I’m not saying that we have bad music in our car (courtesy of Mr Housewife (KRed Parent)) but it is looking increasingly like Olly’s first proper word will be Agadoo. Oh dear. I shall be burning the CD as soon as I can get it out of the car. Its the only possible thing to …
Category Archives: General Musings
An Interesting Anniversary
Today is our fourth wedding anniversary. I am pureeing pumpkins and it’s nine thirty at night. It wasn’t supposed to be like this you know. SWMBO had a table booked at our favourite French restaurant where Wednesday is the one day of the week that they offer bouillabaisse. Which I am rather partial to. Unfortunately …
Shortest Experiment Ever
Well the phone books I mentioned a couple of days ago have now gone. Shortest bit of cluttering ever in our house. I suspect SWMBO of reading this blog, despite her protestations of never going near the internet.
Better Late Than Never
When we were living in the UK my in-laws ‘won’ a cheap photo shoot with one of those incredibly reasonably priced high street photography chains. They took the opportunity to get some shots of the whole rag tag bunch that makes up the family. My lovely wife went crazy with the cheque book and bought …
Busting Myths in the UK
People of the mother country (I’m looking in particular here at my brother and the 70’s throwback) rejoice. For Mythbusters is coming to a terrestrial TV channel near you in the next day or so. Watch it. You will thank me.
On The Delights Of Children
The eldest offspring, usually known as JFGP has started developing what can only be described as personality “quirks”. Here are a selection for your amusement, and for his derision when he finds this entry in about twenty years; Orange is his favourite colour. We are having children’s dinner time as I type this and number …
Top Class TV
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart has finally made it’s way onto television here in Australia. Praise be, and let us rejoice. This now justifies the extra twenty bucks a month I spend on Foxtel that I ponied up a year and a half ago expecting to see Mr Stewart and his cohorts, and it …
Lazy Sunday
Today was almost a perfect day. It started with a crushing victory in the first round of the Wakehurst Men’s Doubles championship (followed by a close loss in the second semi final). On returning home I managed to spend half an hour snoozing on the sofa whilst listening to some quality sounds on my stereo …
I Live in the Back End of the World
Why? Because the start of the British Grand Prix has just been announced (as in, we will show the start in about half an hour) on Channel Ten but I know that it finished about ten minutes ago and what the result is. Damn you broadcast television.
What World Cup?
Apparently there’s a World Cup starting in a couple of days. My only contribution is to be slightly miffed when JFGP insists that the game is called soccer [1]. It isn’t, it’s football. Regardless, I’m generally fairly oblivious to the round ball game, and can sum up my sentiments about the next five weeks as …