24/06/2008
So, the gas crisis has finally forced people to be frugal with energy, which is good, but it is a little worrying that it took the threat of a beef shortage to drive us to it. (Yes, yes, I know other industries are affected too, but you wouldn't think it from reading the papers.)
Mind you, I was all.... more »
29/05/2008
(When you read the title of this post, please include a loud and incredulous "Hah!" at the end.)
Is anyone here an eBay Power Seller? Or perhaps an eBay Power Buyer? It's OK, I won't judge you, not since the Buying Frenzy of 2003, when I bought enough cosmetic samples from Hong Kong to power a small bordello.
I hadn't been on the auction site for several months, and.... more »
21/05/2008
A funny thing is happening to me as I age. I find myself becoming more compassionate towards other people.
Except the ones who don't use deodorant before boarding public transport, or
waste electricity, or treat public areas like their own personal
pigsties ...
May I start that sentence again?
A funny
thing is happening to me as I age. I find myself.... more »
14/05/2008
How was Mother's Day this year for everyone?
My siblings and I were afraid to ask Mum what she wanted for Mother's Day, because she would have probably replied, "Grandchildren." So we took her (and the rest of the family) out for a nice meal instead.
I must say that I found the Mother's Day marketing frenzy quite frightening this year.
Diamonds! Spa days!.... more »
6/05/2008
And nothing goes better with pancakes than bananas.
(Yes, the link between title and content is tenuous but I am determined to make it work.)
Recently, a friend of mine went on YouTube for the first time to look for videos of her boss (she didn't say why and I didn't ask). A little while later, she came back and said she had no idea there was so much dumb stuff out there. more »
6/05/2008
I'm sorry, I couldn't resist using that phrase for the title of this post. Mind you, I don't think anyone will understand the reference, but that's OK, reading it gives me a nice warm glow, and that is what counts.
A couple of weeks ago, I read with amusement that more »
18/04/2008
Last night, as I blearily fell asleep listening to the rain, I briefly considered unplugging my laptop from the wall, in case of a power surge.
I then decided that three metres was much too far to walk and I would take my chances. Just think, a lightning strike might have fried my motherboard and this blog post would never have existed. The horror!
Whenever it gets a little.... more »
7/04/2008
There was a rather contentious opinion piece on news.com.au last week called [the] "Folly of Paid Maternity Leave". As you may guess, the author, Mirko Bagaric, was not a huge fan of paying mothers to leave work and have babies, and said that, "... paid maternity leave will result in an increase in the birth rate. But.... more »
3/04/2008
"I'm going to hide the piss in my camera bag!"
Oho, are you, little man? I thought, surreptitiously pressing "Pause" on my MP3 player so I could hear better. (Hey, don't judge me. Some mornings, when you're trapped on public transport with weirdos staring and body odours creeping into your nasal cavities, breakfast radio and Pimsleur's Learn Mandarin Chinese just.... more »
25/03/2008
So, a few nights ago, in an interesting lead-up to the long weekend, I received a nuisance phone call.
It was suitably pathetic, and I hung up as soon as I realised what it was, but it got me thinking about how a) having an unlisted phone number would be both awesome AND fantastic, and in fact, b) everyone should have a silent/unlisted number by default, and c) people should only have.... more »
25/03/2008
Happy Easter! I hope everyone had a great long weekend.
Ah, Easter, when hospitals pray they have enough insulin supplies and chocolate manufacturers pack LESS chocolate into cardboard boxes and charge you MORE.
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17/03/2008
I seem to have an unfortunate condition called I-can't-look-away-itis. This chronic illness manifests itself when bad movies or programs appear on TV.
One year I thought it would be a great idea to have the TV in the bedroom, but I was forced to abandon that scheme after I stayed up till 2am, night after night, mesmerised by ... more »
16/03/2008
The other night I decided to do the right thing by my hair and bought a "natural" hair dye from a health food shop. It was in a green box and everything. Ah, sweet naïveté!
The writing on the box told me that it was full of vegetable dyes and compounds, had no ammonia or resorcinol, and contained some hydrogen peroxide and a fairy-dust sprinkling of.... more »
7/03/2008
Fruitcake Friday: The Ask Bossy Blog at news.com.au has a corker of a letter today. Female friend monopolises male friend's time, ignores his girlfriend, sends him nude photos of herself, and then wonders if she broke up his relationship. Wow ... I'll.... more »
6/03/2008
Last week I received a warning that the Old Boys Union (OBU) of my former high school was organising our 15 year reunion.
You know, when I was at school, I never thought I'd even live to be this age (or "that old", as I naïvely called it at the time). As they say, youth is wasted on the young.
I think our small group even agreed to meet up and throw ourselves off a cliff.... more »
20/02/2008
This truly has to be one of the greatest scientific advances of our time. Greater than whatsisname's discovery of penicillin, even.*
Ladies and gentlemen, I give you ... the iGallop. It mimics the trotting movement of a horse, and helps to tone your abs and thighs by forcing you to balance and use the same muscles that you would when horse-riding.
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19/02/2008
Dear Messrs Slug and Zone Cab (or whatever your names are; your penmanship was so atrocious that I could barely make out the letters),
Was there really nothing better for you to do, while riding on the Mandurah train line, than to laboriously scratch your forgettable names into the glass? Over and over again?
Did you and your associates really have to.... more »
19/02/2008
I had meant to start this blog auspiciously, perhaps in a similar manner to Willy Wonka's Golden Ticket.
"Greetings to you, the lucky finder of this blog!" (it would have said.)
"I would shake you warmly by the hand if it were physically possible! Mundane happenings are in store for you! Humdrum surprises await you! For now, I do invite you to.... more »