I'm just this guy... y'know? :)
The death of Luciano Pavarotti at age 71 one is a great loss to the world of music. I was sitting in the car outside the daughters school yesterday waiting to collect them and the 3:00 news came on to let us know he’d died an hour or so before. Pavarotti never really recovered from … More Pavarotti gone.
I’ve been trying to work out with the support guy why despite a software update the WordPress installation showed an earlier version number. Easy once you know why. We moved all the sites to a new server… but until the DNS is changed it still points to the old server… and of course… the old … More Me a silly billy.
Here’s a sight I’d rather not have seen. On the rooftops of Sydney someone waits with gun assembled and ready for use… just in case they get the word to fire on some terrorist suspect or over eager protester. I smudged out the face of the policeman near the gun. I figured he had enough … More The rooftops of Sydney
On and off for years I’ve tried to find a supplier of this lovely little tree. It’s a flowering cherry… a Prunus Ama-no-gawa… which has a distinctly odd columnar shape. I think my father had one in his garden at one time though I can’t be sure just where I first saw them. Either way … More I need a cherry.
As the start of the chaos hits home, it’s good to recall the wife’s comment on my post yesterday. She said I am pleased to report that as my bus wound its weary way through the city to get me home, there was no sign of those ghastly fences. Hence the main purpose of the … More More on APEC
It’s a year to the day Steveo was hit in the heart by a stingray barb while filming a documentary off the Queensland coast. Despite assistance from crew on board the support ship and the frantic efforts of his best mate, the barb had hit him in the worst part of his entire body and … More Remembering Steve Irwin
APEC is coming to Sydney next week. In fact it’s already here and making its presence felt in many nasty little ways.APEC is the summit of the ‘Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation’ forum in which the leaders of the larges economic powers of the region trolls around discussing… errr… well everything and anything they can cram on … More Them, Us, and APEC.
The eldest daughter is a bright little spark with everything she does, except perhaps her maths which is just about average, so when there is something special going on she is one of the first to be called up. The latest thing is a ‘Gifted and Talented’ camp the school is running for the ‘best … More A camping she will go!
Happy Fathers Day to all and sundry. I had a lie in… got up late… had breakfast in bed a couple of prezzies and a cuddle.Pretty good start to the day I think. Edit 1: So after we finally get going, it was outside to do some overdue gardening. Trees to hack… sorry prune… weeds … More Fathers Day
So there’s this Steve Irwin Crocodile Hunter guy who gets married and has a daughter… Bindi Irwin. He goes off and gets killed and leaves the wife and nipper to keep on keeping on. One year down the track here’s the daughter up on TV doing the narration for her tribute to her dad Steve … More Handi, Bendi, Bindi talks about her dad
