– The Age, Green Guide, Thu 22/11/2001 (Thanks Gerald) I felt bloated after dinner – I probably ate too much. So I went for an evening walk. The weather was gorgeous, the sun was just going down, and I told an angry dog in a garden to fuck off. Felt much better after that.
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Early morning shower
I woke up at 4:15 to try and catch the Leonid meteor shower. Judging from reports in the paper, it promised to be a truly spectacular display, with hundreds of meteors streaking across the sky. In fact, judging from reports this morning, it was. Just a shame that from where I was, there was a ... [More]
Last night I thought I’d go see Lantana. All day I had kept hearing people say it’s really good. I’d had lunch with Mike, and he said he’d seen it and that it was probably the best Australian film he’s ever seen. After lunch I went to buy the soundtrack (because I’d heard it’s really ... [More]
I had a dream last night. It’s reasonably rare that I remember them, so I thought I’d document this one: I had gone over to Elizabeth Street, something to do with my shoes, perhaps getting them fixed? It didn’t happen, but I was heading back to work on Exhibition Street. I saw a tram coming, ... [More]
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What more do you want? Blood?
I feel a bit drained today. Must be because I gave blood last night. Boom boom. It had been years since I’d given blood. The Blood Bank‘s hours aren’t exactly convenient for me. Then I happened to hear that the mobile blood bank would be paying a visit to my neck of the woods, so ... [More]
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The true nature of the universe
Naturally I lost all my money in the Cup. It’s what usually happens. In fact, if I could bet that I’d lose all my money, I’d clean up! Just encountered a bloke at the supermarket who had abandoned his two small baskets full of groceries at the checkout and gone off somewhere. I took his ... [More]
Synergy. Alliances. Leveraging. Wanky terms, certainly. But powerful tools in today’s competitive environment. Well, so the marketing people with pony-tails and silly names tell us. What am I on about? Well, this web site, like many others, has a links page. On it you can find references to various other related sites, something which has ... [More]
Paul Kelly at the Corner After almost a week of crap weather, the sun came out again on the weekend. My health seems to have reflected the weather – last week I had a cold, and for a couple of days there felt pretty crappy. By the weekend I felt better again. On Thursday night ... [More]
Given the closing scenes of Guest House Paradiso, it’s a tad ironic that I was feeling pretty queasy overnight. I found it difficult to sleep, and when the alarm woke me at 7am (summer time), I got up for a few minutes, then thought bugger it, and went back to bed for an hour. I ... [More]
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This boy needs therapy
Guest House Paradiso 5:45pm. I have just returned home, my pockets bulging and my arms stretching from the weight of, in no particular order: 2 litres of Apple/Blackcurrant juice 2 litres of milk 2 potatoes of the ilk that the supermarket describes as "Nadine" – one moderately large, and one absolutely fucking enormous – as ... [More]
Summer must be coming. I just kersplatted my first blowfly for the season. It had been buzzing around the house all evening. Finally, as I was reading a magazine in the kitchen, it landed. It was so big it may have even made an audible thump when it did so. Without moving too much to ... [More]
Unusually for me, I had two dreams last night (I normally can’t remember any). One was that much of the continental United States had been wiped out overnight by nuclear attacks. The other was that I’d left my car overnight with the keys in the ignition and the engine running! 11pm. Don’t you hate it ... [More]