One of the youngsters pulled a box out from under the bed over the weekend. In it she found a pile of old photos we’d kept… as you do. A couple of them provoked some interest because they were of me around 15 years ago. Dunno about the kids, but I could hardly recognise myself. … More Old photos tell tales.

The old man has finally decided he wants to stay on with us for another few months so we’ve sent in the applications for a visa extension. The odd thing about this is that the visa requires a medical to establish if he and my mum are ‘fit to travel’. What’s odd? Well if they … More Oldies staying on!

Doesn’t it *always* happen? I ring the ISP to complain… they say try to downloading a file… and down it comes at 126 kbps… which ain’t too shabby. Ok says they… can’t see any problems… and off they go. Then it takes ten minutes to load another web page. I still think the wireless ISP … More Grrr…

It’s been raining here for the past two days. Nice for the plants and the flowers… also nice for the dam levels which are rising gently. For my Bigpond ADSL connection tho it’s been a disaster! No idea why but whenever it rains… the connection dies!! The contract only has a couple of months left … More BigPond ADSL

Wow. There’s a new version of WordPress available. I suppose I’ll have to upgrade eventually, but the process seems really tortuous and filled with uncertainty… well that’s how it seems to me anyway. Pro tem I’ll stick with the version I have (v.2.02) for now. it works, and the new issue might have problems… so … More New WordPress release available!

So it goes. I’ve lost 15 kilos but I still need to lose another 50 to get somewhere reasonable again. I don’t suppose I’ll get there… but it’s fun trying 😀

So the wife comes home and as we are outside ready to meet her we all troop in one after the other. Suddeny the kids come belting in yelling… “There’s a dragonfly in the house… a big one!!” So I believe them? Well no of course not… until the wife shouts the same thing… so … More Dragonflies.

John Howard is clearly beginning to run scared as public outcry over the governments lack of support for David Kicks becomes more and more strident. We’ve been campaigning here for two years and of course there’s been no change in the situation in all that time. David is *still* held in a hell hole in … More Howard scared by Hicks support

Was watching a concert the other day, and up popped someone playing the ’40 string Viennese Zither’. For anyone who can’t remember hearing one, you might have seen the old masterpiece “The Third Man” starring Orson Welles. If so, this is the instrument that plays the haunting theme constantly in the background. The theme, released … More The Third Man

Gotta love Australian politics… it’s so colourful. For example up in Queensland, the National member of parliament, Rob Messenger, compare the state premier, Peter Beattie, to a prostitute. During a debate his comment in full was that the premier in a dinner suit was like: “watching a prostitute dressed in a ballgown talking about celibacy”. … More Pollie wanna cracker?