I’m having a wisdom tooth extracted this afternoon. A man (possibly two) is (possibly are) going to jack open my mouth and take to part of it with sharp rotating cutty things that will penetrate and cut up some of the really hard and well-stuck-in bits, which he (possibly they) will then extract with shiny [...]
“What do you want for your birthday?” Do you know what you want for yours? I have no idea. I’m like that at Christmas too. I usually make up stuff I need just so people don’t feel bad about not knowing what to get me: “Mmm, what I really need is a good set of [...]
It’s raining today. I like the rain. Mostly. The good things about rain are that it’s refreshing. Especially in summer. It cools things off, particularly my things, which is good because I hate that in mid-summer I’m obliged by societal convention to wear pants and a long-sleeved shirt, when I’d probably do a much better [...]
Interesting discussion on 891 this morning with Matt & Dave discussing a local politician’s appearance and speech at a Midwinter dinner at a Masonic lodge. While not outwardly mocking the dinner or the timing thereof to coincide with the pagan celebration, I did detect a hint of Matt & Dave’s slightly superior smugness regarding the [...]
We interrupt this near-abandoned blog to flog my camera. I have the following for sale: Canon EOS 20D EF 28-80 f/3.5-5.6 lens EF 70-300 f/3.5-5.6 lens 1GB memory card (holds 100+ RAW or 200+ large JPG) Battery & charger USB cable Strap All in a Lowepro kit bag, below. $600 the lot SOLD Send me [...]
Soup commercials. Annoying. It’s been the same tinned recipe for ever. Someone presents soup for consumption, passed off as home made, done from scratch. Oh, this soup is so good. Where did you get the recipe? What? No! This can’t possibly be from a tin! Rinse. Repeat. I will now outline the bait and switch [...]
I was teaching Little Miss L the joy of Roman Numerals the other night. She’s 7 now, so after explaining the concept, she picked it up pretty well. Once she got the hang of how they worked, she insisted that I give her a quiz on them. So I drew up a page with two [...]
They’re everywhere and they’ll always find something they don’t like. And if the thing they don’t like gets better, then they’ll complain about the fact that it’s not what it used to be. Case in point: I work for a government institution. Everyone that works here has either a government email address or an institution [...]
My sister has a new “shack” on the south coast. I use inverted commas because it’s not a shack at all: it’s a brand spanking new house. But because it’s their house away from home by the coast, they use the vernacular and call it a shack. (All the more ironic when you consider their [...]
I’m in Port Vincent for New Year’s. It’s a great place to be. On New Year’s Day there is a Gala Day, with street markets, lots of really shitty but tasty food, a big bouncy castle for the kidlets and really really bad entertainment played over an ancient PA. It’s brilliant. We’re staying with friends [...]
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