October 2011
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Things I Did Today That Were ACE #2
Found and subsequently saved the life of a baby bearded dragon who had escaped from its enclosure
Read the Melbourne Symphony 2012 season brochure and got a bit excited
Cooked my little family a delectable stuffed chicken breast meal from Jamie Oliver’s 30 Minute Meals, even though it took me more like 75 minutes
Fixed the apps on my iPhone
Finished Isaac Asimov’s Foundation for...
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Things I Did Today That Were ACE #1
And so begins my new occasional positive affirmation journal, that I shall call Things I Did Today That Were ACE. I am indebted to The Pavmeister who gave me the idea of such a journal.
Today the aceness was all about:
Parking the car along the Mullum Mullum track and then walking back to meet my little family halfway
Going off to the post office at lunch time (oh how nice it was to get out!)
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Why does Coles have to be so expensive when the ads say the prices are down?
– Ben, aged 6
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Happy 1st Birthday, The Asteroid Project!
This little Tumblr of mine has just turned 1! I’m celebrating by typing this. I love Tumblr and I love doing this bloggy thing. Thanks for following me.
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Burke, Wills, Scott, Wilson, Oates, Evans &...
I have a movie in my head that will never be made, because it would be too preposterous, too long (about 4 hours) and too expensive ($500,000,000 or thereabouts), and no-one would ever want to see it, apart from myself and a few historians who would most likely can it for being innacurate. Anyway.
My movie would be called ‘Wastelands’, ‘Pemmican Nardoo’ or ‘Burke,...
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It's OK to say BRANG
Song she sang to me
Song she brang to me
Words that rang in me,
Rhyme that sprang from me
Warmed the night, and what was right
Became me
- Neil Diamond, “Play Me”
The Train.
On the train, stopped at the station. What did I see?
Shot on FlipVideo HD in Melbourne, Australia, between March and June 2010. Edited on iMovie; music made on GarageBand.
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The world has lost a visionary. And there may be no greater tribute to Steve’s...
– President Obama