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Life with two kids: School Days Revisited
Mar. 24th, 2026 08:02 pmThe kids are watching an episode of SpongeBob where he's failing to write an essay. It is, frankly, stressing me the fuck out.
Morning medical annoyance
Mar. 23rd, 2026 09:00 amIt always surprises me that Boots isn't open until 9am. You would have thought that there'd be enough people wanting to pick up painkillers or similar on the way in to work.
Grumpy about overly-simplistic polling
Mar. 17th, 2026 11:27 amI do wish that polls wouldn't ask if people thought that the PM was handling something "Well" or "Badly". Because two people answering "Badly" might mean completely different things by it.
Also, me saying "Immigration is important to me" means the opposite of what a Reform voter would mean by it.
This because of reporting of how many people think that Starmer is handling the Iran situation well or badly. When I can guarantee that some of the "badly" think we should be bombing Iran right now, and some think that we shouldn't be involved even slightly.
I need to know about movie improvements
Feb. 25th, 2026 02:25 pmA critical question came up at lunch today, for which I do not have a satisfactory answer. So, throwing it open to the floor:
Are there *any* movies which would not be improved by the addition of Godzilla?
Are there *any* movies which would not be improved by the addition of Godzilla?
Life with two kids: A little curiosity
Feb. 18th, 2026 08:07 pmThree minutes ago Sophia asked me how to spell "pregnancy simulator", and now I'm getting the regular buzz of notifications as she installs apps on her phone.
Life with two children: a shared concern
Feb. 15th, 2026 10:20 amSophia, tapping frantically at her tablet screen: "Gaah! I need to drop off my baby at nursery so I can get to work!"
Life with two kids: No memory to speak of
Feb. 13th, 2026 05:21 pmIt's amazing that my mood depends so much on what my children remember to bring home from school.
(Yesterday, down two bus passes and a backpack, misery.
Today, all of their belongings, relief!)
(Yesterday, down two bus passes and a backpack, misery.
Today, all of their belongings, relief!)
Life with two kids: The sounds of fun
Feb. 8th, 2026 07:40 pmThe children are playing Roblox* together, and there are many joyous shouts of "I've found a tunnel, go in the yellow one! I'll check the door!" from the next room. Clearly having a lovely time.
*Safe, from my understanding, so long as they talk to nobody and spend no money.
*Safe, from my understanding, so long as they talk to nobody and spend no money.
The light is rising
Feb. 6th, 2026 05:10 pmFor the first time this year I've left the office and it wasn't pitch black outside. Dark, but not *night*.
(Sunset was at 16:56)
(Sunset was at 16:56)
Yaaaaaaawn
Jan. 25th, 2026 08:42 amWoke up at 6:30 and it took me ten minutes to wake up enough to realise it's Sunday and my alarm would not be going off at 7. By which point I was too awake to get back to sleep.
If you want a picture of the future, imagine me sitting on the sofa trying to read a book with Sophia on my left asking for help with Stardew Valley and Gideon on my right asking for help with Lego Star Wars - for ever.
Posting from the abyssal depths
Dec. 21st, 2025 10:59 am7 days ago was our earliest sunset (15:37)
7 days from now is our latest sunrise (08:44)
Today is our shortest day (6:57:37)
I am looking forward to the return of the light.
7 days from now is our latest sunrise (08:44)
Today is our shortest day (6:57:37)
I am looking forward to the return of the light.
Life with two kids: Christmas monitoring
Dec. 4th, 2025 07:31 amOpening up my YouTube Recap so I can find out what nonsense Gideon has been watching this year.
(Sophia is on her own account, but for technical reasons Gideon can't be yet.)
(Sophia is on her own account, but for technical reasons Gideon can't be yet.)
We have a Spotify family account, so I thought I'd add Sophia to it.
Turns out that because she's under 13 she's incredibly limited in the music she can have access to, and has to be in the special kids app.
So, YouTube for music it is!
(Seriously, they didn't even have the K-Pop Demon Hunters soundtrack. Utterly useless.)
Turns out that because she's under 13 she's incredibly limited in the music she can have access to, and has to be in the special kids app.
So, YouTube for music it is!
(Seriously, they didn't even have the K-Pop Demon Hunters soundtrack. Utterly useless.)
One ping only
Nov. 14th, 2025 02:06 pmI just spent an hour playing "Captain Sonar"
Two teams, each of which are moving their submarin around a map, while trying to work out where their opponent is, keep the ship running, and charge their systems so that they can detect the other team and then torpedo them.
Good fun!
Two teams, each of which are moving their submarin around a map, while trying to work out where their opponent is, keep the ship running, and charge their systems so that they can detect the other team and then torpedo them.
Good fun!
Thoughts on the way home.
Nov. 1st, 2025 05:43 pmGlasgow still feels much more city-like to me than Edinburgh.
Which is probably why I prefer living in Edinburgh.
(Great to visit though)
Which is probably why I prefer living in Edinburgh.
(Great to visit though)
There's research that if you leave people in a room with an electro-shock shock device long enough to get bored they will deliberately shock themselves.
In other news I took Sophia's phone away from the kids while they were in the bath and now they're repeatedly pouring cold water over themselves while shrieking like baboons.
In other news I took Sophia's phone away from the kids while they were in the bath and now they're repeatedly pouring cold water over themselves while shrieking like baboons.
Life with two kids: Their every move
Oct. 20th, 2025 08:15 pmThrough the power of (very basic) smart home automation I now get a notification whenever the kids open the back door, and can then remotely check if they've left it open.
Many parents throughout history would be jealous.
Many parents throughout history would be jealous.
Sophia: "So mummy took a year off from her job when I was born and then she went back?
Incredulously: "And they remembered who she was?"
Incredulously: "And they remembered who she was?"
