I loved reading Fever Pitch, (one man’s story of the highs and lows of being an obsessive Arsenal fan) when I first found it, but I never thought it would apply to me. But watching the World Cup last night with Australia spending most of the match futilely trying toContinue Reading
I’ve decided to slow down a bit on this blog. Notwithstanding all my crowing posts about work-life balance, it’s catching up with me. I started a new job just over three months ago, which I am finding far more interesting and enjoyable than my old job. The main thing isContinue Reading
Yes, I’ve succumbed, I’ve got a Blackberry. I’ve read many articles about how terrible blackberries are, since they encourage you to be available at all times. Laura at 11D hates the idea, after her husband has been forced to get one. But I think that just like many other things,Continue Reading
Interesting article in the SMH today about how the lack of childcare is stopping people from working. A few interesting points; as suzoz pointed here a few days ago, family day care is not that popular, because increasingly the higher standards and professionalism of long day care (whether real orContinue Reading
This morning, I was in The Rocks, and a band was playing – a double bass, electric guitar, a saxophone, drums and a vocalist (at the muzak end of swing, but very listenable). I was reminded of a magic evening a few years ago. I was working in Wellington, NZContinue Reading
I’ve decided that I do need to get fit again. I had all these good intentions about getting into good habits when I started my new job in February; but then I got pneumonia, and my doctor gave me a stern lecture about not exercising until I was totally better.Continue Reading
I was doing a puzzle with D this evening (who is just 3). It was about a farm, and he asked me “where is the farmer?”. I pointed out the woman who was putting hay in a wheelbarrow. He said “girls aren’t farmers”. I’m amazed by this, as we haveContinue Reading
The US has released their stats on names for 2005. I found a link there via some blog or other, and went back to check on my name the year I was born (I wasn’t born in the US, but I wasn’t born in Australia, either). I reckon from myContinue Reading
I was taken to lunch at the Australian Club today. It’s quite a strange phenomenen. In a modern (well 60s) office building, the club has three or four floors decorated in late Victorian english style (to ape the London club it is trying to be). I was in the guestsContinue Reading
I’ve always hated the idea of Mothers’ Day. It has always seemed so commercialised and meaningless. The recognition aspect has completely fallen by the wayside, and now it’s just about commercialism. Lately it seems to have got even more commercialised, so that it is now compulsory for all mothers toContinue Reading