I went to that bastion of good fashion, Big W after work tonight, to look at some eveningwear. Not the night on the town with my special lady kind of eveningwear, more the sitting at home alone in front of the telly on a cold winter evening kind of eveningwear. Trackie dacks, to be precise.

I found a fine pair that should suit my requirements, for $8. Pondering the fact that I’d looked at some very nice suits in my favourite suit shop yesterday costing around a hundred times that (and that was the sale price, but they were pretty damn nice), I toddled along to the checkout, with a couple of other nearly-bargains I’d chanced upon.

As I paid for the items, I noticed the plastic bag the girl had put my acquisitions in had no handles. No straps, and no holes for me to put my hand through. All the other bags she had were identical. On the train home it felt like I was carrying a swag.

(Yes yes, I had to take a bag; I don’t take my re-usable ones into work you know…)

What’s the bright idea behind giving out bags with no handles? Surely it can’t be an economy measure. Or perhaps encouragement for us to not take plastic bags, by making them inconvenient to use?

People arrive here by means of a number of different search terms. Some of them find what they’re looking for here. Some don’t. Here’s the top ones.

• shaolin soccer (8th hit on Google images) — I get hits for this ‘cos I posted a picture of the poster in my review. But the IMDB listing is probably a better place to go for more detail and pictures.
• doctor who 2005 (3rd hit on Google images), doctor who logo (1st hit on Google images) and “doctor who” (7th hit on Google images) — I’ve talked about the new episodes a bit, but there’s much more information and pictures on the official site.
• australian culture (1st and 7th hits on Google images) — Dunno how this happened; the first hit is my picture of Bruce the shark eating Andrew Bolt. If you want some real information on Australian culture, my Guide to Australia has heaps of stuff.
• driver licence (4th hit on Google images) — and oddly enough, a fellow Victorian is the first hit. You can find out about Victorian driver licences at VicRoads, or contact your local equivalent agency.
• scrabble (30th hit on Google images) — Ah yes, my naughty Scrabble game. Probably more useful information on this fine game is available from the official site.
• laundry pile (1st hit on Google images) and pile of laundry (2nd hit on Google images) — Well if you were after a picture of a pile of laundry, I guess what you found is just the ticket.
• brand names (1st hit on Google images) — Ah, so you found my image of a stack of different brand names, and the accompanying rant about capitalisation. Fair enough. I don’t know what you might be looking for though…
• containers (14th hit on Google images) — Yep, that’s pretty much a picture of containers.
• motorola e365 (2nd hit on Google images) — I didn’t like this phone, so feel free to read my initial thoughts or my subsequent rant when I sent it back. Or you could read Motorola’s propaganda on it.
• origin energy (18th hit on Google) — Their official web site is here.
• diary of an average australian (1st hit on Google) — It’s a fair cop.
• there’s only one catboy (11th hit on Google) — He’s over here (and his old blog, which didn’t forward to the new one, naughty naughty, is over here)
• 50 cent coin (5th hit on Google Images) — Maybe try this coins page from the Museum of Victoria