Dr Liseuse
@liseuse.bsky.social
Blitherer. Overly fond of Yorkshire, tbh.
I simply don't think that on my birthday of all days I should have to talk to an American antivaxxer.
January 27, 2026 at 10:07 PM
I simply don't think that on my birthday of all days I should have to talk to an American antivaxxer.
I need to move to Iceland purely so I never have to be without the truly staggering water pressure of my hotel shower.
January 26, 2026 at 8:43 PM
I need to move to Iceland purely so I never have to be without the truly staggering water pressure of my hotel shower.
Finally some good news!!
January 26, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Finally some good news!!
The disparity between walking into work to find my desk covered in 40th birthday confetti & my father being a) convinced my birthday is a date it isn't, b) my father being convinced I'm an age I'm not & c) my mother always saying I was born on my due date & not two weeks early is, frankly, bonkers.
January 23, 2026 at 8:57 PM
The disparity between walking into work to find my desk covered in 40th birthday confetti & my father being a) convinced my birthday is a date it isn't, b) my father being convinced I'm an age I'm not & c) my mother always saying I was born on my due date & not two weeks early is, frankly, bonkers.
There is a special place in hell for drivers who gleefully fly through puddles so they send water cascading onto pedestrians. Or; I'm very soggy now.
January 22, 2026 at 5:51 PM
There is a special place in hell for drivers who gleefully fly through puddles so they send water cascading onto pedestrians. Or; I'm very soggy now.
Current mood: trying not to laugh out loud in the office whilst keeping up with the Grauniad liveblog of all of ~~this~~.
www.theguardian.com/business/liv...
www.theguardian.com/business/liv...
Davos live: Trump rules out taking Greenland by force but calls for ‘immediate negotiations’
Rolling coverage of the World Economic Forum in Davos, where the US president is addressing world leaders
www.theguardian.com
January 21, 2026 at 2:40 PM
Current mood: trying not to laugh out loud in the office whilst keeping up with the Grauniad liveblog of all of ~~this~~.
www.theguardian.com/business/liv...
www.theguardian.com/business/liv...
I just think that if you are a university governor and part of your job, for which you are compensated financially, is signing legal documents that you have to sign because the financial regulations mandate it, THAT YOU SHOULD FUCKING SIGN THEM IN A TIMELY MANNER. Ahem. As you were.
January 16, 2026 at 6:31 PM
I just think that if you are a university governor and part of your job, for which you are compensated financially, is signing legal documents that you have to sign because the financial regulations mandate it, THAT YOU SHOULD FUCKING SIGN THEM IN A TIMELY MANNER. Ahem. As you were.
I'm not exactly a Bring Your Whole Self To Work person but I do bring enough of my self, it turns out, for a member of my team to send me a link to Heated Rivalry's imdb page and say "this feels like something you'd like". So, I am just going to sit with that.
January 12, 2026 at 3:20 PM
I'm not exactly a Bring Your Whole Self To Work person but I do bring enough of my self, it turns out, for a member of my team to send me a link to Heated Rivalry's imdb page and say "this feels like something you'd like". So, I am just going to sit with that.
I really wish chiropractors weren't dangerous bunkum practitioners because by God and all the saints and sinners all I want on this earth is for someone to crack every single one of my joints.
January 9, 2026 at 7:48 PM
I really wish chiropractors weren't dangerous bunkum practitioners because by God and all the saints and sinners all I want on this earth is for someone to crack every single one of my joints.
A governess who is also Death's granddaughter, a psychic spy and a slutty chef. (Three books, one non-fiction, not one very weird book.)
Well, now I'm an English professor...
December 30, 2025 at 8:40 PM
A governess who is also Death's granddaughter, a psychic spy and a slutty chef. (Three books, one non-fiction, not one very weird book.)
