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Wednesday, 20 April 2011

On trivial entertainment...

As a fan of Terry Pratchett books there are certain things that I didn't expect to see in real life.  However, today for the first time I realised that there are such things as black dogs with orange eyebrows.  The Puppy of the Day on the 'Daily Puppy' sports the very thing, a Rottweiler pup with, yes you guessed it, orange eyebrows.  I should add however that many of the things listed on the Ankh Morpork Post Office's list of things you shouldn't "Arsk us about" I am yet to see, such as rains of spaniels, troll's with sticks, all sorts of dragons, huje green things with teeth and of course the inimitable Mrs Cake!

On the subject of puppies I was thrilled to see that there is a new Puppycam up.  For the uninitiated in the exquisite cuteness of this website, it is a site which has placed a webcam to view the progress of a litter of Shiba Inu puppies through their puppyhood.  Those with a heart of melted chocolate like mine should look it up; it will turn you into a puddle of goo where you sit.

Over the last year I've been caught in the reality tv web, one of which I've managed to avoid for quite a long time, despising the large majority of everything which is on TV these days. However, the type of programme which has caught my interest are things like "Come Dine With Me" and "Three in Bed", the title could give the idea of it being quite different indeed!  Then there are the "Phil and Kirsty" range of programme which I always find entertaining mainly due to the "will they, won't they" relationship between them both.  Yes, I know they are both married to different people but come on, they so want to do it, if they haven't already.  I absolutely love "Come Dine With Me"; It leaves me in true wonderment that there are people out there so thick that you wonder how they manage to breath and walk at the same time. However, the comments of the very brilliant Dave Lamb make it a joy to watch.  The latest one is I've been watching is "Three in a Bed", no ménage a trois involved I'm afraid just B&B owners having the chance to nitpick over other people's B&Bs and say how much better theirs is. You get someone from a Kiss me quick style B&B in Blackpool exchanging with Mr & Mrs Keeping Up With the Jones' in Commuter Belt territory.  It's like a strange social experiment, highly entertaining though!

Oh well back to the obligations of work now. Until next time readers....

Tuesday, 19 April 2011

My First Ever Blog - So it's all about me! Zzzzzzz

I am the creator of TuneyLoons.  Don't ask me where the name came from but I just had to decide something at short notice to call my blog.  What can I say about me other than I'm fast approaching an age with a zero and that's all I need to say. 

I spend my days working for a marketing firm on the phone pestering people in business' to agree to having a meeting for our varied and many clients.  Aside for this I have a very hairy husband Ian and live in a small Essex village overlooking the village green.  Life is good and we have a stupendous local hostellry selling many fine ales, which pleases Himself!  My weekends are filled with fun, friends and coun'ry pursuits.  I've come to the age when I appreciate looking around old relics... but enough about Ian. I finally joined the National Trust and before too long it's English Heritaage too.  Oh dear am I that old already, I'm only 39 ... and now I've given it away. 

If there's one thing I want more than anything, other than what I have already (love, sustenance and shelter) is a dog.  Oh what I'd do for a dog!  But because I love them so much, I won't have one while we're out at work all day, I have a burden of responsiblity not to leave a little life like that at home all day on it's own.  

I'm a trainee potter/ceramist/sculptor sounds very grand but its just something I do on a Saturday morning to relieve the stress of the week.  I'm studying for my City & Guilds in the subject. 

Finally a more personal thing about me is that I am a Heathen.  Don't know really why I mention it except that it is part of who I am.  Heathenism is a subsect of Paganism and we honour a pantheon of gods. Look it up if you want to know more.

Enough rambling for now I'm new to this so how all this will read I'm not sure but there we go.  I welcome any communication and hope to continue with my blog on a regular basis.

Sleep well dear readers.