I just got back from a flying visit to my home town. Not the one I was born in, the one I grew up in. I arrived around 5pm yesterday and left at around 1pm today, so it was pretty quick. I was there for a function: it was the 40th birthday bash of one [...]
I must have been in about year nine, sitting in some history or Australian studies class one April, when the teacher (not sure I remember which one) started telling us about what happened on Anzac Day. Sure, we all knew about it. As Australians, we’d been told about it since primary school: Gallipoli, the Ottomans, [...]
Has anyone out there had ankle surgery in the last 2-3 years? I may have to go under the knife (hacksaw, hammer, drill) soon, but want to know what my options are. I’m looking for helpful comments on: Why you needed surgery What procedure you had done Which doctor did it (particularly if you’re in [...]
On the weekend, Cadel Evans won the Tour de France. Early in the week, Mia Freedman appeared on the Today show and gave her honest opinion on what she felt about it. I’m inclined to agree with her. I just made a comment on Lehmo’s blog and it ended up being so long that I [...]
You wouldn’t have to have been under a rock, you’d have to have been buried under the crazy paving for a considerable amount of time not to know that today is the day Price William will marry Catherine (Kate) Middleton. I shall be watching the wedding on my television receiver. Not that I feel any [...]
Someone asked if I’d be offended if I were called a bogan. It’s hard to say yes without sounding arrogant or elite, or at least something resembling classist. But here’s a list. Call me what you will. I don’t like football I don’t drink iced coffee (that’s important in South Australia) I don’t drive with [...]
So this morning, I was about to hop in the shower, and so, y’know, I was undressing (control yourselves, ladies). I slipped off my tshirt and put it down, then I pulled down the briefs and let them fall to my feet. Now, you know that trick you do, where you take one foot out [...]
Can’t believe I’ve had this blog for howevermanythefuck years and I never invented a health category. Anyway, the wisdom tooth is gone but the reminder of its departure still weighs heavy and the very real pain lingers, as though the tooth were a loved one that had been traumatically ripped out of my life. I’m [...]
Well, the world of post wisdom-tooth extraction is both a painful and not so pleasurable one. The procedure wasn’t nearly as scary as I thought it might be. And it was actually over quite quickly. Not the hour of carving up the tooth and removing it bit by bit I had somehow been led to [...]
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