Cats were domesticated about 10,000 years ago, when wild cats encountered the first human settlements and saw an opportunity to constantly be in the way

Happy Christmas ! Not all of our decor is officially edible.

Christmas at the Mitchester Bored? Friendly? Loquacious? Hiding with a selection box? Overstimulated by tinsel? 24th, 25th, 26th and 31st December the doors are open from 9pmish. Someone will turn up and it may even be a jolly man with a beard… discord.gg/XUbJsmZhu

@marjoryfrauts.bsky.social and I have put up the main Christmas decoration.

Spotify Round Up. The robots are listening

This Week at the Mitchester Arms: - Dragonmeet is for weenies and I hope that you all have a good time. - not jealous. - much. And so much more. From 9ish. discord.gg/KFasAU9ve

This week at the Mitchester Arms: - slap on some suntan lotion… in the Southern Hemisphere! - yes, we’ve had to turn up the heating too. - brass monkeys, mate. Baltic. Had worse. Ook! And more from 9ish discord.gg/KFasAU9ve

This week at the Mitchester Arms: - listen to the Landlord’s missus sob about remembering when all of this was fields. - sign up to @modoc.bsky.social ‘s Mitchester Secret Satan www.elfster.com/gift-exchang... - talk about Dragonmeet being epic From 9ish discord.gg/R2tSukzZK

This week at the Mitchester Arms: - Virtual Grogmeetish this weekend, innit. Pubcrawl to the Virtual Lass o’Gowron. - ask the real questions, like, how are all the chavs affording nonstop fireworks ? - join the Mitchester Secret Santa www.elfster.com/gift-exchang... discord.gg/KFasAU9ve

This Week at the Mitchester Arms: 🎃 Hallowe’en Edition 🎃 - ducking for d20s. - hollowing out turnips because we are British, dammit. Well, I am. - guessing what lies beneath the Landlord’s mask. From 9ish (me from 11ish) discord.gg/ZGZdTcmEN

This Week at the Mitchester Arms: - awaiting a fresh consignment of elephants and tacky tigers. - wearing tall hats like druids in the old days. - not insisting that you drink your whisky like we do at all And more. From 9ishish discord.gg/gu5vHep5f

This week at the Mitchester Arms: - it’s October. Fuuuuuuu… - …rnace RPG next weekend. - (I would NEVER swear *coughs* And hopefully more… From 9ish. discord.gg/GxxR7tFWq

This week at the Mitchester Arms: - cock-eyed optimism - optimism-eyed cockism - cock-a-doodle do And more From 9ish discord.gg/Eg8PswXg

This week at the Mitchester Arms: - listening to the gadabouts telling us all about the conventions they went to - I CAN GET SAMOSAS AND MAPLE SYRUP AT HOME!!! - but I do come to MA for the company. It’s a crazy world after all. From 9ish (me from 11) discord.gg/snHX5mGj

This week at the Mitchester Arms: - huddle together for warmth as we realise that most regulars have gone to KamCon and Owlbear - we can make our own fun. All we need is a small aubergine 🍆 - who likes RPGs anyway? Oh. Wait… From 9ish. discord.gg/vB2t62mD

This week at the Mitchester Arms: - although the world seems dark, take heart that @morthrai.bsky.social is out of pokey and walks among us again. - what are the cool kids playing these days. Enlighten me. - Electric Pachyderm this weekend. You heard that right. From 9 discord.gg/2KhHwG79

This week at the Mitchester Arms: - dancing in stilettos in the snow - sitting with the broken angels, clutching at straws - being mad to live, talk and be saved. And more. From 9ish discord.gg/2KhHwG79

Living in somewhat pedestrian yet still in surprising enough times to make one eyebrow be in danger of getting trapped in my hairline.

ask your pastor who Jesus would deport… if they hesitate or come up with an answer other than “Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.” leave…the church is broken

This week at the Mitchester Arms: - 😉🤟🏼🤖🥓👾 - ✊🤛🫵🫆👁️🧠 - 🌂🪱🐛🍆🥕🦴 And more. From 9ish discord.gg/PWn8xkxd

Dudes, dudettes, I thought it was time to issue a friendly reminder that if you ever want to talk, hang out, witness something vaguely humanoid, give the Mitchester a try. Just log on or holler and someone will turn up eventually. May be sort of useless, but we care. discord.gg/95j7UJz9

This week at the Mitchester Arms: - waiting to hear where to send Lee’s money. Still time to splurge: www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding... Crowdfunding For Good From JustGiving - Pookie loves us: youtu.be/fk9Frmqnvng?... - this could be a good weekend, guys! From 9ish. discord.gg/449teR3q

Just chatting with a mate about how exciting we now find household cleansing. Alexa decided to play us a song from when we were actually young and vital (ish) youtu.be/sGSHIidlesQ?...

