humour
Nana was kung fu fighting
Nana passed away when I was a tween. She lived out of town and I never saw her all that much. She was an elderly, eccentric, half-Italian lady, who knew a lot of grief in her lifetime. One memory of her that always makes me smile is the time she stayed with us a few [...]
The day Taloola crowed
I thought Taloola was a just a really big hen, until recently, when my son mentioned that he saw her ‘riding on the other hen’s backs’. And so, we realised that she was actually a ‘he’… and Taloola became Mr. Taloola. Surprisingly, Taloola never crowed until today (perhaps his name confused him somewhat). He sealed [...]
The date night of doom
On Monday night Paisley Jade (wife) and myself had a date night. All four kids were fast asleep, so we moved the sofa closer to the TV, turned out the lights and snuggled up to watch ‘August Rush’ (movie recommended by Lesmond J)… The DVD case said the movie ran for almost 2 hours… It [...]
1919 anti-drinking poster
Seriously guys… if you had a drinking problem, would this convince you to stop?
Shower power
We have low shower pressure. It’s very annoying, but at least it saves us on power. The in-laws have high shower pressure. I had a shower at their house tonight, and was blown away by the strength of the water (almost literally). It reminded me of an Seinfield episode I once saw, where Kramer desperately [...]
I’m an oxymoron
A few months ago I wrote a very brief post about adulthood here. Today is the continuing bittersweet story of my internal struggle with being an oxymoron (please note the ‘oxy’ in front of ‘moron’). What is an oxymoron you ask? Wikipedia’s definition below… “An oxymoron is a figure of speech that combines two normally [...]
Matrix Ping Pong
Was vaguely watching the Fair Go ad awards, and saw the excellent State Insurance ad (the one with the guy with the fake legs). It reminded me of a clip I saw on ‘the youtube’ (as some people call it), a couple of years ago… Double click the clip below to be entertained, amazed and [...]
Lysdexic?
Aoccdrnig to rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn’t mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn [...]
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