boxing

Oooooh baby, was that a grumpy post or what? It’s amazing what a boring day at work, the flu and 4 days off running will do to a person.
Thankfully, as I pen this humble missive, the grumpiness, like Christmas itself - there’s a strange coincidence - is more or less over.
We contrived, somehow, to spend [...]

sigh….

Dear reader, my supplies of the Christmas spirit, already at historically low levels, are officially at a low ebb.
Think of it as something like the water shortages. Back when you and I were kids it used to rain more or less constantly from May to October, Lake Eildon was a lake and if you planted [...]

it’s beginning to look a bit like…

Right now, mid December, is about the best time of the year.
I know I have some work to do before my time off, but I also know it’ll be pretty slack and it won’t go for long. I’ve been going around buying some last minute presents, which is probably better than actually getting them on [...]

ho, ho, ho

If you hadn’t guessed after yesterday’s lock myself in the stair-well story, I can be a little vague at times. When I say “a little vague” I mean “little” as in - the Pacific Ocean is a “little” wet.
If you needed further proof, how’s this - I’ve only just now realised Christmas is coming [...]