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So, we’re having dinner, on the day before #2′s birthday. Naturally, the boys manage to ignore number 2 and concentrate on birthdays further ahead. “What are you going to do on your birthday, Dad?”, says #3 “Well, son 3″, I … Continue reading →

There’s something about a city and its relationship with football that is hard to articulate, but reasonably easy to feel. I found myself in Newcastle a few weeks ago, Newcastle United had just got their new Virgin Money sponsorship, and … Continue reading →

I was travelling up to Newcastle on a train recently, and went, as they say, to ‘wash my hands’, and saw this notice on the toilet wall: Like me, you may have had a bit of a double take. I … Continue reading →

If you’re a runner, there’s a fair chance that you have a pair of embarrassing shorts in your wardrobe.  I’m just about ok on the shorts front, thanks for asking, but I do have a slight problem when the weather … Continue reading →

So, yesterday, I get a phone call at work from Jr Emu #1.* “Dad, You’ll never guess what’s just happened”, he said. A short worried pause while I considered my options. If you’ve got teenage kids in your house, perhaps … Continue reading →

Few people ‘in the know’ can have missed the recent return to the public eye of the massive punk/blues/off key karaoke phenomenon that is 4D Jones. If you did, then more fool you, because last Friday’s barnstormer of a gig … Continue reading →

Firstly, many apologies for the long gap since the last episode of The Emu. Did you notice? Well, it’s all been a tad busy round these parts, what with families to worry over, careers to mis-manage, and, most importantly, the … Continue reading →

Of all of the senses, I firmly believe that smell is the most over-rated. Some people apparently thrive on the sniff of new mown lawns, of stupidly expensive perfumes, or the cheeky bouquet of a heavy burgundy, but not me. … Continue reading →

Some time ago, I used the offices of this blog (very good phrase that, don’t you think? I should make it clear that this blog does not have it’s own office. That disappeared some time ago when we decided that … Continue reading →

Sometime I don’t know why I bother. I spend months trying to craft some original words to make people think or laugh, then I realise that I’d be far better off just copying out some words from OK! magazine. Incidentally, … Continue reading →