This whole VCR destruction thing may come back to haunt me for a while. I was picking Isaac up from school today… and got recognised there by some kids who were at the skateboard park a few weeks ago when Josh and I did the deed. One by one, about 4-5 of them came up ... [More]
I like my local shops, but just occasionally the sometimes amateurish nature of small (and not-so-small) businesses gets me down. Yesterday for instance, I noticed in Safeway that some of the cartons of milk they had for sale expired last Monday. Milk that’s almost a week past its expiry date is not excessively healthy in ... [More]
Well, I had a great Father’s Day. I got given a card, plus a "cup of tea kit", comprising of a tea bag, sachet of milk and sugar cube, in a paper tea pot made in Isaac’s art class. Plus a gift he chose from the school Fathers’ Day stall last week, a little car ... [More]
On Thursday night I went to Isaac’s school concert. It’s easy to think that primary school concerts might be drab affairs, a bit like the non-dream-sequence bit of the old Simpsons "Bartman" music video, and with nobody really interested in any of the acts except the ones their children were in. This wasn’t really like ... [More]
I think Jeremy enjoyed the snow just a little bit. Yesterday I took the kids to the snow at Mount Donna Buang, which was a heckuva lot of fun. Toboggan rides, building a snowman, throwing snowballs… great stuff. We all got wet of course, but great fun. Today I turned 31. Most of my recent ... [More]
Ahhh… cooking a beef steak, piled over with capsicum and mushrooms and tomatoes and stuff… and boogying in the kitchen to Moby… does life get better than this?
I had one of my all time great weekends. So good I was smiling to myself, and practically dancing into work on Monday morning. That’s a worrying prospect, isn’t it, being that happy on a Monday morning. On Thursday night the boss shouted us to wine and pizza, saving me bothering to do any cooking. ... [More]
The final moments Well, today it happened. Today, with the help of my lovely assistants Josh and Cathy, I disposed of my Sharp VCR that has given me so much grief over the years. The camera was present at the event, so check out this report of the festivities!
My six-year old, Isaac, just drew on a Magna Doodle on the Magna Doodle. So I suggested he draw on the Magna Doodle, a picture of the Magna Doodle, with a Magna Doodle drawn on it. He did so, and I told him about recursion, which he seems to like the idea of! This weekend ... [More]
I’ve spent much of the weekend saying goodbye to my sister Susannah. No, she hasn’t died or anything – she and her husband Adrian have been down in Melbourne saying goodbye to everybody before they go jetting off to England. They’ll be back at Christmas for a visit, but the overall plan is to be ... [More]
Hello to all Sydney Morning Herald readers. My spies informed me that this site got a mention in the "Icon" section a couple of Saturdays ago (thanks Coralie). My sister came back down to Melbourne, and brought a paper copy of it with her… kinda cool to see. So clock up another few seconds towards ... [More]
How to vote card. The placement of the picture of the sticker leaves the mildly amusing "Oral division of Aston" wording… Well I’m certainly feeling a lot better, though I wouldn’t say I was back at 100% yet. The main feature of the flu that’s still hanging on is the cough, something which when I ... [More]
That clueless dweeb at PowerQuest got back to me over the weekend with a more intelligent response than last time. Dear Daniel, Due to the high amount of e-mails received we are sorry for the delay in responding. In order for us to check the charges made onto your credit card, we will need for ... [More]
Next Saturday will be an interesting day. It’s the day of the Aston by-election, which is interesting to me in two ways. Firstly, with my member-of-the-Public-Transport-Users’-Association hat on, I’ve been a little bit involved with the campaign. The PTUA’s campaigning against the Scoresby freeway, which they argue won’t solve congestion problems, and is three times ... [More]
I still feel pretty fordinary. Yesterday I thought I was getting much better, and I went out a couple of times. But by last night I felt worse again. I wonder if it’s how drug addicts feel when they need a fix. I was shivering, almost unable to stand or walk. I lay in front ... [More]
I woke up feeling like crap. Fortunately the kids seemed okay, despite having some of the same symptoms – like the ear-shattering cough, for instance. After I got them off to child care, I called in sick then went back to bed and slept for four hours. I woke up and tried to nibble on ... [More]