Wednesday, September 6, 2006enoughHad a shocking night's sleep last night. Nodded off after midnight then woke at about 4:30 so I got up and did my internet backing, as you do, then at 5:50 decided I might as well walk to work. It takes about an hour at a mild pace and it was pleasant: the jockeys were taking the horses for an early... Sign in to see full entry.Saturday, September 2, 2006how much are we being watched?I suppose everyone is familiar with the AOL scandal wherein they published their data base: every computer apparently has its own identifying cookie number and the database recorded every entry made in places like Google by each computer that uses AOL. For some reason AOL went public with a couple... Sign in to see full entry.Friday, September 1, 2006drinking coffee on a uni campusSaturday morning, red ribbons through the clouds, the first stir of birds. Yesterday was a rostered day off so I made the most of it, ran along the coastal path free from the weekend crowds, spent time with my Beloved. I went to meet her at her uni as she had classes in the morning. While I was... Sign in to see full entry.Tuesday, August 29, 2006voices of the past can live onHere's the thing beloved readers, I actually had a great great uncle (the uncle of my long decesased grandmother) who lived in New York. Only a few days my sister sent me the letters that were written by him to my grandmother in 1908 and 1909. He was a brother in a religious order (yes I know... Sign in to see full entry.Monday, August 28, 2006who do you love... who do you love... yeahGeorge Thorogood's pumping through the loudspeakers tonight. Need to blow off some steam. A colleague is taking a lot of sick leave lately... today it was something about waking up this morning and feeling too sleepy to work..... and I'm becoming a little aggravated about it: the endless phone... Sign in to see full entry.Saturday, August 26, 2006just.. you know... stuffI'm currently cooking mongolian lamb except I didn't have lamb so I'm using beef. This immediately brings to mind that old cartoon "it's the woluf... it's the woluf!" what was that cartoon? Was it the one with the sheep dog slumbering on top of the hill? I don't know. I'm confused. I think it's on... Sign in to see full entry.fox can't take the sky from meTake two lifelong favourite television genres: the western and science fiction; merge them together into a gritty verse where cattle are rounded up by horses into the back of boats that fly through space; put together an ensemble cast of brilliant characters with a lightning fast and often funny... Sign in to see full entry.Wednesday, August 23, 2006blood on the landI've been watching documentaries on the American Civil War. A particular feature of the documentary is a never ending supply of photos that give a graphic sense of how utterly brutal the whole business was and how recent it was in historical terms. What a blood soaked land you guys live in. There... Sign in to see full entry.Tuesday, August 22, 2006coolest busker in the universeOn the occasions when I go down town, after work, past the run down and decrepit shops of dusty old Oxford Street and through the pleasant green orderliness of Hyde Park, I have often come across one of the coolest buskers in the universe. He's an old guy who sits there playing the slide guitar, the... Sign in to see full entry.Monday, August 21, 2006S&GIt's Simon and Garfunkle Monday: strumming and full of jocular urban references. I must make a pilgrimage to the 59th Street Bridge and sing the song. I am feeling groovy. Well not quite. I just had sausages and mash which may sound to some people like an English meal but they were Australian... Sign in to see full entry. |
