While I’m gone…

by | Nov 5, 2016 | 6 comments

The Old Boy, the Wonder Dog and I are heading into the wilds of South-Western Victoria for a week of peace and quiet. While we’re gone I expect you all to behave. America: the rest of us are watching you with a mixture of bemusement, confusion and a touch of...

How’re ya goin’?

by | Oct 22, 2016 | 3 comments

Just a short blog today. I visited Dr P yesterday and had my cancer-fighting injection, so today I feel like crap. It’s worth it, of course, because here I am, five years along from diagnosis day, and I’m doing okay. What’s a couple of days of...

The week that was

by | Oct 8, 2016 | 0 comments

Well, that was an interesting week or so: state-wide blackout due to fallen towers; fallen towers due to cyclonic winds; hail and lightning (very, very frightening); king tides; tidal surges; flooding here, there and everywhere; vineyards up to their knees in water;...

No arms; no worries.

by | Sep 17, 2016 | 1 comment

Am I the only person watching the Paralympics? When I look at the audience seated in the stands, I find myself wondering if any of the spectators aren’t related to the competitors. It’s a crying shame that more people aren’t supportive of these...

Heroes?

by | Sep 3, 2016 | 8 comments

Among the plethora of things the Australian media do that annoy the heck out of me, there is one that drives me to distraction: the use of the word ‘hero’. ‘Our cricketing heroes…’ ‘Our footy heroes…’ ‘Our Olympic...