so I couldn’t check anything online. I bought the fish, based purely on sight […]
On planting my lunch
A seed fell out of my lunch yesterday:
On failure and other misfortunes
(Warning: contains a small amount of blood and a great deal of frustration) *** On Sunday I admitted failure. I had failed to finish the book in time to send it to the printers before leaving to catch the plane, despite staying up all night to work on it. I was quite miffed (ok, a […]
On the first weekend of Advent…
…thou shalt decorate thy house. It doesn’t matter what else needs doing, all will be dropped, it’s time for decorations. Do not miss out any opportunity to put lights up No space is too out of the way for a statue or two…
On autumn lakes
DB went out with the dog the other day and sent me this picture 🙂
On November flowers
Went round to the back of the house for the first time in far too long and was amazed by how many flowers are still flowering :).
On red lights
There is a solitary red street light on the road next to the river through the residential area. Does that make it a red light district?
New molecule: Nicotine
Nicotine. For all the early morning smokers out there who can’t drink coffee without a cigarette, and for anyone who’s trying to give them up and needs something else for their hands to do :). The next molecules will be displayed on my new site . It’s all in German, because that’s where I’m based at the moment. If […]
On the first molecule of the year – caffeine
This year they’re for sale. Any offers? Requests for other molecules?