I awoke this morning to the sound of heavy rain hitting the veranda roof. Why is it on dry mornings, the paper delivery person (I’d love to say paper boy, but who knows – I’ve never seen them – perhaps the paper is delivered by telekinesis or obedient monkeys or androids) drops the paper underneath ... [More]
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Something slipped past
Ford and Trillian let off steam. Yeah the pictures are a bit naff. That’s ‘cos they come from some obscure BBC archive video, and ‘cos time and energy are lacking so I snapped them off the TV rather than wrestle with the DVD screen capture software. The whole world of swear words is just one ... [More]
Instant movie review: Intolerable Cruelty. Didn’t seem as deep and complex as, say,O Brother, but very enjoyable, some great dialogue, some great laughs. Black vs. silver The topic of the colour of home entertainment equipment came up at Tony’s on Saturday. (Along with some other topics, including an innuendo-laden comment Tony would rather everybody forgot ... [More]
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He’s back (Who’s back?)
He’s back… Is Doctor Who just for kids? It’s something I vehemently denied in my teenage years, when I was an avid viewer. It seemed far too cool to be a kids’ show. But with the venerable time lord about to return to our screens next Monday, and my own kids utterly hooked on the ... [More]
Following the departure of Mr Speakerphone and numerous others around the floor, the new blood has started to arrive. As yesterday morning one bloke had already positioned himself in the office next to my desk. No sooner had I arrived than I found him starting up a speakerphone conversation with someone to find a meeting ... [More]
Well Mr Foxtel came over yesterday to wire me up to a world of entertainment. Hey, wait a sec, that’s Foxtel’s slogan… but don’t they have problems with it also being Crown Casino’s slogan? Did both of them forget to trademark it? Have they agreed to share it? Anyway Mr Foxtel came over. He wanted ... [More]
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Here comes Kitten Kon
Goodies Geeks from around the nation (and a couple from overseas) converged on Melbourne this weekend for the world’s first ever Goodies convention. Australia is full of people in their twenties and thirties who fondly remember The Goodies as the result of endless 6pm repeats on the ABC for most of the 70’s and 80’s. ... [More]
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A history lesson: Patrick Stewart with hair!
Before he baldly went where no man has gone before – Patrick Stewart with hair, in "Clavdivs" We’ve been having a bit of a video history lesson in the last few days. We’re slowly but surely working our way through the mammoth epic "I, Claudius", better known to anyone who’s seen it as "Clavdivs". It’s ... [More]
Went to a bit of a buck’s night on Saturday. A bit of a pub crawl through the city. There was one casualty of the evening, and it all happened before we even started! By the time we were in the restaurant chowing down some delicious Mongolian food, our missing comrade had already managed to ... [More]
My birthday is next Friday, and this year I’ve found it necessary to ask for a new pair of slippers. All of us in my family let each other know what we’d like – because we know how hopeless we all are at buying things for each other. It’s not that I’ve asked for slippers ... [More]
Shit shit shit shit shit! Thanks to me filling in my tipping form incorrectly, the cleaner has caught up with me to hold equal first place! Damn. Never mind. Hands up who remembers the 80s… endless afternoons after school in front of the TV. If you weren’t playing pirated games on your Commodore 64, you ... [More]
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The Wiggles
My son Isaac likes The Wiggles. Actually, every Australian kid between the ages of six months and ten years like The Wiggles. No matter which way you look at it, The Wiggles are cool. For small children, The Wiggles act as an instant sedative. Bung on the video and Isaac gazes up at the screen, ... [More]