As someone from a small and quiet family (well, in the immediate sense), I feel such empathy for Meredith in The Family Stone. Large and loud and exuberant families are great but experiencing one for the first time is like going to the Mariana Trench and being expected to know how to survive.
December 30, 2025 at 7:38 PM
As someone from a small and quiet family (well, in the immediate sense), I feel such empathy for Meredith in The Family Stone. Large and loud and exuberant families are great but experiencing one for the first time is like going to the Mariana Trench and being expected to know how to survive.
Oh no, I'm all cosy and in my pyjamas and I forgot that it's Bin Night. In my defence it is not usually Bin Night on a Monday, usually Bin Night is Thursday night and I put them out when I get home from work. But it's Twixtmas and I'm not back at work so I'm hazy on what day it is anyway. Grump.
December 29, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Oh no, I'm all cosy and in my pyjamas and I forgot that it's Bin Night. In my defence it is not usually Bin Night on a Monday, usually Bin Night is Thursday night and I put them out when I get home from work. But it's Twixtmas and I'm not back at work so I'm hazy on what day it is anyway. Grump.
The Unexpected In-laws Have Left!! R has sworn to not wear a bra for the next five days.
Current status: shoehorn achieved, R considering midnight mass for the first time in a decade because a) she hasn't been able to take her bra off yet & b) it would be, relatively, quiet. This means that a disparate group of us are also considering mass but we'll all have to put bras back on.
The Christmas cheese and the Christmas chicken have been collected. The pepparkakor is made. The tree is out of the cupboard. I am doing far better today than a friend with Unexpected In-laws whose husband is on a shoehorn hunt because his father a) finds them essential but b) didn't bring one.
December 28, 2025 at 8:26 PM
The Unexpected In-laws Have Left!! R has sworn to not wear a bra for the next five days.
For the Rex (Not My Cat) fans: he came into the house at 10am, went upstairs, and has just - at 6.56pm - left.
December 25, 2025 at 6:57 PM
For the Rex (Not My Cat) fans: he came into the house at 10am, went upstairs, and has just - at 6.56pm - left.
This afternoon I have done some cross stitch and watched most of The Ipcress File. The chicken is now roasting, and the potatoes have been sliced for the dauphinois.
December 25, 2025 at 5:27 PM
This afternoon I have done some cross stitch and watched most of The Ipcress File. The chicken is now roasting, and the potatoes have been sliced for the dauphinois.
My father's contribution to Deep Christmas Thoughts: "it seems like it was easier to write a carol in the 1800s. Pick some lines of the gospel, set them to a night on unsingable tune, laugh and consider it a job well done."
December 25, 2025 at 2:13 PM
My father's contribution to Deep Christmas Thoughts: "it seems like it was easier to write a carol in the 1800s. Pick some lines of the gospel, set them to a night on unsingable tune, laugh and consider it a job well done."
Current status: shoehorn achieved, R considering midnight mass for the first time in a decade because a) she hasn't been able to take her bra off yet & b) it would be, relatively, quiet. This means that a disparate group of us are also considering mass but we'll all have to put bras back on.
The Christmas cheese and the Christmas chicken have been collected. The pepparkakor is made. The tree is out of the cupboard. I am doing far better today than a friend with Unexpected In-laws whose husband is on a shoehorn hunt because his father a) finds them essential but b) didn't bring one.
December 24, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Current status: shoehorn achieved, R considering midnight mass for the first time in a decade because a) she hasn't been able to take her bra off yet & b) it would be, relatively, quiet. This means that a disparate group of us are also considering mass but we'll all have to put bras back on.
Calloo callay, it's #DuvetKnowItsChristmas Day!
Unbelievably, #DuvetKnowItsChristmas generates such good will on social media that over the years we've raised somewhere approaching a quarter of a million quid for homeless charities. If you can spare a bob or two, sling some to Centrepoint, and here's the link: www.gofundme.com/f/duvet-know...
