As someone with not much money but family on the other side of the planet, I could totally see myself sticking my kid on a flight (solo, doit2julia! style, not solo-with-entourage North West style).

How is that "solo"? I'm so confused. That's like saying a baby left with two grandparents is "home alone".

I lived in the US for most of my 20s and fuck, that "10 days a year" thing is insane. How on earth is anyone supposed to go anywhere? Everyone I know here thinks it's horrific.

I'm with you — I have a colleague who, among other seemingly inoffensive but, over time, infuriating habits, apologises constantly. Her awkwardness makes everyone else awkward. It stops conversations. It's really affecting her job (she's not being given any out-of-the-office activities, and she's angry about that). It…

Yep, it's so tiresome. And it totally doesn't work! They can't convince me to look at anything by phone, because I can't see the pictures and the map, so it's a waste of their time.

I have the reverse problem — when I'm looking for a flat, estate agents REFUSE to email me and INSIST on calling leaving voicemails describing flats that I can't look at pictures of, can't see on a map and can't add to my list of options. I don't get reception on my phone at work or at home or on the tube, so I can…

I reply that way, too. I don't get reception at work, in my flat or on the train — the only place I can listen to voicemails is standing out in the street. I can see the person called, but I have no idea why.

I absolutely think it inconsiderate, and I'm 32 — I don't want to take up people's time like that.

Fascinating! I'm going to look into this.

That's such an excellent idea. I tried to teach myself when I was a kid, but I bet I could get good at it if I worked hard at it nowadays. (Plus I'm in England so we wouldn't be competing!)

I just got a response from an applicant I rejected specifically because he made too many mistakes in the test, and the response included the line "The word 'error' is not in my vocabularly, I assure you." Bizarre.

I hate that one and also "X became a father/mother again," which implies the parent somehow became not a parent before the second kid.

I was hoping Gilly would kill Slynt just because I grow weary of her and want her to do something.

Up until last night I much preferred Ron Snow from Talk of Thrones. But yep, last night he was almost not annoying at all.

Despite being a person who has read all the books and watched all the episodes, I had a moment of complete stupidity and went "You know what? I just really don't want HIM to die"… and as soon as I said "die" he got an arrow through the fucking throat.

"Settle your fucking preemptive chops" is my new go-to email-ending phrase. Thank you.

I just saw her playing Tamora, Queen of the Goths, at the Globe. (Died.)

Yeah, that old-style NOLA accent is really great!

I was the only person in my visiting-from-California party who could understand several cab drivers we met in New Orleans. There was some brilliant non-rhotic-ness going on down there!

I can't tell the difference between these two at all — off to Google a sound file!