I’m now fully equipped with cloth supermarket bags, and indeed have been upgrading to the new improved green ones, which keep their shape when the checkout chick/bloke plonks them down to start packing, making everything faster than fiddling with the soft cloth ones. But my use of cloth supermarket bags has been so wildly successful ... [More]
I’ve listened to a lot of crap music in my time, some self-inflicted, some through no choice of my own. Loud walkmans, car radios, in shops, hold music, public spaces… it can come from anywhere. The other night reading Kathryn’s blog I read an entry where she mentioned Bon Jovi. I left an off-the-cuff jokey ... [More]
If there’s one thing I’ve learnt from a decade of nibbling chocolate at my desk, it’s that it can be a messy business. You chomp into the bar and depending on consistency, chocolate splinters can go flying. Some might land on the desk itself, some might embed themselves into the gaps in the keyboard, and ... [More]
Metallica: Some Kind of Monster. A fascinating behind-the-scenes look at the making of their new album. But not just the usual sitting in a studio, bashing power chords kind of footage — this was a warts’n’all look at the group dynamics involved. The arguments, walk-outs, the laughs, the group therapy sessions, the bits where they ... [More]
With many thanks to Tony and Rae for organising the competition, the barbecue and taking this photo… here is me taking the footy tipping prize, as Marita looks on (probably glad she’s shot of it, but disappointed it’s not going further away). What have you won? Link in the Trackbacks or leave a comment. As ... [More]
Ron and Jeff’s lifestyle survey, part 2. (See part 1)
Some expressions I seem to have picked up but I’m not sure where they came from: Catch ya – Sign-off on the phone to some people, particularly when I’m in a hurry. Seems to be a contraction of “Catch ya later” Plugger – It was a once-off, but I still don’t know where it came ... [More]
The artworks on display seem to change every few weeks. A little while ago it was words created out of bread: “GREED” for example. This week it’s spinning black circles showing little animations through the gaps, like something from a Victorian-era side show. And live music today. Sometimes it’s a woman with a cello. Today ... [More]
Yesterday at the tram stop at lunchtime was a woman with the most incredible hair. It went straight up, about 20cm off her scalp, and was dark red. A kind of big burgundy mohawk. She looked about 60, and was pushing a pram with (I assume) her grandson in it. As she walked along the ... [More]
I had a dream on Friday night. For someone who doesn’t often remember dreams, it was quite startling in the amount of detail (and plot, for want of a better word). Staying overnight with Isaac, Jeremy and I at my house were my lovely Marita, my friends Tony and Rae, their daughter Phoebe, my sister ... [More]
Here is my coffee mug at work. Theoretically it’s a coffee mug, but I don’t drink coffee. Post a picture of your mug! Link in the Trackbacks or comments. As usual, move your mouse over the picture for descriptions of various bits (note Firefox may abbreviate) Past photos in this series Notes on creating the ... [More]
I got one of those lifestyle surveys in the mail a while back. Rather than just throw it in the bin, I pondered who would be the most unusable respondent they could possibly get a reply back from? Why it would be Ron and Jeff, the two layabouts I wrote about several years ago. So ... [More]