Huge controversy: the stool says ‘All Paws On Deck’, but Rocky is nowhere to be found.

I’d feel much more comfortable walking out of range of my phone while wearing Bluetooth headphones if I hadn’t read that bit in ‘The Amber Spyglass’ where they cross the river in the world of the dead.

Good time to attempt to compete with @Pinboard

This morning the toddler is repeating ‘Daddy was wrong and Mummy was right’. I’m not sure why, but it’s a good phrase to have in the repertoire.

Having a massive row with my toddler about which one’s Charlie and which one’s Lola.

‘If you’re wearing a suit then you’re working.’ ‘If you’re not in the office you’re not working.’ My three year old has a better grasp on the concept than these people. (He thinks you at least have to press buttons on a laptop for it to count.)

The ‘trying to keep a fart in your trousers’ gang may wish to note that your clothes do actually help prevent farts from spreading harmful bacteria www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1121900/

Enjoying an episode of Sarah & Duck in which Sarah falls asleep and starts dreaming and everything is exactly as surreal as it is in any other episode of Sarah & Duck.

Wikipedia remains invaluable en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_chocolate-covered_foods

Saw two blokes in suits sat outside Wetherspoons smoking cigars, their plates empty apart from untouched mushy peas. I can only assume this is Tory conference related.