The boys and I have just enjoyed a nice quiet weekend. Whilst SWMBO enjoyed herself at a cheap little place up the coast the boys and I have: Been to under 5 sports activities (a.k.a "runaround") Gone swimming Been to JFGP‘s piano lesson Survived a trip to the mall Finished swimming lessons for the term …
Author Archives: Andrew Todd
The Definition of Sport
As the sporting focus of 2008 comes to a close I think it is time I shared with you a theory I have been working on. In the spirit of clarity, and as a fairly good wind up, I have been trying to work out what exactly is a sport. Ordinarily, as a good Englishman …
Good Coffee News
People, there is good news about. The local purveyors of that hideous slop that the Americans call coffee is shutting most of their Australian stores. With a bit of luck my fellow Australians will stay away from the remaining stores in droves and they will shuffle off back to the land of the styrofoam cup. …
Way to Normal
People, good news. Ben Folds has a new record coming out called “Way to Normal”. It’s out in September, remarkably close to my birthday. Hearing this news has made my day. For more information check out the details in an interview in the (previously unknown to me) magazine called Paste.
3rd Birthday Boy
After a quick weekend trip to the Blue Mountains (where SWMBO only tried to kill me to death by hypothermia) this weekend we celebrated MIGO’s 3rd birthday in the traditional fashion with cake and fire. If you look closely you can see that the birthday boy is wearing his present from his grandparents. He hasn’t …
Technology sometimes works
All, after being off the inter-web-net for most of the last six weeks we are now back online and talking to you via a much ‘fatter’ pipe (ooh err missus, etc.) Which means that we may finally be able to converse with people in the mother country via this here computer. I’ve downloaded and fired …
Birthday Boy
Today marks the occasion of JFGP‘s fifth birthday. To celebrate here is a photograph that I didn’t take today. He had a great day, with presents galore and a full family birthday tea. This morning he went to clown town and this afternoon he had his hair cut in the local salon, for an amount …
Twitter Updates for 2008-05-22
Trying to answer the age old question of what do you buy the mother in law who has everything – and cakes are right out of the equation # Powered by Twitter Tools.
Twitter Updates for 2008-05-21
@carlfish: Badger, badger, badger! # Trying to figure out how many more meaningless tasks I have to get done today # Powered by Twitter Tools.
Twitter Updates for 2008-05-19
Getting into the exciting world of claims data migration # Trying to decide if I should be perturbed that Amazon classifies my taste in music as "Adult Contemporary" # Powered by Twitter Tools.