This week at the Mitchester Arms: - still reeling from one of our own brought low tbf. Dig deep this payday www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding... Crowdfunding For Good From JustGiving - be reyt - annual ‘Bugger Me, It’s August. From 9ish (me from 11ish) discord.gg/ZUDy3zxB

I've set up a virtual whip-round to help out @morthrai.bsky.social www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding...

I now have just the one week to finish reading The Inimitable Jeeves for #GroggyBooks. Every single month I end up skidding in under the wire. And this is for something I chose to do myself FOR FUN. I can only conclude that I, at best, am a very special kind of masochist.

I wrote a thing marjorica.dreamwidth.org/3850.html marjorica | Week 5 - Toi Toi Toi

This week at the Mitchester Arms: I was going to go with some Ozzy Osbourne quotes, but events closer to home have overtaken this instinct. Instead I am going to remind people that they can always come for a chat at the very least. Or just a bit of company. From 9ish discord.gg/MHgPRnHm

Hoping and praying.

I wrote a thing: marjorica.dreamwidth.org/3676.html marjorica | Week 4 - Figure of Speech This is set in the Liminal universe. Gonna keep going until I get good!

This week at the Mitchester Arms: - the heatwave would be faking me out, but I don’t have the energy to notice - the back of my neck isn’t the only dirty and gritty part - Nobbly Bobblies are way forward. Change my mind. And more. From 9ish. (me from 11ish) discord.gg/a2VVzN86

The wit of my Myammy as the birthday celebrations take an unexpected turn.

I have been playing up a storm this week: Mutant Year Zero with @jerodleupold.bsky.social Lady Susan PI with Hayley Masks with @savagespiel.bsky.social Westerly Green with @groewe.bsky.social And Gran Meccanismo with @alistairsmith.bsky.social I can give up the one shots any time I choose!

You know when you write something and you really are not happy with it? I present marjorica.dreamwidth.org/3373.html marjorica | Week 3 - Ecco. My ‘tragedy’ here is that what I might not normally care to present on a shovel, is in a writing competition. I did this to myself. Dammit.🤬

Gotta be done youtu.be/qFe0sc8XW94?...

This week at the Mitchester Arms: - it’s hot and humid. Bushy, bushy blonde hairdo contest in the Llama Lounge - Good vibrations welcome, but excitations strictly off camera by order of the management. - slideshow of landlord’s recent trip to Kolomo in Public Bar And more 9+ discord.gg/Wk8YBzAZ

Teddy surveys the barbecue.

Not sleeping has let me finish Starve Acre in good time for #GroggyBooks on Sunday. All I can say is wow! If I read anything better all year I will be surprised. Thank you Uncle @thegrognardfiles.bsky.social for setting this for Geek Sunday School.

Sleeping at night is so passė. I don’t actually believe this, but apparently my stupid body does. I, who need my beauty sleep more than most!

Eesh, but we’re living in an unkind world.

I wrote another thing. It’s kind of long, but I don’t have time to edit it down. I think that it’s maybe the basis of an actual short story and in a while I will be able to rework it JuSt liek a r33l ritter. marjorica.dreamwidth.org/3165.html marjorica | Week 2 - If It’s Any Consolation…

This week at the Mitchester Arms: - you won’t believe the last 36 hours we have had. You would? M’kay. - your best times are not behind you. There is good yet to come. Believe it. - this is the delightful part of the summer where… Nope. Still hot. And more from 9ish. discord.gg/CYdeSQke

Myammy’s Pre 80th Hackenthorpe Birthday Bonanza! Pictured: 1. What happens if you announce that BoJo is allowed out in public 2. Cake and Son of Cake

Oh our freezer broke down, hooray! Have had to get people round to rescue stuff and have 5,000 calorie feast each. We can all die together! Hooray!

We are doing birthday banners for my mum. I bought some from Temu. One is meant to say 80 years loved. However, what we have are these letters: O N R R A A G G T U M E E E Monger guarantee? An EU remortgage? Suggestions gratefully received!

I used to run with a pretty tough gang when I was younger

I am thinking about cake. I look at the world around me and this is by far the best option.

1. All of our fruit and vegetables went off in the heat. 2. Heat making mega stupid. Call me Sgt Detritus. 3. Birthday feast for Myammy’s 80th on Thursday DV. Luckily most plans made before I got to o stupid. 4. Odd dream where I was walking around my college as a defiant nudist.

Delilah-Faye is not impwessed with your weather nonsense.