Welcome to my new-look home. What do you think? Blog totally redesigned. I’m still finding my way around. So, here’s a cat in a hoodie: Relevance: new hood, cat in a hood? Yeah, it’s tenuous at best, gratuitous at worst. It’s possible I was just looking for an excuse to post a cat in…
Category: a million miles from normal
Steamed clams anyone?
A MILLION MILES FROM NORMAL – By Paige Nick STEAMED CLAMS ANYONE? A friend of mine in the beauty biz sent me a link to a new kind of facial this week. Well, it’s new to me. What’s new about it isn’t that it uses snail slime, or the breath of a dozen South American…
Urethra Franklin
Morning team, don’t forget to do your stretches. Here’s yesterday’s Sunday Times column, hope you enjoy. xp A MILLION MILES FROMNORMAL – By Paige Nick URETHRA FRANKLIN As much as it pains me, I can’t not, not write about this. I know that’s a triple negative, but sometimes you just have to say no. A…
Perks
A MILLION MILES FROM NORMAL – By Paige Nick PERKS OF THE JOB There are jobs that come with great perks, and jobs that don’t. The basic perks of being a writer include a flat bum, bad eyesight and the careful curation of an arsenal of excuses and work avoidance techniques. I have a friend…
Tick, tick, tick, tick… boom!
A MILLION MILES FROM NORMAL – By Paige Nick WAKEY WAKEY, HANDS OFF SNAKEY This column is about having a hard time getting up in the morning, and for once I’m not talking about sex. Mornings are tough, but winter mornings are impossible. Some people make them look easy, they bound out of bed with…
Speaking of deal-breakers…
Join me for the next couple of days as we explore some other people’s deal-breakers. After Sunday’s column on ‘deal-breakers‘ I got a ton of marvelous mails from people outlining what they will and will not stand for. Some broke my heart, and some broke my funny bone. I loved them so much, I thought…
What's your deal breaker?
What’s your deal-breaker? Here’s yesterday’s Sunday Times column. Happy first of July, friends. Scary how fast this year is flying. A MILLION MILES FROM NORMAL – By Paige Nick CLIP YOUR TOENAILS AT YOUR OWN PERIL When it comes to dating, we all have our deal-breakers. Those habits, quirks or circumstances that you absolutely refuse…
Yes we cat!
Best Monday ever, okay, so I wrote that on Sunday, so it may not be. Sorry. But there is this; yesterday’s Sunday Times column. Hope you and your cat enjoy it. Cos you know he’s reading it over your shoulder right now, right? Or he’ll wait till you go out, then make himself a cappuccino,…
No more fish in the sea
Morning, and happy Monday! Here’s the catch of the day, it’s yesterday’s Sunday Times column: A MILLION MILES FROM NORMAL – By Paige Nick FISHING IN THE SHALLOW END It’s official. According to scientists everywhere, there are fewer fish in the sea now than there have ever been. In fact, if we keep going the…
I want to hear one click
So perhaps, on occasion, you’ve read my column or swung round here and taken a look at the blog to see what you can see.What you may not know is that I write books too, and they’re now available on Amazon, as kindle downloads. I’ve been waiting for this for so long, I’m almost not…