All through our last autumn and winter in Blighty we were bombarded with the “So, where the bloody hell are you?” ad by Tourism Australia. It wasn’t a fantastic ad – notable only in its use of the word ‘bloody’, which sent the Broadcasting Advertising Clearance Centre into conniptions. ‘Hell’ didn’t seem to bother them.
I [...]
Archive for March, 2009
I think I’m cured. No, in fact, I’m sure
The thing is, Bob, it’s not that I’m lazy, it’s that I just don’t care.
Quick, for five points, name that film.
If you knew the answer from the title of this post, then I’ll bet you know what kind of week I’ve had.
Because I know people who have lost their jobs because of things they’ve said on their blogs, I’m going to leave out the specifics. That may be a [...]
Before you start you’re already beat…
This post is Part 2 of a story I started yesterday. I can’t tell you what to do, but you’d be advised to read the first part first.
I’ve been going over the end of this story in my mind since last night and I realized that I stepped into a trap of my own design. [...]
Little boy, she’s from the street
I like themes and, inadvertantly, this week seems to have developed into ‘Moronic Debauchery of Yore Week’, subtitled ‘Great Figures in Twentieth Century American Literature’. Who am I to buck a theme. Thinking about that gun and poor decision making under the influence of mind altering substances, I’ve got another one for you.
Let’s head back [...]
You’re either a Yankee or a moron
As promised, guest post is up at Rassles. Phew, that’s me done for the day. Go over and check it out.
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Covington cemetery from the very talented Chad Purser.
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And that’s how I ‘came your humble narrator, to be living so easy and free
I’m all over the place today – it’s getting to that time of the year when my two jobs converge, meaning that I have two play two roles in an equally half-assed manner. In my role as lecturer, I had to cancel a practical this morning because we couldn’t find any human DNA to use. [...]
Falling out the window, tripping on a wrinkle
Dr. O’C and I have to find a new place to live. Our lease is up and we’ve decided to rent for a little while longer in the hopes that the remarkably stable Australian housing market bottoms out like it has every where else in the world. It’s always a pain in the ass to [...]
Mercy’s eyes are blue when she places them in front of you
I can’t really do a travelogue post about our just ended week away on Kangaroo Island. My brain doesn’t work in that linear, Monday we did this, Tuesday we did that. Added to that, our particular holiday was one of isolation from the information world and one of the advantages of unplugging is that the [...]
Where everything was as fresh as the bright blue sky
We’re back and as I learned on our last holiday, traveling with an eighteen month old boy is not relaxing.
But it is fun.
After a long day to get home, I need a good night’s sleep. But here are a bunch of photos to tide you over.
Many thanks to Agnes, Rassles and Mickey for holding down [...]
America’s just a giant theme park. Put on them mouse ears and get in line.
A Free Family’s vacation continues and so do the guest posts. Today, I’ve got the pleasure of welcoming Mickey from The Prettiest Denny’s Waitress aboard. Mickey’s got the uncanny knack of making my laugh my ass off on a regular basis, so I couldn’t think of anyone I’d rather have captain the ship for a [...]
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