Sun
May
25
2008
Your know you're home when...
You know the feeling: You’ve been away on holiday or a another trip, you head home, the car (or for us, car and trailer) is loaded up, you reach your driveway, pull in, open up the house and start unloading.
But you know you’re really home when … what is it for you?
For me it’s when the espresso machine (all 35Kg of it) is back in place in the kitchen, the water supply hooked up, the Mazzer grinder is in place, and the whole kit is warming up, ready for the first ‘spresso back home.
That was today for me. Returning ‘home’ after eight weeks leave…
Wed
Apr
02
2008
What we do in private...
Should what we do in ‘private’ have any impact on how people perceive and treat us?
Should any impact that our ‘private’ activity has only become public if it’s illegal?
Are we supporting and encouraging a dualism in our lives (‘private’ – do what you like, ‘public’ life – appear to be upright, trustworthy and moral).
I think as a culture we have an absurdly hypocritical attitude to these questions.
Sat
Mar
29
2008
Taking my leave...
No, don’t worry, I’m not departing in the normal sense of the word.
But I am taking some long service leave – eight love-er-ly weeks of it!
Fri
Jan
18
2008
Automotive short-sightedness
I’m probably not much different to most Australian males. I admit to really enjoying my cars. I enjoy driving, I enjoy driving enthusiastically when safe and legal.
So it’s hurts a little to feel the need to downsize my car a tad and settle for something with less grunt than I’m used to. The driving factors (pun intentional) are cost saving and a slight nod to environmental issues. But one of the things that would make that change a whole lot easier to swallow is being made harder by government policy…
(Updated on Jan 19 after a drive of an X-Trail CVT...)
Mon
Jan
22
2007
Move Day
As Joel has written “The Cardboard Kingdom has been vanquished from the realm of Toongabbie”. Move Day has come and, well not quite gone…
Mon
May
01
2006
Coffee makes us say "yes"
A report on the ABC website give me another reason to promote drinking quality coffee!
Tue
Apr
04
2006
Me on online communities
At the risk of blowing my own trumpet, it’s funny where engaging with online communities (in this case, Textpattern) takes one
