Since 2002, I’ve been writing here about life, the universe, and everything. My interests include genealogy, history, and the arts. More recently, since July 2023 I’ve been writing about my experiences as a below-the-right-knee amputee.
Even though I live only fifteen minutes walk away from work, I usually catch the bus when it’s raining, as it virtually guarantees me cover to cover shelter. As I got in the bus this morning, and as I looked around, you could see the grumpiness about the weather on everyone’s faces. “I thought we’d gotten over winter” was, I’m sure, the thought going through everyone’s minds. Everyone looked so completely grumpy, which made me…
“Is it APEC all over again?”, I wondered to myself as I went for a walk along George Street tonight to see what was happening for the premiere “Australia – The Movie”. There were baricades everywhere. And as I walked along, it was evident there was a “buzz” in the air. “We love a good party in Sydney”, a colleague observed earlier today. By this time I was already a bit tired, and I was…
I came home from work today feeling pretty shitty. In fact, as soon as I got here, I went straight to bed for a bit of a lie down. That it was a stressful day actually makes little sense. Sure, there were the early morning phone calls (far too early). Sure, everyone was a little bit “full moon” if you know what I mean. But I honestly don’t know why I felt so tired and…
“Hugo Weaving plays a pretty good junkie”, I said to my friend Sue tonight as we watched “Little Fish”, a film starring Hugo, Cate Blanchett and others made in 2005. The film was written by the sister of a friend of mine who also did “Love My Way”. ‘She likes underwater swimming scenes”, Sue noted as we watched the film about a bunch of people living in Cabramatta who are “living with heroin”. Living in…
Aside from watching a couple of DVDs, it’s been another “do nothing” day. The movies were good, though. They were both presents for my birthday last weekend. And curiously enough, they were both recently made “coming out” movies. As it’s such a long time since I had to confront some of those issues in my life, I still associate that part of my life with “Brideshead Revisited” (the original series, not the new movie), and…
I caught up with some friends tonight for a drink at Bar Cleveland. They’re living in Canberra now, but come back to Sydney fairly regularly. And tonight was a “special occasion” as their daughter has recently turned eighteen. After dinner at a nearby favourite restaurant, The Dhaba they decided to pop across the road for her first “legal” drink. Along the way, we popped into a nearby Indian supermarket for “some supplies” to take back…