Category: General

I was just doing the dishes, and the biggest damn moth I have ever seen in my life was outside, banging itself against the kitchen window trying to get closer to the light. It must have been close to 15cm across. Bigger than a small bird. I’m very glad the window was securely shut… And  ... [More]

It’s been a pretty quiet weekend for me. Catching up on paperwork, housework, just about every other kind of work except for work work, which thankfully has pretty much confined itself to business hours this week. Spoke to my sister, who is gallivanting around England on a very short trip over there – for a  ... [More]

It was sad to hear the news of the death of Douglas Adams. I have a sudden urge to read the Hitch Hikers books again. But you know what’s a little bit spooky about it… on Saturday night, mere minutes after hearing this news, my sister was looking on the Web for rental property in  ... [More]

You know what I spotted today? A quick explanation for people from outside Melbourne. We have a toll road here that goes through a tunnel under the river. The eastbound tunnel has been notorious for construction delays, and now has problems with leakage of water. Which is not great for inspiring confidence to use it,  ... [More]

This morning going into work on the train, suddenly: BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! Gave most of us in the first carriage quite a jolt. Some of my fellow passengers looked rather worried about it… I’ve travelled by train a fair bit, so I knew it was just detonators on the track, placed there to warn  ... [More]

The house next door, which this morning sold for – gulp – just a tad less than half a million dollars. (Picture nicked from the real estate agent’s site) This morning the house next door was up for auction. I listened from my balcony. It’s a nice house, a lovely house in fact, on a  ... [More]

It’s been a busy week for me. I can’t think of a great deal that’s overly interesting to write about – just a couple of notable incidents. On Wednesday evening I was driving home. Imagine my surprise when, on the opposite side of the highway, I see an electric wheelchair rolling down the road, with  ... [More]

Last night I went down to Caulfield Police Station to get my divorce papers signed. All going smoothly, I’ll be Officially Single again in a few months. The jovial sergeant who witnessed me signing them reminded me of Alec Peters from The Bill, but actually his name was Paul something-or-other. After I signed, he got me  ... [More]

I’m not much of an anarchist. Okay, so the US government does have me down as the author of a hacking/phreaking journal. And I was quoted by the rather subversive Crikey.com.au earlier this year. But all that smash the state stuff? It’s not really for me. May the 1st is looming. This is significant for  ... [More]

After a lovely week of sunny days most of last week, it pissed down over most of the weekend. This was never more apparent when on Sunday night I was on my way to Fitzroy. I didn’t have the car. I was meeting someone at a pub, and as a rule, I like to have  ... [More]

Locked myself out of the car this morning. So I rang RACV for the second time in a week – I’m certainly getting my money’s worth this month. The guy got there ten minutes later, and using some very curious looking devices, unlocked it with amazing ease. Such ease that I think I’ll start always  ... [More]

Well, I finally watched The Matrix. On DVD, too. Yes, I have been thrust kicking and screaming into the world of DVD. I’d been pondering buying the same model that Josh has got, as had a bunch of his other friends. Well yesterday out of the blue he brought one to me. Plugged it in,  ... [More]