Keeping up with the Kardashians first aired in October 2007. Fourteen years later, the Kardashian/Jenners are easily one of the most famous families in the world. Recently the most famous member has become a billionaire. To say they’ve seen pretty decent success over the years would be a huge understatement. Girls want to be themContinue reading “A Famous Family – Guest Author, Kelly”
Monthly Archives: May 2021
Why Decent Sized Pockets Should be Mandatory on Skirts and Dresses – Part 2
I hope you enjoyed Part 1 and a huge thank you to everyone who contributed a quote. Pockets are a hot topic in our household – mainly why don’t the garments my girlfriend buys come with pockets? Mine do. I’m currently sitting in shorts that have seven different pockets. And I’ll put on a jacketContinue reading “Why Decent Sized Pockets Should be Mandatory on Skirts and Dresses – Part 2”
Why Decent Sized Pockets Should be Mandatory on Skirts and Dresses – Part 1
Because why the FUCK not? I asked my friends and family about pockets and this is what they said: I like pockets because you can put robots in them. My Niece – Phoebe Pockets are the bane of my life! This is what I constantly find in my pockets: sticks, paper, snotty tissues, coins, stickyContinue reading “Why Decent Sized Pockets Should be Mandatory on Skirts and Dresses – Part 1”
Waste of Money
Our government recently spent £2.6 million on a new briefing room so that they could conduct daily briefings and be quizzed by journalists. A way to speak to the people and be more accountable. During the pandemic, we have seen many briefings from our government, explaining, cajoling, lamenting and generally trying to get some informationContinue reading “Waste of Money”
Women’s Safety – Guest Author, Kelly
A body was found in a large builder’s bag in Kent woodland and identified as that of missing 33-year-old female, Sarah Everard. What do we know? Sarah left her friend’s house around 9pm on Wednesday 3rd March. On Saturday 6th March, the police released CCTV footage of Sarah. In the days that followed, her familyContinue reading “Women’s Safety – Guest Author, Kelly”
Vaccines
At the time of me ‘penning’ this post, 35.5 million citizens of the UK have had their first COVID-19 vaccination and 18 million of those 35.5 mil have had their second. What a success! Considering the absolute bullshit that’s spread thickly all-over social media like corrosive butter about vaccines and how they’re not safe forContinue reading “Vaccines”
Alexander Hamilton
When my lovely girlfriend said we should go and see the musical Hamilton, I said yeah sure; day out in London, bit of nice food and the show was liked by some friends who know of these things so I thought, why not give it a try. We saw it a couple of weeks beforeContinue reading “Alexander Hamilton”
Statues – Edward Colston vs Greta Thunberg
Exhibit A – June 2020 – A group of people tear down a statue of Edward Colston, a slave trader and philanthropist. Both of these labels are important. Exhibit B – A different group of people then demand better protection of existing statues and even go out to ‘protect’ those statues. Exhibit C – JanuaryContinue reading “Statues – Edward Colston vs Greta Thunberg”
Welcome!
Welcome to my blog, abridgED. I wanted a place to excise some of those nagging thoughts. The kind of thoughts that can burrow into you and constantly flick your brain for attention. And for those thoughts that smack you in the face out of nowhere and in a pique, you rant at your neighbour’s catContinue reading “Welcome!”