How do you not love me? Let me count the ways...

As the International Day Of Kitsch Tat And Misery™ looms large for another year...

Charles Rennie Mackintosh much preferred tea

Cumbernauld. Never fails to disappoint.

Accentuate the positive

Dear lovely folk out there,

For 2014, in a slight shift of aspiring-to-be-comedic policy, The Maelstrom has decided to post only positive, uplifting and encouraging items - to enrich the lives of all those who may stumble across them.

In that spirit, here's one of our enduringly fine British thespians offering an insightful quote about existence to get the year off to an appropriate start...

You're welcome.

The Truth About Dogs

Unanswered Internet Thread Anxiety

All night long

His suffering was into its 3rd day, with no sign of abating...

My current excuse for not achieving very much of anything. It's most impressive what you can find simply by searching for "Victorian deathbed scenes"...