spruikers are evil

I know, I know, I can hear you saying:
Yes, yes, we’ve all been on Swanston Street walk, we know they’re annoying. It’s old news…
The thing is, I’m not talking about ordinary spruikers, with the microphones and stuff. I’m talking about the sneaky ones you see these days around the traps. They’re the groups of attractive [...]

aha! I thought so

According to the US Runner’s World, New research says there are benefits to running before dawn or after dark–even if you don’t have to.
Well yeah, I’ve done a bit of that in the past few months and I’ve come to quite like running in the pre-dawn. Why? Well:

it’s [...]

sick as a dog

Groan, sniffle, cough, repeat. That’s pretty much all I’ve managed to do for the last couple of days.
It all started on Saturday, at a working-bee down at Venus Bay. It wasn’t such a great idea, cutting down about 30 trees and dragging them to the tip on a 38 degree day. Hard work.
I made it [...]