Tag Archives: pokemon

Parenting – Winning The War Or At Least Losing Gracefully

Posted on Jul 22, 2020 by TanGental

This is based on a post I wrote some years ago and was triggered by a somewhat bizarre discussion with my mother in law about taking medicine. A parenting lesson, which a conversation today brought back to me and which … Continue reading →

Posted in thought piece | Tagged parenting, pokemon, thought piece | 15 Comments

My Life In Film

Posted on Dec 26, 2018 by TanGental

The course of my life can be plotted in any number of ways: educational stages, jobs, friendships, family celebrations and so on. Today someone made me think about films and how the can pinpoint certain moments in one’s life. The … Continue reading →

Posted in family, Film, humour, miscellany | Tagged Annie Hall, Battle of Britain, Blazing Saddles, film, First Men In The Moon, One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, pokemon, Silent Movie, The Last Detail, The Life Of Brian, theatre | 21 Comments

Parenting – Winning The War Or At Least Losing Gracefully

Posted on Jul 19, 2018 by TanGental

A parenting lesson, which a conversation today brought back to me and which I thought I’d share. Back in 1998 when we visited friends in Bahrain, the Lawyer, aged 8, was heavily into Pokémon – the soft toys, the cards and … Continue reading →