Never On Wednesday

I have for over half my life needed to wear glasses. It’s a pain let me tell you at times and it would great to be able to go to the beach and find it back to my own towel. It’s the things like that make you realise what you missing by needing glasses. I [...]

I was just reading about of all things wedding table centrepieces. Apparently a lot of the pieces are made from ostrich feathers which is a surprise, I had just always assumed that they were from more common birds like chickens, geese or ducks but I guess now that I think about it it makes sense [...]

Brr it is a cold day here today and at such times it makes me want to start thinking about a holiday somewhere else. Right now I was just looking at St. John villa rentals as it appears to be anything but cold with crisp white and sand and clear blue water. The best way [...]

From the Anzac Day dawn service today in Hobart

It is my experience that when people have a slow computer then they immediately either blame the software or alternatively move straight on to getting a bigger and more powerful processor. Ironically in some cases this could be far from what is actually required and with more computer memory a slow computer can sometimes be [...]

There is good news and there is … well the not so good news.
The good news is that i have managed thanks to the chance to install an older version of WordPress been able to set up livejournal crosspost so that everything here is posted automatically there on my account. No more cut and [...]

I have been thinking of getting a new foam mattress for my bed. I must have had the one I have now for over 10 years and its got a few spots that have just worn right out. Sometimes at night I can feel the spots and have to move over just to find the [...]

Still on the topic of tv and movies from buying my copy of Hustle I noticed that with three episodes still to screen on tv, Underbelly is already available for preorder with big “uncut” on the cover. This isn’t the leaked copies but rather the real deal. I wonder how long until someone sends a [...]

You know, I guess when it comes to the beach it could be argued that there is two types of guy, the ones that wear speedos like swimmers wear and then there are the ones that wear boardshorts. I definitely fall into the later category as in my opinion no man should be seen in [...]

Like yesterday it was another beautiful day so this time i went the other way in Sorell and went to Port Arthur.
For those unaware, Port Arthur is a former penal colony with a dark and cruel history. Now its a mixture of old buildings and ruins as well as being a premier tourist attraction. [...]