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Things I like about Captain Vegetable (from Sesame Street): 1. I don’t remember this song from when I was a kid. I discovered it when my kids watched Sesame Street. 2. The message! Yeah I’m getting health conscious. Not that it was ever likely to convince any kids. 3. The dodgy rhyming. “My name is ... [More]
Once upon a time, I used to stock up on chocolate bars every week in the supermarket. I’d grab a week’s worth of 50 gram bars; typically whatever was on sale or available at a bulk discount (as long as it wasn’t Nestle). I’d then take one to work each day to snack on. At ... [More]
Vale Harry Melbourne, inventor of the Freddo Frog. Maybe I’ll eat one today in his memory. Quote of the day yesterday, first school day of the year: “I can’t believe I’m in Grade 6” — Isaac. (Neither can I, as it happens.)
A big bunch of thumbs ups for all these, from the past couple of months. The First Casualty by Ben Elton — a mystery set close to a century ago, a bit like Julian Barnes’ Arthur and George, and also very reminiscent of Black Adder 4, but with a much more serious look at the ... [More]
Two great blog posts I’ve read recently: If you’ve ever worked in a service industry, and been on the receiving end of someone’s arseholedness, have a read of this — Nice consumer takes-on Nasty. I don’t recall ever encountering people of the moronic calibre when I was working in a shop. Either I was lucky, ... [More]
With renovations having begun at her house, Marita has moved in for a little while. So while there were three people at my place (for part of the week), there are now four. Happily, this hasn’t quite created the havoc I half suspected with things like the capacity of the bathroom (the second toilet has ... [More]
Heinz Big’n’Chunky Beef and Vegetable Soup. I like a can of soup on a cold night when I’m feeling too lazy to cook properly. But this reminded me just a little too much of the aroma of dog food.
Interesting mix… Italian and Indian cuisine. Anybody fancy some Spaghetti Vindaloo? How about Tandoori macaroni? When I lived in Hawthorn, up the end of the street was an Indian/Vegetarian/Fish’n’Chip shop. And in fact, I have made something approxiamating spaghetti Tandoori chicken once when I was scrounging around in the kitchen for leftovers. It was… well, ... [More]
Well, I did it. I survived an entire week without chocolate. Cruelly, my body reacted to this effort by producing a rather large pimple on the side of my nose. Is there no justice? However, I’m conscious of the fact that diabetes is far from unknown in my family, and while I’m not going to ... [More]
Thankfully it’s only a minority of smokers who are obnoxious about their habit, like the two bogan girls in the Campbell Arcade yesterday morning. I wonder what made them think they were allowed to smoke in there? After all, smoking is banned from most inside and undercover locations now. Maybe we should have smoking zones? ... [More]
I had a reasonably bad cold last week, and I’m still periodically coughing yeuchhy stuff up very noisily. At its worst, I worked from home, which was actually pretty good — I reckon I got more done at home than I would have done at work, thanks to the tranquility. Thanks to a contact in ... [More]
Can I do it? Starting at midnight tonight, I’m going to try. An entire week without chocolate. Just to prove I can. My name is Daniel, and I am a chocoholic. I may be addicted, but I CAN GIVE IT UP ANY TIME I LIKE. No Mars Bars, no choc brownies, no Freddo Frogs, no ... [More]