Ah, bitter spinsterhood. Youth Defence, I almost love you for being so patently mad: https://t.co/dILy4v43 (via @andgoseek)

Signs of age: when someone says they were born in 1990 and you don't believe them because they appear to be an adult.

Excellent piece by @sineadgleeson about buying toys for girls in the face of pinkification:  http://www.herald.ie/lifestyle/why-do-girls-toys-have-to-be-so-pink-this-christmas-3316601.html …

Absolutely gorgeous story from @lettersofnote: http://t.co/ssRaegNq

Still enjoying @greatdismal's Zero History. Minor characters include band that seem to be unholy hybrid of Múm and Jedward.

@hkiveat Dominion by CJ Sansom - alternative history where the Germans control Britain after WW2, featuring SPIES and EXCITEMENT

The baby has fallen asleep on me, forcing me to sit in the encroaching gloom as I can't reach the light. Truly I have become an Irish mammy.

Conversation with @deshocks & @owensdamien has reminded me of the horror that is WIGS FOR BABIES:  http://baby-bangs.com/index2.php 

*dons ironic deely boppers* *eyes self* *removes deely boppers* *sighs*

I have positioned the baby so he can watch the man fixing the oven. I am hoping he will thus Learn A Trade and Become Independent.

I have just frightened away a Fine Gael canvasser by waving a fearsome baby at them.

I have just sent an email to Boots complaining about them changing the texture of their foam earplugs. HELP ME I HAVE BECOME OLD & CROTCHETY

Trying to figure out if "we wear clothes at home" is a hill I want to die on.

@stephie08 @beardy911 I'm going to check whether any of the pieces of music I thought I'd written are actually by Neil DIamond.

I seem to have gone from being slightly apathetic about #aras11 to REALLY FERVENTLY NOT WANTING SEAN GALLAGHER TO WIN.

The baby has awoken, farting with rage at our terrible national defeat.

@yourrteguide IN A PERSPEX BOX. WITH PIGTAILS.

@cox_tom Perhaps avoid trees, stairs, and heroin for the next few days just to be on the safe side.

@sarahditum He's a big lad, that Piano Man.

The baby is giving it socks to Le Tigre again. #feministinfant