this is champagne comedy, colonel...

Indeed it is, Graeme.

Laugh yourself silly :)

(via a commenter, lost somewhere in the jungle that is Friday Q and A, over at Fitsy's joint. Do yourself a favour!)

life, etc...

Blogging has taken a back seat lately. There's been rather a bit going on. Firstly, for those following our infertility and recent pregnancy issues, all is going well. The ultrasound at seven weeks was good and so far all is well. Full post and pics to follow.

In other news, C's father is dying. He had been showing signs of vagueness and loss of motor function since about christmas. They thought maybe the drugs he was on for various things were out of balance so they went to the doc. He recommended going for some tests and sure enough, a couple of tumours on the brain showed up. They've biopsied it and the prognosis is not great.

It goes without saying, my wife is not a happy chappy. The bitter-sweet irnoy of these two things coming at once is hard enough. On top of that, there is some tension amongst her family about the best care for their father. There are a total of seven kids and there've always been some underlying tensions. It also brings back feelings for her of being seen as a kid. She's married now, a kid on the way, but she can't get past the idea that she's being marginalised as "the baby".

We'll see how it all pans out, I guess.