If you want to see the Margaret Preston exhibit at the Ian Potter Centre/National Gallery of Victoria, you’ve got until Sunday. Marita and I went on Australia Day — a good escape from the heat. Good stuff, a reminder that Preston didn’t just do floral illustrations (though they were certainly prominent) but also dabbled in ... [More]
Dear sir and madam, Welcome to our city. I could make a remark about thumbs that are sore, but that probably wouldn’t be polite. Please enjoy your stay.
Happy Australia Day.
Outrage in the office. A note at the scene of the crime, the fridge: Further investigation revealed that in fact two victims had had their yoghurt go missing. It seems there is a serial yoghurt thief among us.
Dream from the other night: I woke up with huge hair, sticking straight out for about 30cm in every direction from my head. I looked in the mirror and couldn’t believe what I was seeing. “How can this be?” I thought “I only had a haircut last week…”
The gas people finished their upgrade on Friday, and I found a note in the letterbox telling me I had a nice shiny new gas meter, and that it was turned off, and how to turn everything back on. Following the instructions, I started with the stove… after much spluttering it seemed okay. Hot water ... [More]
It’s days like these that you begin to appreciate why some people go and spend thousands installing and running home airconditioning. Yikes. I suppose we should be grateful it didn’t quite reach the forecast 43°, but stopped short on a mere 42.4°C (108.3°F) instead. I spent some time today listening to the bushfire updates on ... [More]
On my nature strip this morning is a little bulldozer. Unfortunately it’s not a late Christmas present. Some guys from the gas company have been digging up various bits of the street all week, including parts of my driveway around the gas meter. This has meant the gas has been disconnected between 8am and 5pm ... [More]
My old bank sent me a Visa bill the other day. I wonder how many more bills they’ll send before they remember that I cancelled the card several months ago, and one of their staff cut the card up as I watched? (I can’t believe I didn’t blog about that, as they tried to charge ... [More]
Quiz question for you. No cheating, leave your answer in the comments. Before 11th September 2001, how many buildings were in the World Trade Centre in New York City? And what happened to them?
One of the things on my To Do list that I did get done over the holidays was to invest in some new desks. The old big desk doesn’t suit the new home-office at all, partly because it’s so damn big and doesn’t fit into the space properly, but also because it’s dull corporate grey, ... [More]
Well it had to happen sometime… the summer holidays have finished for me. Back to work today. Of my to do list: Completed: 2 Substantially done: 4 A little bit done: 2 Thought about, but ultimately, not even started: 4 Hmm. Could be worse. Could be a lot better. But at least I spent plenty ... [More]