Theremins and Shoppoleths
I am the first person to celebrate the wonderfulness of the web, and the fact that you can buy almost anything from anywhere at the touch of a button, but…
Don’t let your cat flap
From the Hendon & Finchley Times, invaluable advice on Keeping Your Pets Safe from Al Qaeda. Here’s something I wouldn’t have thought of if the bomb dropped: “In the event…
Auf Wiedersehen Pet II
The pet death business is larger and stranger than I thought: you can even take a Hoegh Pet Casket Factory Tour in Michigan, Hoegh being the Microsoft of the pet…
Aufwiedersehen, Pet
Daniel and I cringe and wonder whether anyone would dream of sending condolences by e-card, in a conversation about the status of email compared to the letter (will we one…
Time to shred your wings
Another one for the moth-hating community (by popular request): this time the Insect Vac or Moth Killer. It’s not often you read advertising blurb that contains the words ‘attractive’, ‘ornamental’…