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Net News and events

Bye bye 2003

Zoom. Well, there goes the year. To me it seems to have gone incredibly fast, but a lot’s gone on in my life and around the world over the past twelve months. In the grand scheme of things, particularly in the Personal Relationships Department, the start of the year didn’t seem great to me, but  ... [More]

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Home life

Hot

I was hoping to have a quiet day at home in the shade sitting between the fan and the cooler, with a cold drink in one hand, perhaps an ice-cream in the other… but no, called into the city. Thank [deity] I didn’t have to wear a tie. The clock on the silo said 40  ... [More]

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Film

Instant movie review

"Love, Actually"… why would we go to see this rather than "Return of the King"? Well, because I had Gold Class tickets that had to be used up before the end of the year and ROTK was booked out for the next fortnight. Anyway, it was not very deep, not heavy (apart from the scene  ... [More]

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dreams Home life

In dreams

This morning I dreamt I was sitting on a tram, with my kids and a platonic friend who turned out to be Deborah from Men Behaving Badly, when an ex-girlfriend (one I had taken some time getting over) got on the tram and sat nearby. Her hair was different – much longer, and dyed purple.  ... [More]

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Home life

And so this was Boxing Day

Ah, Boxing Day. So-called because with the amount of activity you do, you might as well be in a box. Me? Woke around 9:30, stumbled out of bed, bummed around the house reading the paper, my e-mails, tidied up a bit, made tea in the funky new kettle I got for Christmas, listened to the  ... [More]

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Friends and loved ones

And so this was Christmas

Aftermath of present opening part 1 And so this is Christmas: Father Christmas delivering stuff overnight; the kids up at 7am, gleefully ripping into presents; much watching of DVDs and building of Lego; cruising over to my mum’s place for more presents, food, drink, more food, more drink, and sitting about in the garden sipping  ... [More]

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Home life

Christmas break

Lunchtime, Christmas Eve My Christmas break from work officially starts today. I’m not going away, but have a bunch of stuff I should get done over the next few weeks. Last minute hurried and harried Christmas shopping, naturally Fill in that Copyright Agency form so they will hand over the moula Fill in and send  ... [More]

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Retrospectives

The Gravy Day barbecue

Happy Gravy Day. Bev’s Home Group, Ardoch 1984. Sorry, my haircut was far too embarrassing for me to provide a close-up. At a rather good barbecue today (obviously before the rain came pouring down) I had a couple of blasts from the past, back from almost 20 years ago, those heady days of year 7  ... [More]

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Home life

Thump

Thump, thump, thump. I had just woken up, and was staggering around the kitchen when I heard it. The unmistakable sound of feet on the roof. Thump, thump. I knew it well from the old place where I lived, where a stream of workmen would thump across the top of the building, especially in the  ... [More]

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Friends and loved ones Working life

Disturbing, smug, sorted

Yesterday’s most disturbing sight: seeing others working here (not necessarily workmates, as I don’t work with them, just near them) dressing up as Matrix characters. One woman as Carrie Anne Moss in the full black leather(ish) getup, one bloke doing a less fully-encompassing but nonetheless distinct Keanu. Disappointingly no martial arts moves, but the image  ... [More]

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Doctor Who

The Space Museum

In this Doctor Who adventure from 1965, the time travellers visit Federation Square…

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News and events

Capture

Billy Joel on the capture of Saddam Hussein: I don’t care what consequence it brings I have been a fool for lesser things I want you so bad I think you ought to know that I intend to hold you for the longest time (Overheard this morning from the railway station kiosk man’s radio as  ... [More]