Regular readers of will be familiar with POD. The Princess of Darkness. My soon-to-be-eighteen-if-she-lives-that-long daughter. For whom the traditional teenage pursuits of stroppiness and singular bloody-mindedness have long since been elevated to the level of a vocation. A holy calling, if you will. With effortless skill and minimum effort she raises my blood pressure and [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Family’
Blinded By The Light
Posted: 31st January 2012 by Harry in BLOG, LIFETags: Family, Life, POD, Princess of Darkness, Tales From The Zoo
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A Father’s Shame
Posted: 29th December 2011 by Harry in BLOG, LIFETags: Children, Family, Parenting, Tales From The Zoo
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It’s heartbreaking being a parent and yesterday was one of the worst days in my life. You devote countless hours of love, devotion and guidance to your kids. You offer care, support and moral sustenance, all the time praying that you can keep them on the straight and narrow, all the time hoping, with everything [...]
Where The Heart Is
Posted: 12th November 2011 by Harry in BLOG, LIFETags: Family, Princess of Darkness, Satanicus Maximus, SheWhoIsNeverWrong, The Spawn, Unruly Child
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Things that seemed like a good idea at the time: losing three weeks of normal living while the entire kitchen is ripped out, stripped back to the brick work and rebuilt in shiny new fashion. What’s not to like, right? Well, for starters there’s the small matter of removing everything that usually lives there and [...]
Freecycle
Posted: 2nd October 2010 by Harry in BLOG, CULTURE, LIFETags: Family, Freecycle, Tales From The Zoo, The Spawn
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What is it with the British and our obsession with ‘tat’? You know what I mean; all that useless junk we accumulate but can’t bear to chuck away. No, we have to hold car boot sales, stick it up on ebay or in the classified section of the local free rag. Are we so desperate [...]
Zoo Keeper’s Blues
Posted: 2nd October 2010 by Harry in BLOG, LIFETags: Family, Tales From The Zoo, The Spawn
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For Al Draper. As the Father of three offspring with the, admittedly shrinking, hope that one day they will evolve into something passably human, I’m aware that somewhere in my job description there’s something about being ‘supportive’ and ‘Communicating’ with them and other such queasy concepts. During one of my rare attacks of guilt at [...]
The Truth About Cats And Dogs
Posted: 1st October 2010 by Harry in BLOG, LIFETags: cats, dogs, Family, pets, Tales From The Zoo, The Spawn
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Called next door to see my mate, the other day. I’d forgotten, though, that he and his missus are now dog owners and, on arrival, I was nearly felled by the new mutt leaping at me, chest high, and slapping its enormous paws on my shoulders. It’s one of those new-fangled, labradoodle thingies. A cross [...]
Man Flu
Posted: 27th September 2010 by Harry in BLOG, LIFETags: Family, Man Flu, She Who Is Never Wrong, The Zoo
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I’m sure that most of us would agree that stereotypes are, at best, unhelpful and, at their worst, downright malicious and hurtful. I’m equally sure that, despite our best intentions, most of us, from time to time, succumb to buying into a particular stereotype. For example I know that not every English football fan is [...]