A Celebration of Mundanity

It’s been nine days since I last vomited! I think I can pretty confidently (knock on wood) say I might be over the being violently sick bit. I’ve had a good week, only feeling a little nauseous…

I'm back from a short trip to France. We were there for a conference for Mark's work and a number of people from the US were there, including some friends of ours. It was held at a resort where much…

Well, the news is well out of the bag now. World, meet ε , ε meet the world. ε is expected to make his/her world premier on November 20th. We told my family on Sunday as a present for Mother's…

It's been a while since I last had my hair cut. But as what frequently happens I waiver between loving long hair to just wanting it all gone. I have a *lot* of hair and it had been getting a bit out…

I've been a terrible blogger as of late, I know. I have the attention span of a gnat at times and the appeal of the "micro-blogging" in status updates on Facebook or with Tweets on Twitter, has been…

Every year I feel compelled to retell the tale of our three wedding anniversaries, but there are only so many ways to talk about it from my perspective. This year, I give you Mark's perspective,…

In the "only in England" category in the Health and Safety fueled frenzy of signage. I present a bottle of shower gel, specifically it's a "shower smoothie" of the cucumber, mint, lemongrass variety…

Tonight I stayed in London late to attend the Verrall Supper and the lecture that preceded. The supper is a tradition started in 1826 as a social dinner club and Entomological Association. There is…

We're back from a brief trip to Barcelona. It was so nice to have several days of sunshine and warm(er) temperatures. More to come once the non-camera photos are processed. Mark had the camera at the…

Now this is my kind of museum, where the admission ticket is a bar of dark chocolate! I enjoyed eating my dark xocolata as I explored the exhibits showing the cultural and natural history of the…