I need a holiday!

It’s definite: I need a holiday. Tilt. Overload. Kerplunk. You know when you’ve just had enough of everything and you need some time out? Yeah well, that’s where I’m at. I need a big fat week away somewhere doing sweet F.A. Some shopping, some drinking, some walking and lots of sleep. Lazy mornings leading into [...]

Euroshambles at the Flinders

The cover charge was $5. I would have gladly paid $10 if they’d just given me a warning: “this will be the worst organised shambles of a Eurovision party ever. Rush home immediately and save yourself!” Actually, I’d have paid even $20 for that advice. Last night we decided to do something different for Eurovision. [...]

Not even a haircut

What a bust of a day. I slept for 12-13 hours and didn’t get up until just after 2pm. I groaned since the day was alredy half over. It’s great to catch up on sleep after a crap week at work but 2pm is just nuts. When you’ve slept that long you often wake up [...]

Who do you have to screw to get a big bag of French Fries around here?

Just how hard should it have to be to get a 200gram packet of Arnott’s French Fries? Oh, they’re 175grams now – forgot about the downsizing. Same price – 25 grams less in the packet! So yeah, who the hell do you have to screw to get a 175gram packet of Arnotts French Fries? Someone [...]

Live from Stockholm!

Well, Stockholm in Rhodes, that is. Grant and James had to organise some Swedish food for their Swedish language class on Tuesday night. What to do? Where to go? The solution: IKEA of course! There’s only one IKEA in Sydney now – at Rhodes. For Grant and I it takes a bus and two trains [...]