A life just as ordinary

Just like you, but different

I did a bad thing

I had a tanty rage at an umpire last night. They were bad to the point of worthless, with poor decisions and even worse interaction with the players. Arrogant and … Continue reading

July 8, 2011 · Leave a comment

Fabulous at 50 – why I’m the same but different

I’ve always worked with technology, well from way back when.  Data entry learnt me to type, and I learnt to type on a T15 telex machine and could at one … Continue reading

July 8, 2011 · Leave a comment

I’d be annoyed if I’ve run out of things to say then

Not that I worry about not being able to keep it up or anything but if’n you’re going to do it at least try to do it well, they said. So … Continue reading

July 7, 2011 · Leave a comment

Build a Bridge – get over it.

  Toll roads are contentious. Nobody want to pay to drive. Driving is a right. Unalienable, god-given right. I can drive anywhere at any time. I can even use my … Continue reading

July 5, 2011 · Leave a comment

Grrr, Vodafone people.

Angry much ? We changed our Telecom account to a Vodafone account. Which was easy as. Fill in a form, flash your ID, and voila like magic you have your … Continue reading

July 4, 2011 · Leave a comment

The great banana drama

The corporate workplace has a pretty generous healthy outlook. We’re provided with breakfast cereals, jams, bread and fruit. The fruit monitor fell into the role by meer dint that they … Continue reading

July 3, 2011 · Leave a comment

Pre Ball Pretty

We had a pre-ball thingy at our house, and all the dughters came with their mothers, and with one exceptions all the daughters were taller than the mothers, I kid … Continue reading

July 3, 2011 · Leave a comment

Is blogging the old black

As I decided to make a good fist of it is occurs to me that phrase ”I’ve just blogged on ..” doesn’t seem to appear that often. Blogging, if you’re … Continue reading

July 3, 2011 · Leave a comment

Watching

So this time we’re hiding in plain sight, in the sun, with the other parents, but this time she’s a player not an umpire.

July 2, 2011 · Leave a comment

Keeping it a secret – part 2

The ‘corporate’ me is involved with a Social Media initiative at work, which I’ve variously described as either being “leading edge” or “mad”, because we seem to be the only … Continue reading

July 2, 2011 · Leave a comment

Watching

After the chop-shop (the hairdresser) I stopped at the Hockey to have a look at the umpiring skills of the daughter. After all it’s what a father does. Apparantly she … Continue reading

July 2, 2011 · Leave a comment

Waiting on a Macbook Air

I’ve talked myself into needing one. Just the entry-level one, despite them being 2 or 3 times more expensive than a notebook computer. It’s about weight, and in philipworld I’d use … Continue reading

July 2, 2011 · Leave a comment

Kathmandu how I’m annoyed at you

Daughter invested in a $450 khathmandu jacket, when I say she I mean “I”. It gets a lot of use on cold mornings, between games, and in the waiting around … Continue reading

July 2, 2011 · Leave a comment

The Simple Life

We have a simple house. We don’t have clutter, we have few trinkets and nick nacks. What we tend to have is less things that are slightly more expensive. Which … Continue reading

July 2, 2011 · Leave a comment

The sport of watching sport

I watch my daughter at hockey. Shes progressed through the years aand plats a respectable level for a decent club, in fact premier Womens level. The game today was marred … Continue reading

June 25, 2011 · Leave a comment

Anti Vax nonsense

The “Immunisation Awareness Society Inc” is like the anti-abortion pro-life nonsense They aren’t promoting a choice or information they are spreading gossip, innuendo and mis-information based on scare tactics, half-truths … Continue reading

June 23, 2011 · Leave a comment

Losing your mother

Not like at the mall or anything, or in a carpark, but the death of a parent. In context I left the UK in 1987 and spent a goodly amount … Continue reading

June 23, 2011 · Leave a comment

The Story So far

I like the idea that the last post from me was a couple weeks ago, or december, whatever Much has happened in such a short space of time I became … Continue reading

June 23, 2011 · Leave a comment

Numerology – buy the numbers

Numerology The idea that numbers, combinations of numbers, or letters converted to number equivalents somehow define a person, behaviour, future events , past problems or can be manipulated to change … Continue reading

June 23, 2011 · Leave a comment

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