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Posts from my first blog 2004-2006

New starts

In the unlikely event that anyone at all is still checking in here, I’ve started blogging again after the almost-12-months break here. Updates will undoubtedly be slow and less-than-regular. And very belated thanks to everyone for reading Mrs Hardly while … Continue reading

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the concussion nearly knocked the boys off their ponies.

Poor Fenton is quite ill with a cold, I fear I am getting his illness too, so am guzzling down the echinacea and vitamin C in a probably fruitless attempt to prevent it taking hold. In terribly exciting news – … Continue reading

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"we’d better tie him on," joe panted as he pulled some rope from his pockets.

So, I had this cunning idea of making a list of all of those projects which have fallen by the wayside and decide which would be worth pursuing and which best abandoning – I figured if I had realistic projects … Continue reading

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"come on. we’ll give him a good massage," frank suggested.

“Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, this is your all stations to Bondi Junction service, the next station will be Wolli Creek … on behalf of Cityrail, I’d like to wish you a pleasant evening and to all the mothers … Continue reading

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he taught them a few icelandic words, which, if muttered repetitively, would fool any foreigner.

It’s a babies weekend here in Hardly land, as a consequence I am sitting on the couch using the Frankenlaptop (which, you may recall, Fenton created after cobbling two dead laptops together). Frankenlaptop is rather light on anything other than … Continue reading

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"chet, have you gone wacky?" joe asked.

Today I totally lost my mind and provided The Professor with the Biggest Clue Ever to how to locate my blog. I’m not too worried if he does, he is infintely less of a pompous twit than he was when … Continue reading

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"i’ll bet he’s been drugged!" joe cried out. "holy toledo!"

The Year 2000: A Framework for the speculation on the next thirty-three years. Mrs Hardly’s way cool blog project – Part 1 Note: I had orginally planned to approach this project in a fairly methodical way, carefully summarising each chapter … Continue reading

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biff looked closely at him. "he isn’t right. look, frank, his eyes are dilated." chet’s head lolled as if he was in a stupor.

Drama aplenty in the past week at Marie Celeste. Firstly, we were all (sans 400 year old man) dragged into the Dept Cool-until-you-are-in-it Manager’s office with door closed and informed that my nemisis (400 year old man, of course) would … Continue reading

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"i’ve got my own special ghost," gummi declared. "he travels with me all the time."

I’m madly jealous of those who have way cool projects on their blogs. So I’m attempting a way cool project of my very own – which might take me out of my current rut. I bought this book second-hand a … Continue reading

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"what’s yow, yow?" chet wanted to know. "it means, yes, yes, spelled ja," gummi told him.

Spurgan Morlock1 (our token American in Dept Cool-until-you-are-in-it2) decided that our Department should all head out for an impromptu lunch yesterday (sans 400 year old man, of course – we took my lesbian lover with us instead). So we toddled … Continue reading

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