by Rhiannon Paine | Sep 26, 2013 | Animal Crackers, General, Just for Fun
“Your cat may be even smarter than you think” read a rather alarming headline on the Hill’s pet food website. Only up to a point, dudes. Stringing me along Luna looked at me indifferently as I dangled a string in front of her. “Come on, girl,” I urged....
by Rhiannon Paine | Aug 5, 2013 | General, Once Upon a Time
In the autumn of 1970, I dropped out of U.C. Berkeley, took a job with an ecology group, and moved into a hippie pad on the corner of Ridge Road and Leroy Street. I should have finished my M.A. in Journalism that spring, but in April, after heated demonstrations over...
by Rhiannon Paine | Jul 4, 2013 | General, Just for Fun
Don’t look now, but the fields of the British Isles are up to something. It seems that the UK has gained two million people in the past 10 years and lacks sufficient places to put them. Therefore, the Planning Minister has suggested that flats and houses be...
by Rhiannon Paine | Jun 15, 2013 | General, Signs of the Times
“Just delete it immediately,” says my friend the haiku poet. “Don’t be tempted to read it. Because if you read it, you might think, ‘well, this one’s okay,’ but trust me, it’s not. If it’s marked as spam, it’s spam, and you should just delete it without reading it,...
by Rhiannon Paine | Jun 4, 2013 | General, Home Sweet Home, Just for Fun
“Please,” I hear you crying, “I don’t want to remodel a bathroom! Don’t make me!” No, wait. Maybe that’s me. So here’s your escape clause: don’t buy a house. Lots of people are lifelong tenants, even in countries...