Daniel Bowen

The 40+ degree heat continues… And last night we lost power for the first time in ages. Just us, a neighbour, and half the street. Probably someone somewhere decided to turn on one airconditioner too many. All the lights, everything went off at 9:45 – in the middle of Ruby Wax, very annoying. So after  ... [More]

"Yes, we are back!" "3 Saturdays and Sundays left!" "Lease ends 9th of March!" These, and even an after-hours phone number (for Terracotta Emergencies) adorn the windows of the Pot Spot today. But will everything wind up on the 9th of March? I don’t know. After almost a year of closing down sales, I’m just  ... [More]

The word is out – I’ve got a new job lined up. Not that I’ve been looking, but these things have a habit of finding me. Alas, my current employers were unable to offer me the promise of any work after March, and when a three month contract at Coles/Myer popped up, well, who could  ... [More]

The signs at the Pot Spot during the week were: "Last day Saturday", "All stock must go". But the notice that leads one to believe that finally after eight months the Pot Spot’s closing sale might actually be coming to an end, is the planning application in the window for a printing shop. Maybe things  ... [More]

Today’s the day… Valentine’s Day, or VD for short, as someone at work suggested. Perhaps not. I remembered the card and present. Hopefully other blokes everywhere did. If not, it’s not too late to rush out and get something. It’s recommended if you want to live to see the end of the weekend. No, don’t  ... [More]

Someone was whinging to me today about having a dog. I told her I have no sympathy. With a human child, you can’t just leave him locked up in the house all day with some food. At least, not if you don’t want the Child Protection people after you. Dogs don’t grow two sizes of  ... [More]

An update on the Pot Spot, the shop down the street that has been having a closing down sale for almost eight months now. The sign "Closing February 6th" has been updated to: "Closing February."

There’s something on the news tonight – I mean apart from O.J. – about Liberal senator Bob Woods having a restraint order put on him by his lover after their affair broke up. Well, that’s just great, isn’t it. The Libs are turning into the British Conservative Party. Mark my words, by the end of  ... [More]

Sometimes I see quite the oddest things, but forget to tell anybody about them. Last Friday, for example, in the middle of the morning rush hour, my tram passed a guy from Triple M radio doing a publicity stunt. At least, I presume it was a publicity stunt – either that or he was doing  ... [More]

I’ve been on a bit of a video game nostalgia trip recently, having discovered the joys of video game console emulators. It’s great, I get to play all the games of my youth without having to find the old hardware to run them on. It’s like the computer equivalent to watching old Countdown repeats on  ... [More]

Today was the Australia Day holiday. At least, in every state except this one, where it was "Jeff doesn’t want us to have a holiday, but go on, take a day off if you and your boss both feel like it" Day. So anyway, not only did I work today, but we all worked late  ... [More]

In an informal interview carried out by my wife this afternoon, the proprietors of the Pot Spot spoke out about their impending closing today. "So is this really the last day?" "… Maybe …"