Phrase of the day, from Francis Dunnery, also spotted in Apocalypse Now, but originally from Abraham Lincoln; “better angels of our nature” Don’t know why, I just like it.
Category Archives: General Musings
Church Panto
Now I’ve gone and done it. I am going to be doing the lighting for the Church panto this weekend. Which is strange because I don’t go to church. Maybe that should be “Church and Richard’s mates panto”. Regardless, I’ve been stitched up. Luckily there are only three performances and I hope the lighting requirements …
Rubbish TV
I just wrote a very long post and it got sucked into the internet black hole. Here is a summary; I don’t control the remote control in our house now that Bobo is back from her travels. Occassionally she makes me watch rubbish. Two particularly awful examples this week were; The Michael Jackson 30th anniversary …
Two things today. First is
Two things today. First is that Harry Potter frenzy is reaching fever pitch in our house at the moment. Bobo and the smelly backpacker can’t wait to see the movie as they loved the book so much. My protestation that the film of any book never lives up to expectations is roundly pooh-poohed, but I …
I am an Australian
Well, I’ve gone and done it now. Yesterday, at 5pm local time I became an Australian. Its quite a formal process you know. I received a letter from the Department of Immigration in July saying I had been accepted, but you don’t become an actual Aussie until you take the oath of citizenship. This is …
Tie Trouble
Oh, and in news from ‘sad man central’, I had trouble with my tie today. I usually use a windsor knot, which looks good and doesn’t ruin your tie. Unfortunately the new tie which I bought yesterday is far too fashionable and is shorter and wider than the ties I am used to. This means …
Very, Very Quiet
I have been very, very quiet. This has probably got something to do with the fact that I have bought a copy of Civilization 3. There goes my spare time. Of course, to lose my spare time I would need to acquire some first. In unrelated news it is Wednesday, so I’m off to play …
Inspired by Mark Pilgrim and
Inspired by Mark Pilgrim and Brent Ashley I decided it was time for my very own ego search. This is not always good for the ego apparently, Andrew Todd gives me nothing. I’m not even on the first page. Still, it is nice to see lots of very well qualified people with the same name …
Archives Fixed
A-ha, thanks to the lovely people at the Blogger discussion forums I’ve actually fixed up the archives. Now my words of wisdom don’t disappear into the ether after seven days. To look back, click the link in the navigation bar to the left and prepare to read a load of old mumbling.
Catching up on Sleep
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 …