Blazes
Local coffee shop blazes during Earth Hour on Saturday night. Read on...
March 31, 2008 | Comments (8)
Archives for March 2008
Top blokes
Most cabbies score a ridiculously large tip every year or three. Mine came last night when a couple of top blokes tipped over 300% of the fare. Around 9pm two dishevelled fellas in suits approached me outside the Coogee Bay Hotel and requested Bondi. “Mate, just get us out of... Read on...
March 30, 2008 in On the job | Comments (3)
Quitting
Apologies for the absence this week but as previously mentioned I've finally resolved to quit smoking. Not reduce, go for the gum or patches but totally eliminate nicotine from my life. So all week I've been slowly digesting Allen Carr's lauded method of quitting. I was initially tempted to chronicle... Read on...
March 29, 2008 | Comments (16)
Away(2)
Here are the locations of the Away images taken on last week’s holiday. Congratulations to Nashdale for identifying four of the nine locations. Mate, you’ve won a free dinner so email me for details if you can make it. Read on...
March 25, 2008 | Comments (0)
Sydney spivs
On Saturday evening I carried some Randwick race types – drunken spivs in suits -from a Paddington pub to a City nightclub. The type of wannabees who only attend the races for the social event. The following exchange, so typical of Sydney spivs, took place... Spiv 1 – Hey, do... Read on...
March 24, 2008 in On the job | Comments (0)
Mowing
Whilst on holidays I took care of a regular task, mowing the bloody lawn. Sure, one gets plenty of useful exercise doing the job but then, walking on the beach is much safer. Increasingly these days I'm mindful of a common occurence afflicting middle-aged lawnies - they can drop dead... Read on...
March 22, 2008 | Comments (0)
Testing
To celebrate my last night of holidays, back at home, I'm testing a new Sidebar video player of a beach scene taped whilst away (full-sized video here). This should start automatically and is looped to repeat once. If vision fails to start then click on screen...it's purely an experiment and... Read on...
March 21, 2008 | Comments (2)
Away
Normally my vacation images are sent from the phone. However I've been having trouble with the N95 image editor resulting in dud re-sizing. So I've used a mate's PC to post a dozen shots of my travels this week, from south to north. They're
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March 19, 2008 in Holidays, Phone images | Comments (12)
A lesson
Since commencing blogging I haven’t read a single book. But that’s about to change after yesterday attending a talk and book signing by Ashfield girl made good, Geraldine Brooks. Actually, to win a Pulitzer Prize for literature is more than ‘made good’, it is simply... Read on...
March 15, 2008 | Comments (0)
