Sometimes I see quite the oddest things, but forget to tell anybody about them. Last Friday, for example, in the middle of the morning rush hour, my tram passed a guy from Triple M radio doing a publicity stunt. At least, I presume it was a publicity stunt – either that or he was doing ... [More]
I’ve been on a bit of a video game nostalgia trip recently, having discovered the joys of video game console emulators. It’s great, I get to play all the games of my youth without having to find the old hardware to run them on. It’s like the computer equivalent to watching old Countdown repeats on ... [More]
Today was the Australia Day holiday. At least, in every state except this one, where it was "Jeff doesn’t want us to have a holiday, but go on, take a day off if you and your boss both feel like it" Day. So anyway, not only did I work today, but we all worked late ... [More]
In an informal interview carried out by my wife this afternoon, the proprietors of the Pot Spot spoke out about their impending closing today. "So is this really the last day?" "… Maybe …"
It’s going to be an interesting weekend. Because on Sunday the 26th of January, Australia Day, according to the notices in the window, the Pot Spot will finally close down. The Pot Spot is a shop down on the corner of our street. They sell plant pots and other assorted garden objects. Gnomes, dragons, frogs, ... [More]
Today I would have loved to arrive at work soaking wet. In fact, given all of the 41.2 degrees of heat we got (more coming up tomorrow), I’d have appreciated a sprinkler system in the office (though lighting a fire probably isn’t such a good idea). Quite frankly, I don’t think the air-conditioning was up ... [More]
You’ll know you’re really a parent when you start appraising your offspring’s excrement. Okay, so it’s important to make sure his movements are regular and healthy, but sometimes it goes a little too far. It starts to sound like a couple of art critics… "Mmmm…. beautiful consistency, wouldn’t you say?" "Absolutely. A prime example of ... [More]
Today I arrived at work soaking wet. Well okay, not soaking, but certainly, undeniably wet. "Was it raining?", I can hear the Sydneysiders snidely asking, "’cos it always rains in Melbourne". No, actually it’s hardly rained a drop all week. It’s the sprinklers in Fawkner Park. I walk across the park to work, and once ... [More]
Okay, okay, I admit it. I spent the whole of today in the pub. But it was for work – I promise. All eight of us piled into a spare corner of the Devonshire in Brighton to plan, speculate, brainstorm and generally think about what our company is doing, what it needs to be doing, ... [More]
Today walking along Toorak Road to work I came across a new kind of window display. It was a bridal shop, featuring lots of dummies wearing wedding gowns and so on… all perfectly normal, except one. One of the dummies was wearing the full kit, but didn’t have any arms. Sleeveless dress, and no arms. ... [More]
So now we’re on "daylight savings" time for the coming summer(*), which of course is the time of year when we don’t really need daylight savings, because the days are longer. What about if we stayed on summer time all year so we could get a little more light in the winter evenings? Is that ... [More]
Around some school crossings you’ll now see the acronym "SLLT" painted on the footpath, a reminder to Stop, Look, Listen and… umm… do something else I can’t remember at the moment, before you cross the street. It’s probably backed up by a primary school education campaign of some kind. Wait a moment, "SLLT"?! I’m sure ... [More]