21+ hour, 44+ min ago   (190+ words) I've often heard England described along the lines of "small country divided into smaller worlds", and I'm wondering if kindness/politeness is one example. Here's what led me to wonder:I just returned from a conference in London. While there,…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (281+ words) We saw a mouse in our kitchen and immediately went nuclear with traps, an admittedly lazy cat, repellant, and (cat-safe) poison. We very quickly caught four mice over the space of about 36 hours. Since then (four days ago) we've seen…...