I had one of those "D’oh!" moments last Tuesday. I had a spare half hour, and went down to Ikea to get a rug. Well, okay, I actually wanted to look at a table, but it didn’t look all that great, so I ended up looking at rugs. Something to at least partially disguise the ... [More]
On Friday night saw "Y Tu Mama Tambien" ("And your mother too"). Great stuff, highly recommended. A nice mix of humour, drama, sex, social commentary and gross jokes. (Glass of milk, anyone?) On Saturday the phone rang. The caller ID said it was Josh & Cathy’s number. I presumed it would be Josh… loud, brash ... [More]
On Friday I had lunch at a Chinese restaurant down the street, as I often do when working in the city. I seriously need to improve my chopstick technique. Some of my Asian friends can pick up a pair of chopsticks and use them so easily to pick up even the smallest and most awkwardly ... [More]
It’s Jeans For Genes Day today, which I’m guessing in some ways is a huge success, and in other ways, not. It’s a success in that a lot of people seem to know about it, and have worn jeans into work today. That’s great. It’s obviously a high profile event. But I reckon it’s not ... [More]
Not much to report, other than that I had to work most of the weekend, which sucked more than … I was about to make a bad joke then, but maybe I won’t.
Some stupid bint in the office today has a phone that sounds like a fire alarm. Seriously, a slow crescendo "whooop" kind of sound. How fecking stupid is that. Thankfully she was only visiting. I don’t have anything against mobile phones per se. I have one myself. It’s just that an awful lot of people ... [More]
… then get the cops to look for the big Italian-looking bloke in the dark red old-model Commodore that I got into an argument with down the street this afternoon. Well I mean, what kind of moron stops right in the middle of a pedestrian crossing, behind banked up traffic going nowhere because of a ... [More]
Last night we went to see the guy who is probably my favourite performer – Paul Kelly – and his band at the Forum Theatre. I have a number of promotional t-shirts of various designs, but PK is the only one who warrants two t-shirts in my collection. And his band shouldn’t be overlooked either ... [More]
As I got on the train this morning, so was a guy on crutches. He seemed to be struggling a bit to board. There were no seats, and he stood next to me in the doorway and grabbed onto a handle. He seemed more disabled than injured, if you know what I mean, but he ... [More]
I’ve been thinking maybe I should pep my diary up a bit. Monday Did gardening. Dug out fossil of an as-yet unheard of dinosaur. Tuesday Recording session with Bowie. He seemed a little down. Wednesday Discovered a new element in the periodic table. Thursday Packing for New York. Spielberg called to arrange a meeting. Told ... [More]
It’s warm outside, but I can hear the snow, falling on my window… No, wait a minute, got a bit confused there. It’s July. Yesterday it was the last day of June, and I spent some of it walking. I feel like I need to get more exercise, and putting one foot in front of ... [More]
I went to buy a phone the other day. I thought a nice spanking new caller ID phone would be just the ticket for helping to dodge telemarketers while I try and decide if I’m going to get a new phone number and a silent line. So I popped into Dick Smith and looked at ... [More]
A great weekend. Got down to Lorne on the Great Ocean Road. Worries that the B&B I’d chosen would turn out to be some kind of Fawlty Towers-type establishment – they were very keen to see us check-in by 9pm, to the extent of ringing at 8:30pm to make sure we were almost there – ... [More]
My listing in the phone book used to be wrong. I used to be in there as Daniel Bowden. So I got them to change it, to put my correct surname. Big mistake. You see, nobody who knows me ever looks me up in the phone book. Why would they? They already know me. But ... [More]
The Hard Word. Very funny, plenty of great dialogue, some action too. A bit like a Guy Ritchie film, but not as desperately groovy and surreal. Very very enjoyable.
The scar looks much better, though it’s still a little scary. The surgeon dude will be taking the stitches out on Wednesday. Until then, I’m keeping a bandage stuck on over it – those stitches look freaky. The monitor is still operating flawlessly. The washing machine isn’t, but Mr Hoover will be coming over on ... [More]