The standard tourist piccies – Sydney Harbour Bridge and Opera House The monorail, which goes round… and round… and round… Riding the ferry back to Neutral Bay – Susannah, Isaac, me and Jeremy We got up bright and early to go to the airport. Our destination: Sy-d-ney, to stay with my sister, Susannah, for a ... [More]
If you can have "domestic science", which I am fast becoming experienced at, then why can’t you have domestic science experiments? Well you can. One day last week I was curious to answer once and for all the question of whether or not the fridge light goes off when you close the door. After neglecting ... [More]
Goodies Geeks from around the nation (and a couple from overseas) converged on Melbourne this weekend for the world’s first ever Goodies convention. Australia is full of people in their twenties and thirties who fondly remember The Goodies as the result of endless 6pm repeats on the ABC for most of the 70’s and 80’s. ... [More]
Just when I thought all of the moving stuff was sorted out, and at least the phone lines were working properly… On Tuesday morning, my second (Internet) line kept dropping out. Three times in just a few hours; most unusual. Were aliens trying to cut me off from the outside world? Midday. I picked up ... [More]
Well the boxes are just about unpacked and the spare room is looking halfway decent(ish) again, which is just as well because my sister and her boyfriend are coming to visit tomorrow night. The really good news is that the real estate agent managed to find some people to move into the other flat over ... [More]
Boxes, boxes, everywhere This past week I’ve been getting things organised, doing all the stuff I need to fully move back. The other flat, for one thing, the one I was living in for about four weeks before I moved back here! I went in to see the agents, and explained I had to finish ... [More]
The Bowens: revised configuration Life as a single dad is going reasonably smoothly. It’s refreshing to be able to run the house the way I want. At last we can leave the toilet seat up without guilt! Other things we’ve been doing have included: spending a whole weekend without going near a Lincraft or Spotlight ... [More]
Today I wandered into Centrelink to find out if I had any government benefits coming my way. There’s a myriad of schemes – parenting allowance, child care allowance, rent assistance, family payment, to help families make ends meet. I pay quite huge amounts of taxes, and wondered if given my recent change in circumstances any ... [More]
Have you ever encountered something that seemed really scary at first, then seemed to go okay for a while, then bounced back to be even more scary and crazy than you ever expected? Well my separation is turning out like that. I advise you to sit down if you’re not already doing so. Okay, so ... [More]
On Friday night I met up with a few ex-work buddies for a drinkie at PJ O’Brien’s. We had a merry old chat about the good ol’ days when we worked together. After a couple of hours some went on to a show, and the three of us remaining decided to move to another Irish ... [More]
At this point, not much to report on the domestic front, at least not to the general public (that would be you). What I will say is that since moving out and living alone, I’m quite proud to say that I managed to resist for two weeks before eating at McDonalds! Alas, last night I ... [More]
I’m getting a handle on the whole kitchen thing. Yesterday I (gasp) bought some kitchenware. Okay, so it was only at K-Mart, not House or anything, but I’m starting to fill the gaps in the equipment list, so I can at least feed myself. And feed myself I did, for tonight I wasn’t out and ... [More]
Well, there we go. I’ve moved. Not very far, but far enough that it involved most of Sunday packing up my belongings, lifting them onto Peter’s truck, and shipping them into the new place. It’s also involved most of Monday trying to work out where the hell everything is and trying not to be too ... [More]
Letter in today’s Age: It’s true, honest: I tried to ask my insurance broker about it, but they weren’t answering their phones on Thursday when I got the letter, and they haven’t replied to my e-mail yet (maybe their computer stopped working this year?) (See: 5/1/2000: Daniel the crank)
I’m amazed and thankful at the amount of supportive feedback I got after announcing to the world that my wife and I are splitting up. And a little surprised nobody mailed to say I was a complete bastard for moving out of home. A few people probably went a tad overboard in suggesting solutions to ... [More]
Last night’s weather forecast. Sure, the weather man looks cool – he’s probably got shorts on. And for you people outside the civilised world who don’t use Celsius, do some maths: It’s hot. (Picture: ABC TV news) To any freezing northern hemisphere-type-people who might be reading: Just a quick note to say… when you look ... [More]