I used to work with a chap whose first act every day, upon sitting at his desk and turning on his PC, was to check the obituaries column in the Times online. A morbid hobby, but apparently a very intesresting one. These days I suspect that he would be better served by the ever fantastic …
Author Archives: Andrew Todd
I Broke out the Camera
I’ve extracted the latest group of photographs from my camera and uploaded the half decent ones to Flickr. Enjoy. Selected highlights of this set will be appearing here with hilarious commentary in the next few days (or weeks if I get a little distracted).
Quote of the Day
From the always readable Neil Gaiman the finest euphemism I’ve heard in ages (and I went to a Bill Bailey gig three days ago; "he’s also distancing himself from the reality-based community"
Pining for the Northern Line
All it takes is a little puff of wind and the Manly Ferry stops running. Which rather inconveniences those of us who use it to travel to and from work. It only took me two and a bit hours to get to the office this morning, a little longer than my usual, leisurely, hour long …
Come The Revolution
I’ve long maintained a personal list of people who will be "first against the wall come the revolution". Rapidly ascending that list is Dan Brown who stole several hours of my life when I read his execrable novel "The Da Vinci Code". Luckily, I’m not alone in this opinion and Ben Last explains the pain …
A Small Interruption To Our Service
Over the next couple of days I’m going to be doing a little surgery. You may notice that this fine web site isn’t available for a short period of time, for which I apologise in advance. I’m also mucking about with my e-mail so if you send me a message in the next few days …
Good Luck
A few good wishes today. Good luck to my brother (SLAHWHM) who started a new job this week, here’s hoping they don’t work you too hard. Then good luck to the 70’s throwback’s liver. He’s spending the weekend at Minehead watching the finest band from Aylesbury. There will be much drinking, and I’m sure he’s …
Channel 9 Can Get Stuffed
This popped into my inbox today; "Hi there! Fatty, Sterlo, Matty and Chief are back on your TV screens next Thursday night at 9.30pm. We’re kicking off the season in a big way, our first show will be at the Sydney Olympic Park Sports Centre and we are inviting you to be there with us …
Serendipity
It had to be today that they cancelled the ferry. After tallying in bed for about ten minutes too long I got a shift on with the morning routine and hustled down the hill to the wharf just in time for the 8 o’clock ferry. Only to find that it was cancelled. So faced with …
Grammar Police Tip of the Day
People. Don’t use "verbalize" try exercising your vocabulary and using "say" or "said" you’ll find that they are quite versatile words. This post was inspired by the smashing people at http://www.weaselwords.com.au