Thanks, riphertoshreds, for posting the second half of this, so I knew what to do ...

06. A song that reminds you of somewhere
I know it's about Wellington, but I used to change it to 'Launceston' :)

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07. A song that reminds you of a certain event
I used to sing this song to my son when he was a baby in his cradle. Seriously. Now I'm getting all teary.

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Mick & ( Read more... )

Fun YouMusic meme via riphertoshreds:

01. Your favorite song
Jeezus Kee-Rist! Talk about Sophie's Choice! It's impossible to say, but I'd probably go with this:

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02. Your least favorite songOh, a wide, wide open field, this one. Nearly anything by Michael Jackson would make the count, but this song truly makes me want to rip my testicles off and stuff them in ( Read more... )

Shortly after dark, the outside temp dropped to 2 degrees. By 9.30pm it was -1.

*That's Celsius, btw. In Fahrenheit, it's about 35 and 30 respectively.

In either scale, that translates to BLOODY COLD!

Have you ever really listened to the Diff'rent Strokes theme?

A man is born, he's a man of means,
Then along come two, they got nothin' but their jeans.

Yes, it all sounds very harmless, but what if Alan Thicke (who is, after all, a notorious Nazi sympathizer) was really sending us a coded message of support for eugenics, the 'science' that ( Read more... )

Now even our pets are getting in on the act ( Read more... )

Well, I finally got my cast off today! The plaster cutting machine was actually very tickly - Rosie could hear me guffawing helplessly from out in the waiting room.

Unfortunately, my foot is still swollen and the scar in my heel is quite tender, so I can't put on the new boots I had raised! Two hundred fucking dollars on a brand new pair of boots ( Read more... )

Been keeping busy - researching for the Geelong music history, which at the moment mostly involves digging out old interviews and re-writing them. Although, I kind of think I'm wasting my time there - just keep the paper copies as is, and just write down the snippets and quotes I actually want ( Read more... )

I have a confession to make:

You know when you post an entry, and there's that little box to list what music you're listening to at the time?

Now, most of the time I am listening to music, but on the occasions where I'm not, I deliberately start up my music player, set it on random, and hit the skip button until it lands on a song that I think I ( Read more... )

Adobe have such appalling customer service that I wouldn't feel in the least guilty about pirating their software.

I've just finished reading The ashes of worlds, the seventh and final book in the The Saga of Seven Suns by Kevin J. Anderson, and I have to say, it is particularly satisfying to read a really good space opera ( Read more... )