Ellen @gershamabob.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I think my child has seen it three years running as part of PSHE. In fact in Year 11 last week the teacher said "we are going to talk about consent, but we're not watching the tea video again". (It's very clear though which is what makes it so good.) 010
Ellen @gershamabob.bsky.social · 28/09/2026To be fair they've got a fixed version now, but oy vey. 030
Ellen @gershamabob.bsky.social · 28/09/2026When is bins? Thought I. Blue this week. Bring it out. Everyone else has green out. Why? Cos council cocked up their printable calendar. 141
Ellen @gershamabob.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Fourth Wing is maximum spicy. I was listening to it on Audiobook to see what the fuss was about and at least they're keen on enthusiastic consent even if the characters make terrible choices otherwise. 000
Ellen @gershamabob.bsky.social · 26/09/2026O_O My 11 year old niece was complaining that her mum wouldn't let her get a copy of Fourth Wing, and B was like "my mum says I can't read it either*!" *This was at least a year ago. At almost 16 now I'd kinda shrug and look the other way but she's very aroace and wouldn't read it anyhow. 100
Ellen @gershamabob.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I used to say "Yes, I have a degree in art, but I failed the glue module" because, yeah. 010
Ellen @gershamabob.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Thinking about the time I gave up and used fondant because Pikachu with chocolate crumbs all over his face was not gonna fly. 111
Ellen @gershamabob.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Ah, I love Dar Williams but I can't make Bristol on a random Tuesday. 110
Ellen @gershamabob.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Another day, another cat drawing. This time it's a more difficultly coloured cat on a more difficult background. 😬 040
Ellen @gershamabob.bsky.social · 21/09/2026How about: stock up on things you'll eat. You should rotate your stock anyways and that way everything gets used. :) 020
Ellen @gershamabob.bsky.social · 21/09/2026This article is fine, but FGS are we not allowed anything "nice" in case of emergency? (Tinned meats and instant noodles are too high in salt! Avoid fruit tinned in syrup! Sugar salt fat baaaad when world falling apart.) www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukWhat food items should you stock up on in case of an emergency?Extreme weather may be changing the way we need to shop, with the UK government urging people to stock up on canned goods. 220
Ellen @gershamabob.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Not on my bingo card for today: learning to patch whatever happens when a 17+ year old set of hooks pulls out of the wall. Apparently Rawl plugs were for numpties.when the last owner installed it. 030
Ellen @gershamabob.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Oh yeah, went to Ireland/NI in August. Pretty. Wayy to much driving but I needed to get B away from home for a bit and she wanted to see the last bit of the UK she hadn't. 140
Ellen @gershamabob.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Also I never posted this sketch I did of a lifeboat on the ferry to Ireland. 020
Ellen @gershamabob.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Having a bit of a meh day so cheered myself up by finally covering the cover of my sketchbook with a garden posca portrait. 130
Ellen @gershamabob.bsky.social · 15/09/2026If I could *choose* to not have ADHD I would. In a heartbeat. 000
Ellen @gershamabob.bsky.social · 14/09/2026How my day is going: accidentally fused pop tart innards to the elements of the toaster at work. 030
Ellen @gershamabob.bsky.social · 04/09/2026I should say that 99% of the student timetables are straightforward, and are based on a combo of The Timetable I produced in July and on teacher's assignments of students to classes. The 1% are students who missed being assigned or need changes, or where I made random mistakes. 000
Ellen @gershamabob.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Rejoice! For I have made it through the first week of school and produced timetables for 1700 students. *exits persued by a bear" 270
Ellen @gershamabob.bsky.social · 31/08/2026It was pretty much the only thing on TV the first night I moved into a flat all by myself. 010
Ellen @gershamabob.bsky.social · 31/08/2026The sauciness would put B right off so I haven't even bothered to suggest it. Gosh Frankenstein is a slog though innit? 110
Ellen @gershamabob.bsky.social · 29/08/2026I assume it includes people who don't cycle at all, rather than average of all those who cycle. (Like my friend who commutes by walking and train.) 140
Ellen @gershamabob.bsky.social · 28/08/2026In an odd set of twists, teen and I are staying at my in-laws without my husband. I have already managed to set off the booby trapped toilet. 020
