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.
I’ve spent most of the day watching television: a combination of Fox News, CNN and Number 96. I’m totally addicted to coverage of the US election. It’s almost as gripping as an episode of the classic Australian soap opera. I was only 6 years old when Number 96 appeared on Australian television. When it premiered, it promised something completely new on Australian television. There was homosexuality. There was full-frontal nudity. There was a mixed-race relationship,…
Ahhhh, I’m exhausted. It’s been one of those really busy social days. After a late night at the theatre, I woke at about eleven o’clock this morning and had to make my way almost straight away to meet. Our plan was to go to the Food & Wine Fair in Hyde Park and then head off to the Sydney Theatre Company Open Day. It’s been a few years since I’ve been to the Food &…
It was a late, though satisfying night of theatre at The Ensemble. Colin and I went to see “Mary Stuart”, a play written in the eighteenth century by a German playwright (though recently updated) about the conflict between Elizabeth and Mary about who should be Queen of England. It was a really good production, well-directed, and with a really great cast which included Greta Scaachi as Queen Elizabeth. Interestingly, the character was far more fragile,…
I’ve had a pee in some pretty unusal toilets and places in my life. I’ve used troughs, long-drops, unisex toilets, and every combination of sit down and standup facility you might imagine. But even I was surprised when I saw the urinal at the newly refurbished Beresford Hotel tonight. At first I wasn’t sure if it actually was a urinal. I felt a combination of tentativeness and embarassment when I proceeded to use it as…