new blog

Hello to those of you who have managed to discover this new blog, via the link from my blogspot blog. I salute you and your implacable determination, not to say muleheadishness.
I trust you will enjoy the new improved version. Have a look around, feel the quality, test the features. Knock yourselves out. Yes, a lot [...]

alternate universe

I’ve always thought I was pretty grounded, eyes open, very much a part of the real world. In the last 24 hours there have been a couple of things that make me suspect I’m living in an alternate universe.
If this is reality, I don’t want any part of it:

Posh spice has been named the world’s [...]

hobble

Not to worry - it wasn’t me hobbling. Not at all, it was Wayne Carey who was “hobbled” by Miami police in a recent trip to the US.
Apparently he was:
“angry, drunk, and violent” and his speech was rapid.from the age.
This was surprising: he hadn’t been hanging out with Amy Winehouse and Pete Doherty was [...]

the national obesity crisis

Yes, apparently it’s a problem. Every man and his dog and/or cat is an idle, lazy, donut-scoffing fatty boombatty. It’s the government’s fault, the parent’s fault, the media’s fault or just our own stupid fault.
In this case, when I say “they” I don’t just mean the general “they” who run everything, I mean the Ausrun [...]

oh that was surreal

It’s officially time to declare a moritorium on the use of the word “surreal”. I can understand sports-people and Kath Day-Knight using it, as both have only a very loose handle on the English language at the best of times, but when journalists start slipping it into sentences as if it’s serious commentary, enough is [...]

straya day, gloomy

Last night, Andrew asked whether I read other blogs before I post, or post first. To be completely honest, he didn’t ask me specifically; it was more of a rhetorical thing. For the purposes of this post I’ll pretend he was speaking to yours truly.
I usually chatter along to myself on the morning run, and [...]

nigella lawson, tyra banks and rotting fish

Before you say anything, I’m no starry-eyed idealist. I know about global warming, the war on terror, imminent global recessions and the like. But still, sometimes you have to say the world’s not such a bad place.
Take this: Marieke Hardy describing the experience of watching a Nigella Lawson cooking show as:
like being tied up with [...]

these celebrities do live don’t they?

Imagine that: lazy Tuesday afternoons spent hanging out sprawled Mary-Kate Olsen’s bed, naked and manically stuffing pills into every orifice.
It’s not exactly the way I’d choose to spend my time, but whatever floats your boat, eh Heath?
Or sinks it, in this case.
I can see the above is probably not in the best of taste, given [...]