Ellen @gershamabob.bsky.social · 27/08/2026I think this is a similar model to what I have but I'm not at home and can't check 010
Ellen @gershamabob.bsky.social · 17/08/2026I don't actually believe that all things people like to attribute to neurodiversity are actually "things". And that's partially because I have read a lot of takes like "all people with ADHD are like this" and I don't and was diagnosed as a kid. :P 100
Reposted by EllenKatie (the other one) @kayfabegamergirl.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Thinking, as I often do, about this tumblr post 1354781886
Ellen @gershamabob.bsky.social · 13/08/2026See, the problem is that I like cheddar a lot. I don't like stomach pain. Also my child is really sensitive to lactose. 000
Ellen @gershamabob.bsky.social · 13/08/2026That's irritating. They make the only *nice* lactose free cheddar. 100
Ellen @gershamabob.bsky.social · 12/08/2026B is highly miffed that they're not studying Jekyll and Hyde and is therefore salty about having to read Frankenstein. 130
Ellen @gershamabob.bsky.social · 12/08/2026I have promised to read Frankenstein alongside B as it might be the way to get her to do it in a timely fashion instead of on 6th September. 120
Ellen @gershamabob.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Last night's dream had almost fever dream intensity and persistence and I don't want tonight to be also pestered by the compulsion that I must meet a man in a graveyard in Ireland on Thursday to exchange a mysterious parcel. (Why brain, why?) 030
Ellen @gershamabob.bsky.social · 11/08/2026B has already read it and really liked it - I can lend it to you (and Elder if interested) after I'm done. :) 110
Ellen @gershamabob.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Current mood: I have eclipse glasses floating around somewhere after last year's flop attempt to see the solar eclipse over my parents' house. (Total cloud-out.) I can't be arsed to find them. Maybe tomorrow. 000
Ellen @gershamabob.bsky.social · 11/08/2026I'm reading "The Book of Bill" (Gravity Falls, at B's insistance) and the audiobook of "Hemlock & Silver" (T. Kingfisher) and I've got "I Was a Teenage Death God" by my friend @mjbeasi.com queued up for my holiday 130
Ellen @gershamabob.bsky.social · 08/08/2026There's also the solution where you get a microchip feeder for your cat - I guess whatever is least expensive?? 110
Ellen @gershamabob.bsky.social · 07/08/2026My favourite Christmas movie might be Toys. I know it's super bizarre and I haven't seen it in decades anyways. 😅 110
Ellen @gershamabob.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Not what I was expecting and put a proper non-cynical smile on my face. :D 030
Ellen @gershamabob.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Not off the top of my head, but I have definitely used them in the John Henry Brookes building when I was caught short, and they were open to public and the all-in-one sort with its own sink. 100
Ellen @gershamabob.bsky.social · 05/08/2026May I submit Oxford Brookes? There are unisex loos on the ground floor of the main building. Presumably there are more loos by the library too and possibly near the various cafes. 130
Ellen @gershamabob.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Dunno, I certainly remember a lot of book-swapping in my youthful friend group. I'd never have met Archie if we didn't swap books... (my personal tiny domino to giant domino). 010
Ellen @gershamabob.bsky.social · 27/07/2026My teen's friend group DOES have reading as a shared interest, and they pass around books and book recs, so it does still exist. Also B sometimes will pick up book recs from her dad and I, reads at home if the current book is engaging enough, and listens to a lot of audiobooks. 110
Ellen @gershamabob.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Done with work. Brain is toast. Need to catch up on my Hobby Homework before Hobby Weekend. (Also had a Hobby Weekend last weekend. Brain full. Send caffeine.) 020
Reposted by EllenAlasdair Beckett-King @misterabk.bsky.social · 13/07/2026The great thing about Britain is you're free to think whatever you want to think and say whatever J. K. Rowling's lawyers permit you to say. 4057721729
Ellen @gershamabob.bsky.social · 13/07/2026I have finally gotten B to read one of my favourite series (the Scholomance by Naomi Novik) and our discussions about what's going on halfway through the first book have made me remember what a finely crafted trilogy it is. 📚 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Deadl...en.wikipedia.orgA Deadly Education - Wikipedia 050
Ellen @gershamabob.bsky.social · 13/07/2026I always blame weird bites on spiders but that looks like a very bad reaction. 111
Ellen @gershamabob.bsky.social · 12/07/2026I took B a couple of times (paid!) to the JR to act as a child patient plus "concerned mum" for a similar thing. 100