As a corollary to yesterday’s peace about how wonderful Australia is try this article from the Sydney Morning Herald. It may be a great country, full of great people – and I’m standing up and humming "Waltzing Matilda" as I write this – but its suffering from the same disease as the UK and the …
Monthly Archives: January 2004
Travel Writing
This is why we are moving back to Australia, or at least a compelling description of why its just such a nice place to live in. It also partially explains why I don’t intend to spend any time in the freedom loving USA any time soon. Well, in conjunction with the news that all visitors …
Hmmm
Its late, I’ve been watching the cricket on TV, wishing I was there, and imbibing a couple of nelsons. But the only thing I wish to say is – blimey, Jason Gillespie needs a haircut. The big mullet wearing woofter.
More Photos
Chastised by my lovely wife for putting a photo on the last post that makes our son look like "a monkey boy", I dug the memory card out of my camera, extracted the pictures on it and knocked up a quick page of selected highlights. You can view it here.
Diversions
I’m doing a little tinkering under the bonnet of this here web site today. As that involves a little thinking on my part there is very little spare brain capacity to come up with something interesting and erudite to put here. Hence the fallback of proud fathers everywhere, a picture of my son. Say hello …
Irony is alive and well
At least, I think so, because the TIME Person of the Year 2003: The American Soldier has to be tongue in cheek, doesn’t it? Please tell me it is.
Happy New Year
Due to circumstances beyond our control, mainly a small boy with a temperature, we have spent New Years Eve at home. Suffice it to say that I have kept the side up and imbibed a couple of nelsons. There were also sherbets imbibied before the midnight hour. Its just a shame that she made me …