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.
After the last few days of activity, it’s been a quiet day for me. Just a day of hanging out around the house listening to music, watching a little bit of television, surfing the net, and chatting on the telephone. The most energetic thing I’ve done is walk down to Noodle Star for a bit to eat. Gosh I love Singapore Noodles.
“Tack så mycket” (thanks a lot), she said, responding to someone in the audience who shouted out something in Swedish. “That’s what I love about Sydney”, she added in a delightful Swedish accent, “that people come here from everywhere”. September (aka Petra Marklund) played tonight in Sydney, and thanks to my friend Patrick I was lucky enough to be there for both the “industry” and “public” shows. Her song “Cry For You” was one of…
“Wanna come out for dinner?”, came the text from Damien late in the afternoon. As I’m still living on rations at the moment (after paying for Europe), I was a little reluctant at first until he added, “My shout, for your birthday…” It didn’t take much convincing then :) After a beer at The Trinity, we walked along Crown Street towards The Bentley which Damien had booked as a special treat. We’ve been there together…
Thanks to the internet you no longer have to actually experience historical events in person. Last night I watched Obama go into the voting booth (for a long time) over a video stream and today, my friends on Facebook gave me a running update of their feelings and emotions. Read the comments backwards… * Megan is wondering if Bowie is still afraid of Americans? * James says rudd then iphone now obama. human evolution. *…
“I don’t want to come to work tomorrow. I just want to spend the whole of tomorrow watching television” I told my boss at the pub today. A few of us had gone to a nearby pub to watch “Melbourne Cup”. Quite frankly, it’s an event I no longer feel any interest for or excitement in. I agree today’s photo finish was pretty good. But I’m far more interested in the outcome of tomorrow’s US…
I went “over the bridge” AGAIN tonight. And AGAIN it was for a production at The Ensemble Theatre. On Friday night it was a Shakespearean-style drama called, Mary Stuart. Tonight it was a a one-man-show featuring Reg Livermore with a black-comedy edge. On the way to the show I called in to The Kirribilli Hotel for a quiet glass of wine. There I ran into a long-term ABBA fan, her mother, step-father, and a good…