Four things

1. I think I am allergic to coffee. Whenever I drink it, I… um, feel the need to visit the bathroom. And it’s not because it’s a diuretic.
2. Wasn’t that a delightful little revelation.
3. I have a new re-reading project for the year - the Chalet School books. I [...]

Things I’m excited about

The launch of the Sci-Fi channel on Foxtel on 1 December - Buffy! Battlestar Galactica! Firefly! Farscape! 24 hours a day! When I found the preview channel I raced over the Prince Valiant to tell him the wonderful news. He groaned. A channel devoted to sci-fi and me [...]

The Monday List: Ten Movies I’ve Seen Recently

Half of King Kong (which is so long that practically counts as a full-length movie. I expected to enjoy it, but mostly found it rather silly. I will probably finish watching it at some point, though.)
Love Actually
Howl’s Moving Castle (fabulous animation based very loosely on one of my favourite YA books)
Charlie & the [...]

The Monday List: Ten Things on my Bookcase

Also known as Ten Reasons Why I Need a Bigger Bookcase, or a Bigger House, or Possibly Less Things

a photo of my father and me in a ceramic frame
a pair of yellow 1kg dumbells
a box of matches
a battery charger
a pretty floral patterened box filled with receipts and electrical wires
an oil burner that I inherited [...]

The Monday List - Ten Truths

I know all the words to the South African national anthem by heart
I once held a young injured dolphin while standing in a swimming pool
Some of my clearest childhood memories are of climbing trees
I spent a month on crutches when I was 18
I would like to learn Gaelic
I have [...]

The Monday List

This isn’t an official collab, just something I made up because I often have difficulty finding a topic on Mondays. So, every Monday, a list of ten things on a different theme each week. Feel free to join in, or to suggest a topic.
Ten Books I Recommend

Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver
Doomsday Book [...]

Adaptors

Leave work cheerfully to go and find an adaptor for the Prince’s laptop
Arrive at first computer store printed from Yellow Pages. Discover that computer store has closed down. Feel mildly frustrated.
Arrive at second computer store printed fromYellow Pages. Discover that the building it’s supposed to be in is being torn down.
Scowl at [...]

Thursday’s Random Things

1. I am cheered by the prospect of a month’s worth of four-day working weeks in the row. Easter shortened last week, and this week, Anzac Day removes Tuesday from next week, and Labour Day takes care of the Monday the week after that. But how will I ever get used to [...]

101 Things in 1001 Days

The Mission: Complete 101 preset tasks in a period of 1001 days (ie. by 11 November, 2008)The Criteria: Tasks must be specific (ie. no ambiguity in the wording) with a result that is either measurable or clearly defined. Tasks must also be realistic and stretching (ie. represent some amount of work on my part).(Created [...]

Pleasant things

The annoying thing about reading blogs written in that other hemisphere is having to look at photos of cars covered in snow while you’re wiping sweat off your brow, sweltering in the summer heat. It makes me drool at the computer screen. Although, having your car buried in snow might be a little [...]