I’ve finally caught up with all of the sleep I lost last weekend. For those of you who aren’t psychic, the reason I lost sleep was that we sailed to Port Stephens and back. This was the practical component of our AYF Coastal Skipper course. A mere 150 nautical miles in a weekend. Overall a …
Author Archives: Andrew Todd
Are you a blogaholic?
Are you a blogaholic? Apparently not. I score 40 out of a possible 100. According to the site this means; "You are a casual weblogger. You only blog when you have nothing better to do, which is not very often. There’s nothing wrong with that. But if you’d post a little more often, you’d make …
Buffy in Academia
According to this article at the BBC, watching Buffy is a valid academic discipline. I think I’m ready to write my PhD thesis.
Mortgage Search Over
The frantic search for a mortgage has wound down now. After checking with a number of finance companies and getting flatly refused by most of them it is time to make a decision. As usual, we’ve gone for the path of least resistance and decided to give up. We may be able to secure a …
Can’t Get a Mortgage
Why is it that Bobo and I, with a combined income that exceeds the GDP of some third world countries, can’t get a mortgage? In the UK I was looking into buying property a few years ago and the banks and building societies were falling all over themselves trying to give me huge piles of …
First of the Month
Pinch, punch, first day of the month.
A Comedy Note
But on a comedy note, Dave Barry has been talking about the big blue bear. Very funny, but a scary insight into parent hood. Hmmmmm.
Dudded
I have been dudded. Done. Tucked up like a kipper. Defrauded. I am not happy about it either. I broke out of the office to get some lunch. Feeling in need of a boost I decided some quality junk food was in order. I went to Burger King at the Macquare Centre and order a …
Saturday morning
Saturday morning and what am I doing? I’m at work. Bugger.
More Rubbish Web Sites
I thought the great stock market crash of last year had taken them all out, but people are still launching crap web sites. Take a quick look at DriverSMS. Never mind that we all know the business model won’t work, I’d like you to just look at the actual application and think how many people …