Recently I was looking through a bunch of old floppy disks, having a bit of a cleanup, and found a bunch of old favourite sound files, which I thought I’d share. Most of them date back to a job in 1996…
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E-mail overflow
There’s 847 messages in my e-mail Inbox. 70 of them are unread. I think this thing is getting out of hand. I need to spend a few hours one day clearing it out. One day. Not today.
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Next / tipping
Neal Stephenson’s “Snow Crash” is next on my reading list. I’ll let you know what I think of it when I’ve got beyond the first page. I ummed and ahhed about my footy tips on Friday. I tipped Geelong, then on reading the paper I changed my mind and tipped Brisbane. Then I pondered if ... [More]
Once Upon a Time in the Midlands (DVD). Some good acting (Robert Carlyle is rarely not), some funny moments (particularly Ricky Tomlinson), some poignant moments. But ultimately there was something lacking in this movie, and I don’t think it was just because some of the dialects weren’t quite intelligible. For instance, after the punch-up at ... [More]
The experiment… well I stood and sat around at Flinders Street for about an hour all up, reading and re-reading the MX, and kept looking out for smokers. Not many about as it happens. Met up with the photographer at 6pm, and stood and sat around a bit more, posing for the camera. Flash, flash, ... [More]
Tonight I’ll spend an hour being a guinea-pig. The Sunday Herald-Sun have enlisted my help in researching the effects of passive smoking. My task is to sit on a station platform for an hour (better take a good book), not cringing away from smokers quite as much as I usually do, and then go and ... [More]
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Instant reviews
The Crow Road (Iain Banks). I just finished reading this. The ending nicely tied up the story, and it was a great read. I think for me one of the signs of a great writer is that Banks was able to throw up thoughts and concepts along the way that most would consider are thought-provoking ... [More]
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Under the weather
Not feeling well. Stomach pain. Something disagreed with me. Whether or not it was the root cause, I’m betting I shouldn’t have eaten so much chocolate yesterday. Not much sleep overnight. Unsavoury lavatorial activities instead. Called in sick today. Took kids to school, then stopped past supermarket and got my standard sick food: Sprite and ... [More]
Having a few good chuckles watching Goodbye Lenin on Friday night. Yummy meals: Thai on Friday night, pub on Saturday night, getting served breakfast in bed on Sunday morning, and a thoroughly delicious meal in Bendigo that made up for driving all that way in the wind and rain. Trying out my new dressing gown ... [More]
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Gratitude
After driving her to Kew to look at a fireplace… and to Bendigo and back to look at a wardrobe… and lending her a big bunch of money to help pay for the wardrobe (‘cos those ATM card limits are a pain)… and stopping for a snack, and buying a Paddle Pop while she was ... [More]
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Friday almost 6 PM
It’s the weekend. The long weekend. Queen’s Birthday weekend. Even though it’s not her birthday. Amusingly, in the UK they don’t get a day off for it. It’s also the last public holiday until Cup Day in November. I may not be a monarchist, but fully I intend to make the most of it.
Do I walk a bit funny or something? The heels of the two pairs of shoes I most commonly wear (the Monday to Friday work shoes) are wearing away on the outside edges. Further, one pair is re-developing the same hole which I thought was comprehensively eliminated a year ago. And in the same position ... [More]