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Food'n'drink

The demon arches

At this point, not much to report on the domestic front, at least not to the general public (that would be you). What I will say is that since moving out and living alone, I’m quite proud to say that I managed to resist for two weeks before eating at McDonalds! Alas, last night I  ... [More]

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Home life

Daniel’s domestic adventures

I’m getting a handle on the whole kitchen thing. Yesterday I (gasp) bought some kitchenware. Okay, so it was only at K-Mart, not House or anything, but I’m starting to fill the gaps in the equipment list, so I can at least feed myself. And feed myself I did, for tonight I wasn’t out and  ... [More]

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General

New address

Well, there we go. I’ve moved. Not very far, but far enough that it involved most of Sunday packing up my belongings, lifting them onto Peter’s truck, and shipping them into the new place. It’s also involved most of Monday trying to work out where the hell everything is and trying not to be too  ... [More]

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General

Here we go again

Letter in today’s Age: It’s true, honest: I tried to ask my insurance broker about it, but they weren’t answering their phones on Thursday when I got the letter, and they haven’t replied to my e-mail yet (maybe their computer stopped working this year?) (See: 5/1/2000: Daniel the crank)

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General

Update

I’m amazed and thankful at the amount of supportive feedback I got after announcing to the world that my wife and I are splitting up. And a little surprised nobody mailed to say I was a complete bastard for moving out of home. A few people probably went a tad overboard in suggesting solutions to  ... [More]

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General

Too hot

Last night’s weather forecast. Sure, the weather man looks cool – he’s probably got shorts on. And for you people outside the civilised world who don’t use Celsius, do some maths: It’s hot. (Picture: ABC TV news) To any freezing northern hemisphere-type-people who might be reading: Just a quick note to say… when you look  ... [More]