Archive for January, 2009
Catastrophic eyebrows plague TV reality shows
The Nurse’s TV viewing pleasure is ruined by an outbreak of catastrophic eyebrow plucking. Who’d have imagined that eyebrows could cause such consternation? A complete lack of eyebrows, as you can see, makes a person look like an alien. But bad eyebrows are even more disturbing. Attempting to enjoy Masterchef this week, The Nurse found herself driven to distraction by contestants’ eyebrows. One would-be chef had plucked [...]
Kittens for President Obama
Everyone loves kittens. The Nurse is no exception, although her cats are virtual; mere images on a laptop rather than talktative, furry, entertaining real life cats. The Nurse has always liked Americans. She just found Bush and his Administration objectionable. Reaching out the hand of goodwill, she’d like to present President Obama and his family with this matching set [...]
Cute kittens watch Garfield on TV
The Nurse provides an antidote to the Chief Surgeon’s uber-gloomy post Regular readers will know that The Nurse isn’t known for her cheery attitude. Which is fair enough. You’d be hard pressed to be cheery yourself if you were banged up in this shithole. Her Majesty’s Pleasure, my arse. Suffice it to say that today The Nurse is cold, damp and [...]
2009 Looks Set to be a Miserable Year
I’ve been told that I must make some predictions for 2009 and put them on my blog – so here goes: Home repossessions are set to skyrocket in the UK. Although interest rates are being kept low, helping to reduce monthly mortgage repayments, for many this will still be too much as other bills are [...]
