Well it’s official: I’m a bit colour-blind. So now I have an excuse for all those hideous combinations of clothing I turn up to work in. And for putting such garish colours onto the Web pages I build. It was my sister who suggested I go to get my eyes checked. A good idea, since ... [More]
It’s rare that I like graffiti. Okay, so some of it is quite impressive, but most of it is completely illegible nonsense. So to spot something that is simple, clever, and thought provoking makes a pleasant change. In Tooronga Road, Tooronga, just south of the station, there is a "FORM 1 LANE" sign. To the ... [More]
Week 8: No PC news. Meanwhile, our PC at home is having its monitor fixed. Weird lines were starting to appear on it. Either aliens were trying to tell us about their invasion and colonisation plans or the monitor needed some attention. Suspecting the latter, we called the computer shop, rather than try and contact ... [More]
Computers at work: Now quoted as "sometime next week". Yeah. Right. As for my fifth (wooden) wedding anniversary present, I got L three wooden photo frames. I mean, they were wood except the bits that are glass – if the bits that are glass were wood, you wouldn’t be able to see the photo. L ... [More]
Charles’ funeral was today. Seeing the coffin descending with the Kangaroos scarves on top was quite moving really. It really was quite a shock hearing about his death. Apparently it was an accidental drug overdose. Such a shame, sounds like things were really looking up for him. It was good to see a whole bunch ... [More]
Late last night I got an e-mail from a friend I hadn’t seen in a while, Lucien. It said to ring him urgently, about Charles, another friend I haven’t seen in a while. You can tell it’s going to be bad news when you get a message like that. And it was. Charles died suddenly ... [More]
I was going through the latest Weetbix collector cards the other day, as one does… at the moment it’s various groovy and highly athletic basketball stuff, not something that enthrals me enough to want to collect them. Anyway, imagine, for a moment, that you’re me. You’ve just pulled the cards out of the box without ... [More]
It’s a very special weekend – the one when the clocks go back an hour! An extra hour’s sleep on Sunday morning is always a good thing. In fact, the only way it could be better would be to have the extra hour on Monday morning instead. Of course, there’s another reason that it’s a ... [More]
Well, the cult in California committing mass suicide is all over the news. Sorry, but is there any real surprise here? This is what weird cults do. They recruit impressionable people, take all their money, cut them off from their families, go and live in a isolated compound somewhere, shave their heads or adopt some ... [More]
The neighbours’ car is still out there on the street. Obviously someone’s noticed its uncared-for status; people seem to have started dumping litter inside it. Maybe the reason nobody’s taken it is that, apart from being a crap car, maybe it doesn’t work? POT SPOT WATCH:Yes, the Pot Spot is still gone. No sign of ... [More]
It appears that one of our neighbours is trying to get their car stolen. A say this because it’s been sitting out there on the street (rather than in its car space) for the better part of a week now. With the passenger side window down. Call me crazy, but if that’s really what they’re ... [More]
It was pretty sunny this evening so we took the opportunity to enjoy some fish’n’chips in the park. Well, it certainly saves effort on the washing up. Instead of wash/dry/put away, it’s scrunch up paper/put in bin. After dinner Isaac had a run around in the playground. Isaac loves looking out for airborne vehicles – ... [More]