Winter is coming. I can tell because the ants are back, looking for food. Last night they found my honey stash. I had several jars of honey in the cupboard (including about a third of a jar left of the famed chocolate honey). They found it all, the little bastards. Obviously the jar manufacturers need ... [More]
Just when you’ve got used to the new year, used to the idea of it being 2005, the year picks up momentum and voom, suddenly it’s April. I’d love to tell you how I blitzed the footy tipping for a second week, but I’d be lying. Not only did I bomb out with only 4 ... [More]
April Fools Day 2005 Well, I didn’t do a prank this year, like in 2004… but various people and companies did. In the newspapers were Virgin’s scratch and sniff credit card and Mini’s Roof Down Squad. They were also out at Parliament Station with their open top Minis and megaphones, drowning out the evangelist bloke ... [More]
Around this time last week, I checked the Apple web site for the status of my iPod repair. It proclaimed that they’d sent it back to me, and had a link to a rather nifty Australia Post parcel-tracking web site. Which didn’t work. But no matter, once Easter was out of the way, I got ... [More]
The garden is looking somewhat chaotic at the moment. I got home on Saturday to find the owners had dropped in to do a little yard work. To be precise, the Triffid-like plant that has been slowly taking over the whole house has been chopped down, removed entirely. Well, removed from the ground that is, ... [More]
It’s said that kids used to watch Doctor Who from behind the sofa. Well in our house, it’s not possible to get behind the sofa, so we have to make do. Jeremy watching the first of the new Doctor Who episodes. We watched the first episode of the new series. The special effects were pretty ... [More]
Vale Paul Hester. Pic: Ren Jonas / www.finnatics.de/Crowded_House/ Update 8:30pm. I first read about this in the paper this morning. It didn’t quite sink in until later. It’s one thing when a musician much older than you passes away… it’s another matter when it’s one who is almost your own generation, and at only 46. ... [More]
Here are my keys. Well, all of them except those numerous unknown keys sitting in jars, their uses long forgotten. Post a picture of your keys… Link in the Trackbacks or comments. Move your mouse over the picture for descriptions of various bits (note Firefox may abbreviate. You can fix it with this extension — ... [More]
Somersault. Now maybe I’m going out on a limb here, since this thing won 13 AFI awards, but I couldn’t quite get into it. One of those films where you just can’t feel much sympathy for any of the characters. Maybe watching it on a small TV didn’t help, and maybe I wasn’t really in ... [More]
This Easter, while you’re stuffing yourself with chocolate, take a moment to reflect on the real meaning of the holiday. Cameron has a great summary here.
It’s 6pm, and you’re working back late. Outside the only shops left open are those such as the CD shop you have to run up to shortly to buy a birthday present, before heading to an evening co-curricular meeting. Then you realise that your trousers are developing a hole in the seat. Not a huge ... [More]
Is it just my imagination, or are an increasing number of concerts for established acts in the big cities taking place on weeknights – “school” nights to be precise, Sunday to Thursday? It’s like the promoters know they can fill a venue in Melbourne, any day of the week, so they go for the weeknights. ... [More]