I’m melting

Hot weather sucks the big one, not to put too fine a point on it.
There’s absolutely nothing to be said in favour of it. You can’t run to any great degree (although I note some people don’t seem to realise this) and you can’t really do any gardening. The lists of things you can’t do [...]

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 [...]

scaredy-cats

According to an exceedingly scientific study reported in the Herald-Sun, who I would trust with what’s left of my life:
Children are more scared of spiders, monsters and being in the dark than terrorism or war
Common fears included being hit by a car, bullying, being lost, guns and the school principal.
Strangely, none of the kids mentioned [...]

hell on earth

I think, though I’m willing to be convinced otherwise, that I have found the most god-awful location in the known universe.
Place: Photo printing booth, Big W, EastlandTime: 11:45am, the Saturday two weeks before Christmas.
To really appreciate the ghastliness of the place, you need to have spent the best part of 40 minutes driving around in [...]

silly season and sydney

We’re well and truly into the silly season now. It was 36 a couple of days ago and choked with smoke, and tommorrow it might snow. Work’s stopped but I’ve never felt more tired.
To top it all off - Eastland Shopping Centre has all-night shopping; which is convenient if, god help you, you feel the [...]