Recent content by Rigor Mortis

Yeah, I'm partly having a poke at ice hockey. But only partly. I understand that the fights are a major part of the game. They could be eradicated, stiff penalties and bans for that kind of behaviour but the paying public and the athletes don't want it cut out of the game because, in important...

I have very limited exposure to ice hockey, but isn't that just the game, brawls interrupted by the coaches' insistence on keeping score?

Some of these Lounge threads seem to be on members' New Year's resolutions hitlist. Rather than awaken the "If you click and don't post we'll show up at your door" thread, I'll post here. My work wife has a desk that can be raised and lowered according to back pain, sciatica, all that. Someone...

Here's what the fairy tales don't tell us: Living happily ever after ends with old age, frailty and death! To support my position, I've conceived an afterstory for Snow White and her 7 little buddies, but won't go there for fear I might already have lowered the mood on a thread that has...

Happy New Year and may 2026 be a little less batshit crazy around the world, and a productive writing journey for all of us here.

Good to hear from you and looking forward to your contributions. For what it's worth, I strongly disagree with your evaluation of your output back in old town.

Pluto

I went to Rome in February and just for 4 days as well. February was a good time to visit because the weather was gorgeous and tourists (and the attendant hawkers) a lot more sparse. No queue at the Vatican, for instance. There is so much to see, we were like a movie running in fast forward the...

Colosseum, 7 days a week and twice on Sunday. Cross the road and stroll through the Forum and just imagine how it was 2000 years ago. If you're going to Rome, I challenge you to leave the Pantheon without being moved to wonder. If you really must, you can dig a hole in your backyard, fill it...

Gotta come back to this one. It's right up there amongst my favourite quotes about writing.

Chuck E. Weiss

Naming him after his uncle isn't all that weird, is it? I say this as someone with the same first and second name as my father's brother, including the quirk of always been known by the second name. The family pattern runs through the names give to most of the 12 of us. I also say that as...

Chilly with blue skies since Christmas Eve. Beautiful days. Son arrived home Christmas Eve. Great to see him, he's in great form, yada yada. But... As soon as he arrived, the three dogs immediately got all giddy and fawning over him, following him around for any morsel of attention. Not one of...

Which brings us nicely to shampoo…

Happy Christmas everybody!