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 …
Category Archives: General Musings
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
Now This is the Life
It’s 6:30 on a Friday afternoon, I’m sitting in my garden under glorious blue skies with a chilled glass of Chardonnay and surfing this here intarweb wirelessly. Marvelous.
Quality Quotes
I’m laid up at home sick as a dog, after a weekend of tending to the family who were likewise. Consequently I’ve got nothing interesting to say and will instead share these quotes from The Friday Thing a rather smashing topical email I receive; On Michael Howard : "a crude facsimile of a human being …
Housekeeping
Announcing a new RSS feed. Today I am mainly doing chores. After cutting the lawn and cleaning the bath I’ve changed the style sheet on my web site and would like to introduce you to another innovation. If you’re reading this in bloglines or any other RSS reader I recommend you switch to my shiny …
Too Little, Too Late
"Never forget: there was no doubt about the identity of the 9/11 hijackers; the issue was their intentions." Blimey, once more I find myself linking to Boris Johnson, enfant terrible of the Conservative party. I particularly like his reference to a law lord’s ruling from 1951 (when ID cards were abolished after WWII). Probably the …
Baby Naming
For those, like us, with a bun in the oven who are searching for the perfect name comes the Baby Name Wizard. Perfect for finding common names, and even finding out what have been the most popular names over the last hundred years or so. It’s a bit seppo-centric, but apart from that it’s just …
Comedy
SWMBO, TGChen and I are thinking of popping along to see Bill Bailey on Monday the 21st of March. If you’d like to join us drop me a line. If you pass our stringent vetting, and can actually make it to the centre of Sydney on the night, there may even be a ticket in …
Misplaced Blog
I’ve been meaning to write something witty and erudite all week, but frankly I’ve been flat out at work. So flat out, in fact, that I’ve bought a laptop home for the weekend and have been tippy-tapping away on the dining room table for most of this afternoon. This professional dedication didn’t remove or reduce …
Down the Gurgler
I see that the peace and liberty loving government in the UK is continuing on their merry way to remove what few civil liberties the populace has left. Not content with the joke that is ID cards, they now want to remove the right to trial by jury. Well, that’s not what they’re calling it, …