Long run

A fairly eventful few days since I last posted, but sadly I ain’t telling you nothing, no sir. Nope.
“How’s that” you say. “Isn’t blogging meant for uncritical spewing forth of every little detail about people’s boring little life?”
Well, yes, on the whole. But there are somethings too boring for public consumption even on this forum. [...]

Escher, Newton, Aldi

It was one of those mornings when every time you turn a corner you see some Everest-level hill climb staring you in the face, taunting. Strangely, there didn’t seem to be any corresponding downhills, despite the fact that I ended up back where I started.
Either my perception is a bit warped or [...]

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 [...]

all well and good

Well this interweb business is all well and good, but it has its drawbacks. Namely the lack of a properly functioning spellcheck, which accounts for the dubious spelling in the heading of yesterday’s entry. Not the body, the damn heading. Or should I say the “dang” heading. Thank you Mr Rudd.
Moving on, if you [...]

take a holiday

To paraphrase PG Wodehouse, I wouldn’t have said off-hand I had a sub-conscious mind, but I suppose it must have been there all along, sweating it out.
Today, my old u.c.m seems to be saying “JH, take a holiday”.
Thrice (now there’s a good word) now this week, I’ve headed off to a meeting, all gung-ho and [...]

we could live for a thousand years

Km, 12. For the week, 23.
Never let it be said that JRuns doesn’t acknowledge the people who make it all possible.
A big thankyou to the people who voted INXS’ song “Never tear us apart” the best Australian lyric ever. I never suspected VH1 viewers had such a well-developed sense of humour.
To be fair to Mr [...]