A lot of Melbourne’s bloggers are taking things a little more cautiously at the moment, following Jenjen’s sacking (just after she gave notice anyway) due to the alleged content and work time involved in her blog. For my own part, I’ve scrupulously avoided naming where I work or going into too much detail about my ... [More]
…a man on death row, the night before his execution. Well, just a little. It’s going to be a busy day tomorrow. It’ll probably start around dawn, which is fast approaching. It can’t be stopped. Better get some sleep while I can.
Last Saturday was St Valentine’s Day. It’s been some years since I had anything to celebrate on Valentine’s Day. Fate has ruled that the last four or five of them, I have been single, so I was somewhat out of practice with the whole Valentine’s Day concept. Thus I was extra keen not to stuff ... [More]
The Simple Life. After reading a pretty funny article previewing this show the other week, I thought I’d give it a look. It sounded funny. And it was, kinda. I mean, I know they’ve probably spent a lot of time editing this show to make Paris and Nicole seem stupid, but they wouldn’t have been ... [More]
At Jeremy’s 6th birthday party yesterday, Tony assisted in demonstrating how BHP Billiton came up with their new logo.
When you’re out to dinner in a group at a nice restaurant… and you get the bill… and the organiser says she’ll pay the balance of whatever everyone else puts in, as she’s also paying for others who had to leave early… and everyone else decides to put in $30 each — which is a ... [More]
It must be the heat, but I thought as I walked home this morning that I saw a bloke wearing a Barry Manilow t-shirt. Nah, can’t have been.
Ah, Friday the 13th, traditional for bad luck. So, what bad luck did I have on Friday the 13th? Erm… none really so far. (Admittedly the day is not over yet.) This morning I slept through my alarm, which had been cunningly set to play the radio very very quietly. I blissfully slept until almost ... [More]
Mystery Man has gone. Vanished. His desk is cleared. His computer is off. His deodorant is all gone. The nameplate from the top of his computer has been removed. Only his chair remains. His last hurrah was his arrival on Tuesday morning, when he found his chair missing. This prompted that most rare of events ... [More]
I bought a new mobile phone. If “bought” is the correct term — I paid no money up front, and the monthly fee I’m shelling out has actually dropped by ten dollars. Unlike the cinema last week, the phone company were happy to give me a discount for ordering direct from them over the web. ... [More]
I saw something in her house. It didn’t quite make sense. I asked her about it. “What do you think?”, she asked. I thought about it, then made a spectacularly stupid guess. So stupid I’m way too embarrassed to reveal what it was, or even what sparked the question in the first place. She laughed. ... [More]
Plonkers. Barlow McEwan and Tribe. My contribution to Googlebombing.
Had a fire drill today. The fact that we knew about it in advance made it easier. We probably weren’t meant to, but one of the fire wardens had helpfully given all of us a photocopy of the drill schedule. Took something of the element of surprise out of it, though even the skivers who ... [More]
Finally got around to seeing Return of the King yesterday. Mumble mumble, couldn’t get Gold Class tickets before now, mumble mumble. I’m a little miffed that on top of the $30/seat Gold Class price (expensive perhaps, but the service and comfort do make it worth it for movies like this) I was stung an additional ... [More]
I met an Important Person today. In a crisp white shirt, clean dark trousers, shiny shoes (at least I assume they were, I didn’t look closely), neat tie. We sat in a spotless boardroom in a high building and talked about Important Things. He had a cold. After a few sniffles, he pulled a hankie ... [More]
Bills arrived so far this week: 2 Awaiting payment: 3 Letters for other people that have arrived in the postbox this week: 2 Telemarketer cold calls since I changed phone numbers and got a silent line: 0 Number of e-mails in my inbox at home: 238 At work: 165 Smoke alarms at home: 2 Requiring ... [More]