A life just as ordinary

Just like you, but different

Slightly denying climate change

I’ll start by stating off the bat that there is no doubting climate change. We have climate change, on a global scale. It is real. I belive it. How much … Continue reading

July 9, 2011 · 2 Comments

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

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