Errol Flynn and David Niven once lived on the island of Capri, in Italy. There they imbibed so much alcohol that their home was christened 'Cirrhosis on the Sea'.

Dean Martin happily remarked that "You're not drunk if you can lie on the floor without holding on".

These urbane and sophisticated types would be proud to see the gusto with which Perth ( Read more... )

On Wednesday night I sat on my credit card. And while the little piece of plastic wrestled gamely with so prodigious a weight, all its cries of "I think I can..." eventually came to nought when it was split in twain.

While the hi-larious view of broken card as metaphor for shattered finances didn't escape me, I was more concerned with the ( Read more... )

This morning I shuffled up the road to the Post Office in search of registered mail (The Sleepy Jackson tix, it's Friday I'm in love (with)!)

To get there, you have to pass an Elder's Real Estate agency, which I stared at a little longer today, mintspanielle's words ringing in my ears. And the thing which most caught my eye was the 'Wisdom' sandwich-board ( Read more... )

The Scotsman was a magnificent place to be last night. Packed to the rafters with die-hard instant soccer fans (just add alcohol!) who were damned if they'd let trifles like complete ignorance of the rules of the game stop their full-throated support for the Aussies, it was impossible to not be swept along in a tide of rapture when the winning ( Read more... )

I drove back from Geraldton yesterday.

I'd been there with two other WADL'ers over the weekend, running a debate workshop for high school kiddies.

Geraldton bills itself as 'The Windy City', a stylish moniker to be sure, but a tricky candidate for honorary statutes Coff's Harbour style. And while it's a cute little T-Junction of a town, it ( Read more... )

I've had a number of friends forward me this brilliant story.

Now that we've got the precedent of RPS for scheduling conflicts, the door is open to all manner of red-tape cutting efficiency:

1) Hide-and-go-seek discovery
2) Thumb war interlocutory injunctions
2) Kiss chasey Anton Pillar orders

And for appeals to any of the above? Best 2 out of

For years people have been stopping me in the street begging for advice on how to be a better pet owner. In an effort to forestall this incessant whining, I've distilled countless pieces of advice into some fundamental principles ( Read more... )

I watched "The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada" last night. So should you ( Read more... )