Well now… here’s a thing. I went back to see the ‘diet doctor’ for the first time since I came down with pneumonia in June and took the wife along for moral support and so she could get a clearer picture of where he and I were coming from. I’ve been getting pretty flaky memory … More Hey tiddley AD…. HD

Odd how prescient that film was… It has a US Diplomat raising the son of satan… and here we are with Dubya running the world… strange really how life imitates art. It’s almost enough to make me a true believer. I’d thought this was a novel thought… but it looks like it’s nothing new… which … More The Omen

Kids were out tonight. The little one in a Halloween Party at Guides, the elder one walking the streets with a friend knocking on doors annoying people demanding candy… and getting it!! Me? I had a book… and a car… so did a bit of kerb-crawling for two hours . How I wasn’t arrested for … More Halloween again

Yup, as regular as clockwork, in late October in Sydney… well in fact lots of New South Wales… the whole area turns purple. It’s around this time of year that the Jacaranda blooms. It’s a native of South America but you’d never know it by the numbers of trees that suddenly explode into full flower … More It's 'that' time of year.

Not sure with this whether to be offended or not. The yanks are making big money out of Steve Irwins death. Following on from South Park’s use of the image of Steve complete with stingray in a recent episode, a costume has been created just in time to worn by kids at Halloween. I think … More It's all made out of ticky-tacky

Despite being legally married overseas, the ATO has deemed it illegal for two gay men to submit a joint tax return as other married couples do. This is quite simply because same sex marriages are not lawful in Australia. The oddness of this decision tho is highlighted by the couple having been able to submit … More Being gay is a taxing time.

The wife booked the dentist… yippee… I think. Unfortunately it’s on the weekend or she’ll have to take a day off work… and Ray isn’t there on weekends… well who can blame him really? So, upshot is I can’t see the guy I know. Serves me right for nagging I suppose 🙂 I wonder what … More More on dentistry

I’ve been tidying up, as I do occasionally, and when I was moving furniture around I realised I don’t like having so much furniture in this room… it is *far* too cluttered for my liking. Can’t do much with it as the oldies can’t get upstairs to what is our normal ‘living area’. Still, it … More Our house.

I just discovered a hole in one of my lower teeth… right side. This of course means a visit to the dentist. Now I quite like our local dentist Raj… well I like him as a guy… but… well he’s a dentist and I have bad memories of dentists!! I suppose in the old days … More Dentists… a necessary evil.

Odd how your eyes get drawn to something once your mind is tuned in that direction. I was just reading how research groups are working hard to produce a true purple tomato packed with anthocyanins. Research has shown how useful anthocyanins is as an antioxidant, but tomatoes also carry large amounts of lycopene which can … More More on anthocyanins