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?

Astronaut Lisa Novak has just been arrested and charged with, amongst other things, attempted murder. Seems she fell in love with someone who, whilst happy to do some horizontal aerobics with her, was actually in a relationship with a younger woman. Lisa, who incidentally is married with three children is alleged to have wanted to … More Did she see it in the stars?

Seems young David (80) feels networks are a bit nervy about having someone his age commiting to making documentaries over a three year period… so he will retire after his latest series “Life in Cold Blood”. He’s been around narrating documentaries on nature and the environment for what feels like my entire life and though … More David Attenborough to retire?

Congratulations to Ricky Ponting. Last night he took out all three of the major gongs at the Alan Border medal awards night. He is the only player to have won all three awards and the only player to have won three times! He had medal wins in 2004, 2006 and now 2007. The three awards … More Ponting wins Border medals

Australia Day 2007 saw a charter plane zooming over parts of Sydney taking pictures… so we’re told. The results can be seen online here – so if you were in Sydney and want to see yourself… go look… unless of course you might have been caught doing something you *shouldn’t* have been doing!?! 😀

Wifey went off to work a little later this morning. We discovered a ‘direct’ bus that leaves later and doesn’t stop on the way… except for traffic jams of course. Only issue is that it’s no longer a short walk across the park to the bus stop. She has to catch it from the one … More Kids to school – wife to work.