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Edinburgh – a shopping punderland 22 Jul 2013 | 03:57 pm

Okay, the last one isn’t a pun, but it made me giggle for about ten minutes. Potatoland!

Amy’s Alliterative Adventures Abroad 5 Jun 2013 | 11:31 pm

Don’t worry.  I’m not actually going to do any more alliteration. After months of silence on the blog front, gentle reader, it appears I am back.  However, things have changed.  I am not writing this ...

Endogenous 13 Feb 2013 | 01:10 pm

Hey, reader.  It’s been a while.  I haven’t got much that’s witty to say today, but I’d like to say something because an ill-fated experiment that I was conducting came to an end today. I’ve been on a...

South Pacific – a review 2 Jan 2013 | 09:42 pm

Last night, I went to the opening night of the Brisbane season of South Pacific at QPAC’s Lyric Theatre.  I was the guest of my friend Natalie, who writes about such things for the Brisbane Times, and...

Shankin’ – OR – Cooking With Food 30 Dec 2012 | 03:46 pm

How to cook lamb shanks 1. Preparation One week beforehand:  Grow dissatisfied with Mi Goreng and leftover Indian delivery food dependency.  Muse on importance of feeding self like proper adult.  Reso...

Resolved 26 Dec 2012 | 05:07 pm

I haven’t even taken down the Christmas tree yet, but I’ve had Auld Lang Syne in my head all afternoon.  This has gotten me thinking about the new year.  Or maybe it was the other way around.  Hmm. An...

A wee bit ‘o sentimental reflection 17 Dec 2012 | 01:51 pm

In a few months, I will move to the other side of the world.  I’d tell you the date, but I don’t know it.  I had a decisively one-way ticket booked for January 16 – less than a month from now! – but t...

An Open Letter To Julie Andrews 25 Sep 2012 | 12:59 pm

Dear Julie Andrews Hi.  How are you?  I am fine.  Enough pleasantries.  I have a bone to pick with you. For many years now, Julie Andrews, I have had a wish.  I have wished it upon a star.  I have wis...

An Odd Thought 7 Aug 2012 | 09:07 am

So.  I have a bee in my bonnet.  Bear with me here, people. I’m presuming everyone’s familiar with the oldschool representation of the new year as a baby, replacing the old man that the previous year ...

Getting rude. 31 Jul 2012 | 12:41 pm

I have noticed something.  I am often quite rude to those I hold dear, but painfully polite to strangers.  I think there’s something wrong with this picture.  Well, half wrong, perhaps.  I don’t reall...

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