Catching up with the past (or vice-versa)

Oh my god, it’s the last thing you want to happen when you’re out and about, not showered and looking like a car accident! Of course my reaction was much worse than the actual situation but…what else is new? What are we talking about? Well, running into one of your ex-boyfs unexpectedly. Now it isn’t [...]

Stockholm Tonight

If you’re ever planning to visit Stockholm, you must go during the summer. The city is more beautiful than you could imagine and the citizens come to life for just a few short months each year. In fact, everyone goes just a little crazy because they know they only have this short time to fully [...]

Up, up and away with TAA the friendly, friendly way

Oh, I’m on a roll with these TV commercials from my childhood. It seems like every few months someone is adding something new to Youtube from my past that just blows me away. And, of course, I could virtually remember the lyrics word for word even though it’s been decades since I’ve seen the ad. [...]

Amoco in your machine!

I have this as a cardboard 7″ single. Yes I do, I really do. Played havoc with my record player back in the early 70s – the needle used to jump up and down. I’m not sure cardboard was such a good material to make records from. Ah yes, it was called a flexi-disc. I [...]

Australia Day 2011

We had a terrific Australia Day this year with a bunch of friends at the Huntsbury hotel. It could have been a disaster since we’d organised for the day to be at our regular haunt, the Lewisham Hotel. Yoda and I had to go to IKEA first thing in the morning and, with luck and [...]

I’m over putting things together

Everything has to be assembled thesedays. Self assembly is the way of the lord. Since I moved it has been about putting crap together – crap from Officeworks, Fantastic Furniture and, naturally, IKEA. I’m not really wanting to see an Allen key again. I’m over it. Majorly. Why can’t you just add water and these [...]

Moving Day….again

…or perhaps I should say “Moving Day 2011….#1 of 4″  Because there’ll be 3 more moving days over the next few months to finally get everything into place. The good news is that I am finally sleeping on a real bed after suffering a series of inflatable mattresses over the last 6 months. I say [...]

They say time heals everything but I’m still waiting

With a story about (yet another) “possible” reunion of a certain Swedish band hitting the mainstream Aussie press yesterday, Grant and I were contacted by friends (again) about it. It’s been 4 years now since the ugly incident with those Swedish c**** and their record company and yet people think we’re still “fans” and that [...]

At the Fritzoneum, Lobethal

The day after Christmas, we were invited to go to Lobethal to visit friends David & Ben. They spoilt us rotten with food, drinks, presents, home-baked goodies and more. They also had three lovely little dogs that I just adored. David & Ben live in this big ‘ole house on a huge block of land [...]

Birkenhead Point….very beautiful, very pointless

We went along to Birkenhead Point Shopping Centre/Outlet Mall yesterday in search of curtains. There was supposed to be a big Spotlight store there so we made the trek via a couple of buses and a walk in the heat. Birkenhead Point is almost unrecognisable from the “downmarket” shopping market/area that I last visited over [...]

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