If Tarantino made Pokemon...

If Tarantino made Pokemon..., originally uploaded by StaffsGamesTech.

It's Global Games Jam time again, Links to everything are up on the Games Academy blog - http://staffsgamesacademy.tumblr.com/

Burns night festivites

Yeah for themed evenings, we had haggis (meat and veggie), proper accompnimets, bits of Burns poetry, Scottish Military Marches and The Proclaimers on spotify and now the boys are enjoying a 'wee dram' of Talisker.
Now why don't any other poets have themed days and meals?

Lacking inspiration for the garden..

The window fitters have almost finished, it's nice to have safe, warm, secure windows that don't feel like they could fall out at any time, and you don't have to prop open with bottles (they've replaced all of the windows on the back of the house, apart from the one in my study - so we've now got double glazing in the Elvis Suite, the upstairs bathroom, the living room, the kitchen and a new back door.

The back door has a window in it, which very clearly brings to the forefront the fact the generally boggy garden needs some attention....

Not to mention this sad, unloved bit at the back by the kitchen...

Any suggestions?

PHD Comics: Anatomy of a Winter Break

This is so very true....

Link the the comic

Evie's plan for Christmas Day

My faux-niece Evie is clearly taking after her faux-aunt and her mother and written a plan for us all to follow on Christmas Day..

It goes:

Wake Up > presents > play > play with presents....

Wise words for us all to adhere too!

Nadolig Llawen / Merry Christmas everyone xxx

Hoorah for snowballs!

Yeah for alcoholic custard! I think it's fair to say the festive party season is well and truley started!

Late Produce from the garden

The garden needs a proper tidy up at some point, and we need to start thinking about planting for next year but it's nice to see it still producing some things - that's a healthy punnet of grapes, which we doubt is enough to make wine with, but maybe grappa or something, and some blueberries, destined for some pancakes or maybe muffins....