One of the constant questions when working as a private consultant is where to go to get some work done between meetings in the city. There are only so many cafes you can bide your time in without spending the entire days’ income on coffee and pastries, so when the caffeine level in your system…
Single Wear Clothing – Preparations for the Away Wedding
Three questions a bloke asks himself when buying clothes. 1. How much does it cost? 2. Under what circumstances will I wear it to the pub? and 3. Do I really need it – don’t my existing jeans/shirts/jumpers already serve this purpose? Three questions a woman asks herself when buying clothes. 1. Do I have…
A tribute to Dad
Our father was diagnosed with terminal, inoperable cancer at 4:30 am two weeks ago and the love of our family and everyone in the small country town near our farm could not change the sad, inevitable destiny which lay before him. With the cancer so far progressed and a perforated bowel poisoning his body there…
Otranto, Italy
Benvenuti al Sud. About as sud as it’s possible to get in Italy. Puglia, famous for olives, beaches and as a contributor in the demise of a South Australian Labour Premier, promised to be a stony, barren place sweltering under a hot sun with little to recommend other than being the place we were to…
ABBA museum
ABBA, cricket, eight-ball and summer holidays constitute the majority of my childhood memories. ABBA were the biggest band in the world and their reach even extended to the South Australian bush. I can still remember the envy I felt as a nine year old when told that cousins were going to the ABBA concert in…
First Class
Like Senator Ron Eggles on the ABC satirical comedy Hollowmen we boarded flight EK 0441 and turned left. Before the turn could be completed we were intercepted by a smiling Flight Attendant. It turns out a First Class boarding pass not only comes with a private suite, a very generously poured glass of Dom Perignon 2003…
Foreign tv game shows
One of the small pleasures of travel to non-English speaking countries is trying to work out how game shows work on TV. Take for example a show I watched on SVT2 in Sweden. 14 contestants each lined up with either 3 or 4 light bulbs on their podium. Roland, complete with smug look and 4…
Antarctica
QF 2905 from Adelaide 20 January 2013. Fortunately a return flight. Unfortunately not a flight I was on, but expertly photographed by my wife. Twelve and a half hours in the air and no passport required.
Nearly Interesting 