Ten points to the train driver the other night who announced something along the lines of: “Good evening ladies and gentlemen. Tonight we’ll be remembering the Thunderbirds. Shortly we’ll be touching down at the planet South Yarra, where voyagers for Sandringham galaxy can change. Then we’ll be travelling at warp speed, express to Caulfield, before ... [More]
Month: September 2004
Sometimes I look at the big pile of dishes in the sink, and wish I had a dishwasher. But then, half the work of washing the dishes is to stack them up neatly, and clear the dish rack of previous loads. Even with a dishwasher, you still need to do this. And for the sake ... [More]
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How I became a Geelong supporter
Geelong beat the Bombers by ten points on Saturday night in a rain-soaked MCG. Next comes the Preliminary Finals, and it’s the Brisbane Lions, which isn’t going to be an easy one to win. I’m not the world’s biggest footy fan, but I do like to keep an eye on Geelong. It’s been a while ... [More]
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Here is my station
On this day 150 years ago, at 12:20pm, Australia’s first train service departed Flinders Street Station bound for Port Melbourne. With that in mind, here is my local railway station. This picture was taken on Friday morning. I actually use various stations around here depending on precisely where I’m going that day, but this is ... [More]
Clearly I made a couple of bad decisions. I chose the wrong time to bail out of Doug’s 2004 Australian Tour drinkies at the Fed Square wine bar. And I chose not to bother to get my umbrella out and doing its umbrella-thing when walking the half-block to the station. After all, how wet could ... [More]
Dear PHL970, You know where you exit off the Westgate Freeway, onto Kingsway? Well you know how there are three lanes turning into Kingsway? You know how there are solid lines there leading from the freeway exit, around the corner into Kingsway? Well the general idea is that you follow the lines. So if you’re ... [More]
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She’s almost back
The three weeks is over, Marita and Justine return from Europe to the real world today. The airport web site says their plane is running an hour late, but hey, given the distance they’re coming, that’s not too bad. There will be photos and tales of the European summer heat, historic buildings and ruins, long ... [More]
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Collins Street at lunchtime
Not its usual bustling self. What happened? Evacuation? Riot? Mass protests at announcement of John Farnham touring again? No, Olympians on Swanston Street.
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The queue
Man I hate it when I’m looking for a big piece of coloured card for one of Isaac’s projects, and I dash into the newsagent that merged with the post office, look around, and they don’t have any. Then further down the road I dash into the post office that merged with the newsagent, and ... [More]
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Small and insecure
I finished Neal Stephenson’s Snow Crash a few weeks ago. At some stage I’d like to read it again, as some of the theology references flew past way over my head. But thoroughly excellent nonetheless. Last week I started reading Bill Bryson’s A Short History Of Nearly Everything. The opening chapters talk about the creation ... [More]
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Here is my bike
With thanks to Trish for the idea, here is my bike. I bought it about a year and a half ago. I don’t ride it as much as I’d like to, but with the price of petrol going through the roof, maybe it’s time to start using it more. I took this by using the ... [More]
If you’ve just eaten or anything, go read something else. This is a bit gross.