You know what's really bad... having been somewhere and not being able to remember the name of the place you've been... especially when you know exactly where it is. Add to that a computer that freezes up for no good reason and, well, yeah... so I've been trying to track down the name of the place for about the last hour... BLAH!It kinda matches up with the start of the day, I kinda felt like I was playing "catch up" for a good chunk of the morning... I went to bed late last night, which meant I got up ...

:: Update :: DREADNOUGHT's latest column for syndication is on an extraordinary experience of an otherwise "ordinary" Sunday. It was published in The Record newspaper last week. :: BEING HEARD - 'A Miracle of the Mass' ::By John Heard We cannot help attaching an outsize weight to coincidence and synchronicity. These are the clever names that we give, of course, to quite simple events that seem to hold much greater meaning. In the course of an otherwise ordinary day, something will happen, and it will seem to overflow the normal limits of meaning. The bare facts might never suggest some great wonder, ...

Hello.I do plan to bore you mercilessly in the coming while with detailed posts about each city I went to in ten weeks of travelling. But not just yet.I've been back in Melbourne for three weeks now, and you will hear about that first.P.S. There was a lot of saved TV to get through, as you'll notice.Sunday 14 JuneAsleep.Monday 15 JuneBack to work, my rostered shift at CASA House. In the evening, my sister arrived from Hobart to spend two weeks with us while she did some additional forecasting training (she's a meteorolgist, a forecaster at the Bureau ...

TGIF!I am officially knackered... and my feet hurt (those skater shoes aren't at all "like buda", in fact they're going to need some serious wearing in)... and I feel all wonky. Actually the wonky has been going on for about a week now, I'm fine in the mornings, but once the afternoon rolls around I start feeling not exactly nauseous, but decidedly odd. I thought it was the various potions and pills I've been taking for my cold/throat, most probably the ventolin, but I haven't had any since this morning, in fact I haven't had anything except the ...

More cool watches from FLUD! I love this blue one under 100 bucks!! ...

A recent comment left by the fabulous Nathan has sparked a whole train of thought in my head that has lingered for days:It's often boggled my mind how you have stayed with a Libra for so long... knowing what I know about signs. However, you goats are too loyal for your own good, so it's no surprise that you've stuck it out so long. But reading your blog has taught me a lot about Capricorns over the years. I must say you're pretty much a text book example, and I mean that in a good way, of course. ...

As I metioned in a previous post, recently I took the plunge and quit smoking after 7 years of the habit.It's one of those things that I had thought of doing on and off for many years, but like most smokers never really got serious about it because... well.... I enjoyed smoking! I felt better after having one and the reasons go on and on. Adam had been nagging me for years and years about giving up, naturally I never did. Seeing a government anti-smoking ad on TV usually made me go straight outside and light up. You know those ...

Sometimes a Random Hotness post will just fall out of the sky into my lap. This week's post comes via ABC's Sunday Arts program... and it wasn't even like I was watching it, in fact I had the sound turned off and was in the other room, but just happened to wander back in as they were featuring photographer Lyndal Walker and her Stay Young series...I'll let Lyndal explain in her own words...This series seeks to capture the fleeting beauty of men in their early twenties. The photographs also document a lifestyle that is fleeting as the ...

One of the organisations at which I volunteer turned one today, so I went to the birthday function after work. It was pretty relaxing with the last financial year out of the way and all.When I got there, I recognised only a few faces. In fact, I didn't know most of the people there. Armed with a glass of wine, I chatted with the few I knew first before I ventured out to the strangers. Depending on the environment, I don't always enjoy this sort of thing but as it turned out, I quite enjoyed myself.From my point of ...

Almost twelve months ago to the day my hot water heater stopped working... and there was way too much drama about getting it working again.Well, I came home last night to discover that I had no hot water. In some ways it wasn't a huge surprise, we'd had a very windy day... but the problem is that I can't relight the stupid water heater. I don't know why, I have the instruction book, I follow the instructions, but it won't light. So I have to call my stupid Land Agent. When I did that last night ...

I thought nothing could shock me anymore when it came to free-to-air TV. First, we had Dancing with the StarsThen, we had The fattest Biggest LoserNow imagine this: Combine the two! Fat people losing weight in a dancing competition.Introducing: Dance Your Ass Arse OffThink it's a joke? Nope. Coming soon to Channel 9! ...

G-Star have just released this super-sexy mens vest! Layered black twill button vest. V neckline. Bound pockets at waist. Flap pockets at waist of under layer. Tonal striped back with buckle strap at waist. Fully lined. Tone on tone stitching throughout. Removable logo pin included.       ...

Probably a good idea to catch up on the last movie before seeing the new one to be released in July:Obviously, someone had way too much free time on their hands. :P ...

Do you think it's tacky to wear an Optimus Prime teeshirt to go and see Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen if your age can be expressed as double digits?Ah well... I did it anyway...Well, I'll say this for the Transformers sequel... it delivers exactly what it says on the box!You want giant transforming robots, you got it... you want explosions, this is a Michael Bay movie, you better believe we've got those... you want Megan Fox very nearly falling out of her outfit, personally I don't see the appeal (and not just because I'd much ...

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As many will know, the last OzLotto lottery didn't go off, and the jackpot is now $90 million. The OzLotto lottery is incredibly hard to attain, you need to get 7 numbers correct (out of 45) instead of the usual 5 - chances to win are slim!Naturally, I like to enter it because if I win, the chances of me having to share it are minimal - imagine $90 mil coming into your bank account! Whilst I was in NZ, they let go their biggest ever jackpot ($35 million) to a woman in Hamilton. Naturally, Hamilton being a small and ...

I swear, I'm taking so many different pills and potions at the moment that I may well rattle if you shook me...Unconscious Mutterings...

1. Guest :: Bedroom
2. Impact :: Deep
3. Unplanned :: Pregnancy
4. Tactic :: Battle
5. Delayed :: Gratification
6. Bombastic :: Mr
7. Comfort :: Cold
8. Trumpet :: Dizzy
9. Joe :: Cool
10. Budget :: Rental

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One of the keys to a successful blog is update frequency. Clearly I fail. Oh well, I don't care :-)I've just come off two weeks of annual leave, spent at our house, so you'd think there'd be no excuse for not having the time to sit down and have a yarn? Well, the first week was flat out - Adam and I got a lot done on the house, Adam was in charge of the painting and has repainted every room, removing the horrible baby-poo green "suede" colour and putting in our own style. My job was the lighting - ...

This weekend was very therapeutic. I really needed it. Needless to say, it was a bit short and here we are again, Sunday night, dreading the coming week.Anyway, here is this weekend's wrap up:Friday nightIt was Dale's birthday dinner, so movie night was off. In fact, it was going to be off again next week, because we are all going to an 80's fundraising party. Yikes. How am I going to deal with the momentary break in routine??!! Oh well.Anyway, the venue was suppose to be a surprise for Dale. We didn't have much time when we got home because ...

I was reading this astrology book about my star sign, Capricorn, in a bookstore last week. In the compatibility section, it said that the signs I would find most frustrating were Libra, Aquarius, and Gemini. Coincidentally, my boyfriend and two of my closest friends complete the set of these three star signs. Crap. :P ...