The oldies will be leaving these hallowed shores at the end of May, early June. Dad has had a sniff of an offer off a local company who’re expanding to the UK but they might well not contact him until he’s returned to the UK… but still… we live in hope. The real hope of … More The parents – an update.

The daughter is now officially eleven… and I feel ten years older. Because she is in school today and the old man wasn’t intending to get up early for anything, he decided it would be a good idea to give her her pressie from him and the old lady last night. Being a meanie I … More Daughter's birthday!

Bought my copy – more later.

Fairfax newspapers have decreed that the era of the ‘broadsheet’ newspaper is over. Soon all the remaining broadsheets will be converted to tabloid format… or be closed down. Personally I far and away prefer to broadsheet format to tabloid. That extra area of newsprint is so much better for presentation of serious news. Ok there … More It approaches… the end of the SMH as we know it!!

Caught a promo for some modelling show on Foxtel the earlier tonight and up popped some reference to “the famous Janice Dickenson”. I had the idea she was one of these people famous in their own minds and nowhere else. Then I looked her up on google images… and discovered I was right.,, more or … More Janice who?

For some reason unknown to me, our kids school has chosen today as the return after the Easter break. It isn’t a general thing. Some schools returned Monday, others Tuesday… ours on Thursday. So they are there today and tomorrow… and then it’s the weekend. Hardly seems worth it really! The eldest is excited either … More Back to school – just.

I was discussing with my father the Laurence Binyon stanza used repeatedly at memorials for the fallen service personell of whatever war or conflict they fought and or died in. I used the stanza in its exact format and spelling, i.e. : They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age … More Contemn? Damn right!

We’ve had an epiphany… or something. Either way we now have a clear, clean boring, uninteresting… oops… err… very readable typeface and layout. I hope this will reduce the whinges about the look and feel of the place. Well it might do until I can find some other wacky way out theme to install 🙂 … More From the sublime to the ridiculous.

Reading the Phantom’s comment on ‘Soup Glorious Soup’ reminded me of one of my pet peeves. Something I rant on about constantly is sloppy grammar in speech. And of all the culprits, the ones that *really* set me off are news reports that make no sense. Typically of course, right at this moment I can’t … More There are times I'm a pedantic bastard.

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years contemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them. Laurence Binyon – For The Fallen (1914)