Most interesting sight of yesterday: a monk in the traditional red and yellow robes. On a crowded train. With a mobile phone in his hand, SMSing at speed. I had my camera with me, but didn’t have the guts to get it out and take a picture; sorry. But anyway… Take a look in your ... [More]
I filled up with petrol on Sunday night. $1.05 per litre, and that was with the 4 cpl supermarket discount. Don’t count on prices dropping any time soon. OPEC admit they have no control over oil prices, with demand continuing to outstrip supply. And of course world demand continues to climb as developing countries embrace ... [More]
There was a terrific picture of (what’s left of) the Monty Python team in the newspaper on the weekend. I know there’ll probably be a collective groan from readers, but it inspired a brief dream overnight in which Terry Jones came around for tea, chatted with my mother about his TV appearances, and agreed to ... [More]
I was idly flicking through the Comedy Festival programme this morning when I saw a familiar face: a guy I went to school with is doing a show, called “Run Nerd Boy Run!” So I read the blurb to Marita. When I got to the last bit: these two are treating life like an underfed ... [More]
My new iPod is having troubles. (And an update.) Sigh. But hey, look on the bright side. With Labour Day last Monday, next week Good Friday, the week after that Easter Monday… there’s three weeks in a row of short working weeks, and accompanied by copious amounts of chocolate. (Or religion, if you feel so ... [More]
Okay, so you might expect me to say so in any case, but damn this trailer looks good… Now… could our ABC people please pull their fingers out and buy this new Doctor Who series please? DIVX 4.5Mb MPEG 11.8Mb (Special thanks to those brave souls who put this kind of stuff online for people ... [More]
I got a letter yesterday from AGL asking me to join their “green power” programme for electricity and gas. That is, whatever amount you use they’ll guaranteed to generate the same amount from renewable sources. (Which makes sense for electricity, though I don’t know how they reckon they could do that for gas). Now, call ... [More]
I finally succumbed to that iPod I’ve been covetting. Bye bye $449, hello 40Gb and my entire CD collection on a single tiny electronic gizmo. Uhh, that is, it’s a portable storage device… it’s a work tool, don’tcha know. For moving big files around. And for drowning out the ambient noise when I’m trying to ... [More]
Here we go, back to celebrating the mundane… Here is the inside of my fridge door: And the milk? For some reason, I keep it in the main part of the fridge. Just habit, I suspect. Feel free to post a picture of the inside of your fridge door… Link in the Trackbacks or comments. ... [More]
Last night I laughed harder than I had in years. You know when someone cracks a joke that sets some people off, and the laughter from others builds a momentum and you just can’t stop? That’s what happened. I don’t know how long I or the others laughed for, but I laughed so hard my ... [More]
So, why the name change? ToxicCustard is a name that’s been with me for more than 15 years, and first got an airing with some writing of mine in university, back in 1990. I’ve grown and changed in the last 15 years. Matured, I hope, and I no longer feel the name no longer sits ... [More]
Welcome to the new blog URL. Feel free to update your bookmarks and blogrolls. Update 5pm. Well most stuff is working now, and forwarding is in place from the old site. Some of the title graphics for entries from 1998-2003 (years not yet migrated into WordPress) are broken; will fix those soon. Other than that, ... [More]