The whole separation thing is working out well. The kids are spending weekends with their mum, and she and I are getting on very amicably, and cooperating in making arrangements for her to move back into this area, so she can take the kids for more of the time, which will be good for all ... [More]
As usual the kids were staying with their mum for the weekend, so yesterday I went for a drive out into the country. I wasn’t really sure exactly where I would go, but I wanted to get out of the concrete jungle, to see some wilderness, even if only from the comfort of my car. ... [More]
Today and yesterday I zipped into the city on the train at lunchtime to enjoy some good food and a chat with some friends. The train goes express between Malvern and South Yarra, skipping three stations, so just after leaving Malvern I was somewhat bemused to see a guy a few seats ahead of me ... [More]
It was a clear night in Melbourne for last night’s lunar eclipse. Messing around with the video camera and the video, I managed to grab some images as the earth’s shadow came across the moon. The most interesting was around 23:00, when something flew past my camera’s field of vision. It was gone in a ... [More]
Chong Quinlem – my grandad, circa 1946. I feel like I’ve just met my grandfather (on my dad’s side) for the first time. Which is a bit strange, since he died long before I was born. It may be a bit odd, but my dad’s never gone in much for sentimental stuff, and it’s taken ... [More]
I have reached a point in my life that I never quite expected to reach. I know two people with the same name, that is, the same given name and the same surname. I suppose it’s the kind of thing that can happen sometimes – for instance, I’ve worked with an awful lot of people ... [More]
I spent Wednesday morning as sick as a dog, that is, as sick as a very sick dog. In fact, as sick as a dog that’s spewing up everything it’s eaten in the previous day, and has truly revolting stuff coming out of its bottom. (Oh dear, is that too much detail?) I think it ... [More]
The peaceful town of Wallan… newsagency… Internet… butcher… I always wanted to be a tram driver… Today I went on a nostalgia trip to somewhere I’d never been before. The tramway museum at Bylands. When I was a kid, we never had a car, and I used to travel by tram a lot. These days ... [More]
Only 29 cents going the government’s way in my first real GST transaction. Hmm, so this is the brave new world of GST is it? I think I’ve come to the conclusion that GST is the government’s way of moving the work of tax collection from the ATO to just about everyone who runs a ... [More]