Category: General

He was shaking in his seat Riding through the streets In a Silvertop To her door I may have to consider changing my preferred taxi company. Silvertop has been okay, I can remember their phone number (131008), they have my address on file, and of course they’re referenced in one of my favourite songs. Tonight  ... [More]

I am just a little bit pissed off. Yet again today I traipsed out to Hawthorn to the monitor repair place to collect my lovely 17 inch monitor. This time I specifically asked them if they’d found the fault – that it flickers off then on continually. They said no (hmmm: bad sign) but that  ... [More]

I’ve been thinking about my medium to long term goals, and specifically how it relates to my home. My home is getting a little bit crap. The flat is a good size, in a good location, but it’s a bit rundown, mostly because my landlady, like most landlords the world over, is a little tight  ... [More]

Went to glue something today, and discovered the tube of superglue I had wouldn’t open. Because the lid was stuck closed. Figures, I suppose.

On Friday night I arranged to meet a couple of visitors to this fair city. Nothing could be simpler than to meet up at the entrance to the Holiday Inn, right? Easy. It’s on Spencer Street. No problem. So my lovely companion (who I shall refer to for the moment as "C", since at this  ... [More]

Letter, today’s Age.

I was in the Melbourne Central food court yesterday at lunchtime, pondering food court etiquette. The cleaners there seem to be very quick in leaping into action to clear and wipe tables. So should I take my tray away myself? Perhaps. Perhaps not. They also seemed to be equipped with radios. Very handy, cleaners having  ... [More]

Years and years ago, Douglas Adams and John Lloyd put out a book called The Meaning Of Liff. Later on they updated it as The Deeper Meaning Of Liff. There’s a (possibly unintentional) reference to it in the opening titles of Monty Python’s Meaning Of Life. The book itself is a list of made up  ... [More]

There’s only one thing more like hell on earth than kids running around like maniacs in an indoor playground during a kid’s birthday party. And that’s kids running around like maniacs in your house during a kid’s birthday party. Jeremy’s fourth birthday party had been scheduled for a local park. Parks are a good place  ... [More]

Last night I went for a walk. Tonight there was little chance of that. After a hot muggy day came the cloud, then the thunder, then the lightning, then the rain, then more rain, then the hail, then more rain, and more lightning… You get the general picture.

11:30am. Telemarketer: Hello is that Mr or Mrs Bowen? Me: What are you selling? Telemarketer: Oh, I’m not selling nothing. Great. She followed on with some spiel about how my house was only one of five in the suburb to be chosen for a free offer… does anybody fall for this crap any more? 3:15pm.  ... [More]

We’ve started a mini-DVD swapping scheme at work, so this weekend I watched two movies I missed in the cinemas… Gladiator – great movie. Best bit was seeing "Clavdivs" – Derek Jacobi in it! That and looking at Russ in the Colosseum and thinking… Hey, I’ve been there! Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon – yeah, pretty  ... [More]