I've spent most of my adult life dreaming about starting my own business. (My childhood was spent dreaming I was from a planet called Andromeda.) My first MAD idea was to open a B&B. At one point I even dragged my ex-husband along to a weekend-long seminar on how to do it. He wasn't convinced.... Continue Reading →
Warning! Real-life spoiler alert …
People got really annoyed earlier this week when I wrote a story about Harry Potter's son starting at Hogwarts on September 1, 2015. They were all WHAT DO YOU MEAN HE HAD A SON? WHO WITH? DAMN YOU, I WAS ONLY UP TO THE FOURTH MOVIE ... Their reactions also provoked lots of horrified responses, like: "Oh... Continue Reading →
What fresh hell is this?
Remember how my kids swore off sucrose after seeing That Sugar Film last week? Well, geez it's a pain. Though I couldn't help giggling when my ex sent me a message on Saturday saying he wasn't thanking the youngest's skipping instructor for showing it to her. She was insistent that he accommodate her new diet... Continue Reading →
Girls, you’ve let me down
I seriously wonder what's wrong with the world when I hear the news that 87,596 women signed up to Ashley Madison last week. Unless you've been hiding under a very peaceful rock you'd have heard that the infidelity website just got hacked. Embarrassing personal data - including email addresses and sexual preferences - was leaked... Continue Reading →
VMA selfie madness: I’m officially too old
Around noon yesterday modern fashion and I parted ways. I was trawling through my Instagram feed when Miley Cyrus' outfit for the MTV Video Music Awards made my eyes go wide. I'm sorry, but that's NOT a frock. It's ... a belt and some rhinestones tenuously sewn together. Even MTV described her as "basically naked."... Continue Reading →