I’ve often been told that I have the face for radio. In fact, during my first stab at college I was briefly employed as a DJ in a Top 40 radio station in a neighboring town. Actually, I was employed for one whole day. I was hired to man the dials for the early morning [...]
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And all the fallen leaves filling up shopping bags
The company that I write for has a number of American clients. Yesterday at work two of my co-workers were in my office talking about one of them that is giving us a bit of trouble. One of them said, “Well, you know how the Americans are – rather, ru…”, and then as she glanced [...]
Always winter, never Christmas
The more observant (annoyingly retentive) of you may remember that I wrote a post a few weeks ago scoffing at, even mocking the Australian ‘winter’. I derided both the Aussie version of the bleak season and Aussies themselves for being fragile and delicate when the temperatures dropped below 15°C.
Well, I want to humbly retract that [...]
Jurado on the road
I was listening to Damien Jurado’s fantastic 2003 album “Where Shall You Take Me?” at work today. So, when I got the news that he’s playing some dates in the UK this summer, I became a little bit wistful for old Blighty. Here’s hoping he makes it down here to Oz in the not to [...]
Baggy green or three lions?
For the Commonwealth readers…
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In your head, in your mouth, in your soul.
Laying in the sand eating fish and chips while the Southern Ocean lapped at my toes I remembered why I wanted to come down here. It was all about quality of life. It was about being a quarter of an hour away from the beach. It was about having a little bit more living space [...]
I’m As Cool As A Cucumber In A Bowl Of Hot Sauce
“Well I think I’m losing my mind this time
This time I’m losing my mind
That’s right, said I think I’m losing my mind this time
This time I’m losing my mind
Yeh, you can’t front on that…”
-The Beastie Boys – “So, What’cha Want?”
The Easter holidays in Britain mean a wonderful four day weekend in the height of Spring. [...]
Happy Easter
We woke up to a snowy Easter morning in the south of England. Madness.
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Goodbye dreaming spires…
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Braggin’ Rights
Every Sunday morning for the past month or so, our budding family is up at the crack of dawn for Water Babies class. This, initially, was something about which I was really excited. The lustre has worn off a bit, not just because of the early hour, but also because I’m just not sure if [...]
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