The garden is looking somewhat chaotic at the moment. I got home on Saturday to find the owners had dropped in to do a little yard work. To be precise, the Triffid-like plant that has been slowly taking over the whole house has been chopped down, removed entirely. Well, removed from the ground that is, ... [More]
It’s said that kids used to watch Doctor Who from behind the sofa. Well in our house, it’s not possible to get behind the sofa, so we have to make do. Jeremy watching the first of the new Doctor Who episodes. We watched the first episode of the new series. The special effects were pretty ... [More]
Vale Paul Hester. Pic: Ren Jonas / www.finnatics.de/Crowded_House/ Update 8:30pm. I first read about this in the paper this morning. It didn’t quite sink in until later. It’s one thing when a musician much older than you passes away… it’s another matter when it’s one who is almost your own generation, and at only 46. ... [More]
Here are my keys. Well, all of them except those numerous unknown keys sitting in jars, their uses long forgotten. Post a picture of your keys… Link in the Trackbacks or comments. Move your mouse over the picture for descriptions of various bits (note Firefox may abbreviate. You can fix it with this extension — ... [More]
Somersault. Now maybe I’m going out on a limb here, since this thing won 13 AFI awards, but I couldn’t quite get into it. One of those films where you just can’t feel much sympathy for any of the characters. Maybe watching it on a small TV didn’t help, and maybe I wasn’t really in ... [More]
This Easter, while you’re stuffing yourself with chocolate, take a moment to reflect on the real meaning of the holiday. Cameron has a great summary here.
It’s 6pm, and you’re working back late. Outside the only shops left open are those such as the CD shop you have to run up to shortly to buy a birthday present, before heading to an evening co-curricular meeting. Then you realise that your trousers are developing a hole in the seat. Not a huge ... [More]
Is it just my imagination, or are an increasing number of concerts for established acts in the big cities taking place on weeknights – “school” nights to be precise, Sunday to Thursday? It’s like the promoters know they can fill a venue in Melbourne, any day of the week, so they go for the weeknights. ... [More]
Most interesting sight of yesterday: a monk in the traditional red and yellow robes. On a crowded train. With a mobile phone in his hand, SMSing at speed. I had my camera with me, but didn’t have the guts to get it out and take a picture; sorry. But anyway… Take a look in your ... [More]
I filled up with petrol on Sunday night. $1.05 per litre, and that was with the 4 cpl supermarket discount. Don’t count on prices dropping any time soon. OPEC admit they have no control over oil prices, with demand continuing to outstrip supply. And of course world demand continues to climb as developing countries embrace ... [More]
There was a terrific picture of (what’s left of) the Monty Python team in the newspaper on the weekend. I know there’ll probably be a collective groan from readers, but it inspired a brief dream overnight in which Terry Jones came around for tea, chatted with my mother about his TV appearances, and agreed to ... [More]
I was idly flicking through the Comedy Festival programme this morning when I saw a familiar face: a guy I went to school with is doing a show, called “Run Nerd Boy Run!” So I read the blurb to Marita. When I got to the last bit: these two are treating life like an underfed ... [More]