I'm just this guy... y'know? :)
The picture is of two year Noah Cottie who yesterday was bitten by the dog in the background, a 50kg mastiff-staffordshire cross. What’s ‘odd’ is that Noah’s mother said the bites were Noah’s fault for pulling the dogs ears and that she wasn’t going to get rid of the dog. When questioned she said she’d … More Dog bites baby – mother supports dog.
In what is really a disgraceful decision the ICC has bowed to pressure from the almighty dollar and backed down over their decision to ban Harbhajan Singh for three test matches over his calling Andrew Symonds a monkey. Ok there wasn’t enough evidence to ‘convict’ him… there never really was. All we had was the … More India wins – cricket loses.
Hmmm…. not doing so well here I’m afraid. Christmas really hacked my resolve and I allowed myself far too much leeway in what I ate. Apart from having put on nearly 10 kilos I’m finding it hard to regain the resolve I had before the diet ended and get the weight moving in a downward … More The diet.
In some ways we consider our little patch of heaven to be virtually a wildlife preserve. Everyone else I know sprays chemical around their property with wild abandon. The rule seems to be if it moves… kill it. Ok maybe that is a little extreme but it sort of sums up the general attitude, even … More Australian Indoor Wildlife
I thought maybe a list of stuff I intend (or intended) to cover might help both of us. Let’s see… Wildlife in the garden The diet. India and the cricket debacle. Kid attacked by dog – mother backs dog. Eldest daughter off to high school. One species but what diversity. The state of the house. … More Some topics…
Seems hard to believe it’s been 6 days since I wrote in here! It’s been 6 quite hard days as well, all in all. Since the daughter left for the UK we’ve been trying to get ourselves reorganised into some sort of ‘normality’. The chaotic state of the house wasn’t all her fault by any … More Nearly another week gone!
Our connection has returned to normal. Speeds is now rated at: Your line speed is 3.79 Mbps (3787 kbps). Your download speed is 473 KB/s (0.46 MB/s). I am again as one with the universe. 🙂
We were *very* pleased to learn that our local Girl Guide Leader (Christine Karger) had been made one of our local ‘Citizens of the Year’ at a ceremony last week. Unfortunately we weren’t able to attend… mostly because we didn’t know the event was on… but must agree that Christine is a *very* worthy recipient … More Christine Karger: Citizen of the Year!
Got word from the daughter to say she and family got home safely… though I think to say that might mean a reassessment of the meaning of the word ‘safe’. From reading between the lines… no detail of course… it wasn’t the best journey ever. She reported that the flight had a two hour delay … More Homeward bound (3)
Well I’m assuming the daughter and family got home ok but I can’t be sure. As far as I know, their flight arrived in London 12 hours ago so you’d think they’d be back and settled in… but who knows what might have happened en route? I suppose it’s a bit much to ask that … More No word yet!