Donate to Duvet Know It's Christmas, 2025, organized by Rhodri Marsden
Unbelievably, it's the 15th year of this thing.
What is it?
Improbably, the nig… Rhodri Marsden needs your support for Duvet Know It's Christmas, 2025
www.gofundme.com
December 24, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Calloo callay, it's #DuvetKnowItsChristmas Day!
One of the reasons I read the Jhalak Longlist every year is that it brings new authors & books to me. I read a lot and try to do so widely. This is part of that widening. My work & local libraries do book displays for Black History month each year. To widen patrons knowledge of what is out there.
People are harshing on some “diverse reading challenge” thing that’s going around, and I get it, but looking at what you read and asking yourself “what isn’t represented here?” is imo a good and healthy practice
December 24, 2025 at 5:53 PM
One of the reasons I read the Jhalak Longlist every year is that it brings new authors & books to me. I read a lot and try to do so widely. This is part of that widening. My work & local libraries do book displays for Black History month each year. To widen patrons knowledge of what is out there.
The Christmas cheese and the Christmas chicken have been collected. The pepparkakor is made. The tree is out of the cupboard. I am doing far better today than a friend with Unexpected In-laws whose husband is on a shoehorn hunt because his father a) finds them essential but b) didn't bring one.
December 24, 2025 at 3:19 PM
The Christmas cheese and the Christmas chicken have been collected. The pepparkakor is made. The tree is out of the cupboard. I am doing far better today than a friend with Unexpected In-laws whose husband is on a shoehorn hunt because his father a) finds them essential but b) didn't bring one.
Thankfully this was delivered to my Helpful Neighbours who dropped it round before they disappear for Christmas and not the ones who once accepted a parcel knowing they were going away for a month that same day.
Ah, wonderful service from Yodel as always. Parcel delivered "to neighbour" but no details as to *which* neighbour.
December 24, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Thankfully this was delivered to my Helpful Neighbours who dropped it round before they disappear for Christmas and not the ones who once accepted a parcel knowing they were going away for a month that same day.
Ah, wonderful service from Yodel as always. Parcel delivered "to neighbour" but no details as to *which* neighbour.
December 23, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Ah, wonderful service from Yodel as always. Parcel delivered "to neighbour" but no details as to *which* neighbour.
As is now tradition, I am day by day listening to the glorious BBC World Service The Dark Is Rising. Beautiful and scary and, ultimately, hopeful. I am one of those weirdos who loves the deep dark days of December and this story is so wonderfully evocative of the peril at their edges.
December 22, 2025 at 9:03 PM
As is now tradition, I am day by day listening to the glorious BBC World Service The Dark Is Rising. Beautiful and scary and, ultimately, hopeful. I am one of those weirdos who loves the deep dark days of December and this story is so wonderfully evocative of the peril at their edges.
Look, I too cried at Heated Rivalry episode 5, and genuinely think it was good and heartwarming and important. But. Well. All the internet people being all "THIS IS THE BEST EPISODE OF TV I HAVE EVER SEEN"? You need to watch better TV. Idk, try Spooks. The House of Eliot. Hell, try Buffy.
December 20, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Look, I too cried at Heated Rivalry episode 5, and genuinely think it was good and heartwarming and important. But. Well. All the internet people being all "THIS IS THE BEST EPISODE OF TV I HAVE EVER SEEN"? You need to watch better TV. Idk, try Spooks. The House of Eliot. Hell, try Buffy.
This film has made many weird choices about France and the French but they have managed to get it correct that champagne is best served in a wine glass. Did they get the cheese course right? Oh no. But this, yes.
Right, the Christmas food shop has been put away and it's time for a bad Christmas film. Champagne Problems is tonight's choice. Because every French champagne house needs a perky American buyer!
December 20, 2025 at 9:07 PM
This film has made many weird choices about France and the French but they have managed to get it correct that champagne is best served in a wine glass. Did they get the cheese course right? Oh no. But this, yes.