Status Archives - James Cousins https://jamescousins.com/type/status/ A (micro.)blog without a purpose. Sat, 17 Apr 2021 18:24:54 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 26235042 https://jamescousins.com/2021/04/16853/ https://jamescousins.com/2021/04/16853/#comments Sat, 17 Apr 2021 18:24:46 +0000 https://jamescousins.com/?p=16853
Homemade gin

My first ever attempt at homemade gin. I’ll confess, it doesn’t look quite as appetising as I was hoping. Chin chin.

]]> https://jamescousins.com/2021/04/16853/feed/ 2 16853 https://jamescousins.com/2021/04/16814/ https://jamescousins.com/2021/04/16814/#comments Fri, 02 Apr 2021 15:32:33 +0000 https://jamescousins.com/?p=16814 There’s probably a very small number of people who will get this, but I think playing Crossy Castle with the Poopy Pigeon skin will satisfy my entertainment needs for the rest of my life.

]]> https://jamescousins.com/2021/04/16814/feed/ 2 16814 https://jamescousins.com/2021/02/16649/ https://jamescousins.com/2021/02/16649/#comments Sat, 06 Feb 2021 17:50:01 +0000 https://jamescousins.com/?p=16649 Just watched Sharknado. How have I missed that film for 7 years? It is just sublime. Flawless. A cinematic masterpiece.

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]]> https://jamescousins.com/2021/01/16470/feed/ 4 16470 https://jamescousins.com/2020/12/16345/ https://jamescousins.com/2020/12/16345/#respond Wed, 23 Dec 2020 15:54:18 +0000 https://jamescousins.com/?p=16345 Having a son self-isolating has played havoc with my normal Christmas movie scheduling. What makes it worse is that I’m losing the argument on the Christmas Eve slot: my preference for ‘Elf’ being soundly beaten by ‘Arthur Christmas’

]]> https://jamescousins.com/2020/12/16345/feed/ 0 16345 https://jamescousins.com/2020/12/16301/ https://jamescousins.com/2020/12/16301/#comments Tue, 15 Dec 2020 08:15:21 +0000 https://jamescousins.com/?p=16301 ‘Twas the tenth day before Christmas and, of course, I’m self-isolating again (this time my son with a symptom).

]]> https://jamescousins.com/2020/12/16301/feed/ 3 16301 https://jamescousins.com/2020/12/16295/ https://jamescousins.com/2020/12/16295/#respond Mon, 14 Dec 2020 19:19:22 +0000 https://jamescousins.com/?p=16295 I’ve been touting the excellent enterprise skills they teach @ShaftesburyPk and wondering at what age the children there would do a better job with pandemic planning than the government. I reckon somewhere around year 3 or 4.

]]> https://jamescousins.com/2020/12/16295/feed/ 0 16295 https://jamescousins.com/2020/12/16272/ https://jamescousins.com/2020/12/16272/#comments Thu, 10 Dec 2020 20:26:56 +0000 https://jamescousins.com/?p=16272 ‘Australia-style Brexit’ is a great bit of marketing. Anglophone country, plenty wouldn’t mind living there. But what’s the least appealing, but accurate, comparison? You could probably pick most of Africa or South America, but perhaps not so enticing for Brexity types.

]]> https://jamescousins.com/2020/12/16272/feed/ 1 16272 https://jamescousins.com/2020/12/16259/ https://jamescousins.com/2020/12/16259/#comments Sat, 05 Dec 2020 20:01:53 +0000 https://jamescousins.com/?p=16259 This is the most middle-class of first world problems, but Marks and Spencer’s olive jars are impossible to open unless you have the strength of Hercules.

]]> https://jamescousins.com/2020/12/16259/feed/ 4 16259 https://jamescousins.com/2020/11/16136/ https://jamescousins.com/2020/11/16136/#comments Sat, 14 Nov 2020 17:24:34 +0000 https://jamescousins.com/?p=16136 I think my favourite thing about being in the post-Covid recovery period is that I’m getting exactly the right amount of sleep for a three-month old baby but none of the incontinence. Win-win.

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