http://sophieclarke.freehostia.com/Blog "If you give me any more trouble, I shall visit you in the small hours and put a bat up your nightie." Fri, 25 Jul 2008 14:51:40 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en ... a few weeks back. Two young lads playing boisterously together, one of whom shouts a dire threat at the other: "I'm gonnae break so many of your legs ...!" http://sophieclarke.freehostia.com/Blog/2008/07/25/overheard/ This may be old news to some of you, but on 12 June I married R at Dunoon's Castle House, with borrowed witnesses, a second-hand dress, a rented kilt, volunteer photographers and no guests - possibly the most stress-free wedding ever! As a lifelong wedding refusenik, all I can say ... http://sophieclarke.freehostia.com/Blog/2008/07/25/reader-i-married-him/ I know, I'm sorry - it's been madly busy at work, and by the time I finish for the day I can't face any more typing, therefore the blog has suffered ... and today's a beautifully sunny Saturday, and what am I doing? Working again, that's right ...! http://sophieclarke.freehostia.com/Blog/2008/05/31/awol/ ... just to keep Sparkle happy! Delighted to oblige (*wanders off muttering boobiesboobiesboobies*) http://sophieclarke.freehostia.com/Blog/2008/05/01/i-have-to-say-boobies/ My great-niece, Matilda Grace, was born a couple of days ago. Great-Aunt Sophie. Nope, it really doesn't sound right! Of course, this entailed passing some time in various card shops, making alarmed noises at the deeply sentimental new baby cards. And what alarmed me most? The fact that the majority of the sickly ... http://sophieclarke.freehostia.com/Blog/2008/04/25/bring-on-the-ear-trumpet-bathchair-and-sweet-sherry/ Which sums up the Caledonian Canal fairly succinctly, I think. Also - oystercatchers, buzzards, a confused guillemot who didn't realise he wasn't a freshwater bird, several friendly dogs and an over-friendly duck (who tried to sit on my head) and countless snow-capped mountains (including Ben Nevis). But no Loch Ness monster, ... http://sophieclarke.freehostia.com/Blog/2008/04/21/lots-of-lochs-and-locks/ My BookMooch buddy, Rob, has posted a YouTube link to a vid of him doing a fiendishly clever card trick! I can't fathom out how he does it ...   http://sophieclarke.freehostia.com/Blog/2008/03/20/cool-card-trick/ It occurred to me that as my passport ran out over a year ago, and as I imagine it will soon be decreed that we should remove our own livers and send them to the Passport Agency as proof of who we are, or have a barcode tattooed on our arms, ... http://sophieclarke.freehostia.com/Blog/2008/03/17/porridge/ ... 'cos it's really really really good! (This reviewing lark - it's a piece of piss, innit?!) http://sophieclarke.freehostia.com/Blog/2008/03/07/go-and-see-juno/ As from 1 April (hope that date is not inauspicious), R. and I will be partners in a slightly more official sense - yes, that's the day on which we become "Clarke and Houston Language Services"! Bunting will be out across the nation, possibly ... The meeting went well yesterday, in ... http://sophieclarke.freehostia.com/Blog/2008/03/04/its-for-tax-reasons-honestly/