Monthly Archives: April 2011

0500h The Queen’s Own Royal Bed Chamber Door Knocker knocks on one’s door and coughs the discreet Queen’s-Own-Royal-Bed-Chamber-Door-Knocker-wake-up-cough. One is already awake, but one pulls the bell rope labelled SNOOZE anyway because one can. Below stairs, the First Royal Bell … Continue reading →

I usually just delete chain e-mails, but this one was so chock full of good advice that I felt utterly compelled to share it with you. I have made some minor alterations, in italics, for the sake of complete clarification. 1. Give … Continue reading →

I find it recorded in my pocket book that it was on the night of May the Tenth, 1896, when the stairwell adjoining our Baker Street apartments was filled with the clatter of someone’s hurried approach. Holmes, who had hitherto … Continue reading →

  In the grander scheme of things, today’s subject will not seem of great import. In a world where you can be blown away in an instant at the whim of some git holed up in a cave in Afghanistan, … Continue reading →