Courtesy of the smashing people at Wisden I bring you the words of John Birmingham; "Formula One racing is real-world proof of chaos theory. As is Zimbabwe, but without the same number of hotties trackside." On ya, Johnny. Although the ever scary Kerry O’Keefe runs him a close second with this gem; "Boy George would …
Monthly Archives: June 2004
More Politics
Some of the finest writing, and coherent arguments, I have read in a very long time are in this piece written by Kurt Vonnegut. It doesn’t mention ID cards or software patents but hits the nail on the head time after time. If you do nothing else today have a read, then tell me what …
Arriverderci
At last. The tickets are booked and (almost) paid for. We leave this sceptred isle on the 4th of October and land back in Sydney for a resumption of our Aussie lives on the 13th of October. I can’t wait. The delay is due to a short layover in a little place in Thailand for …
Poo Day
I was going to write about yet another busy (long) weekend for the Todd clan. I was planning on waxing lyrical about our Saturday trip to the Zurich final, our Sunday lunch to celebrate my mother-in-law’s birthday and the (extensively catered) barbecue at Lewis mansions on Monday. But then I spent today changing nappies. Rather …