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It’s Been A Ruff Week
Archie, the newly adopted Kelpie cross, has brutally assassinated one of my Peter Alexander purple sheepskin boots a mere two days after arriving here. With the fluff lust still raging inside him, he has gone on to hunt and disembowel … Continue reading
Wax on, wax off.
It’s been a while. Not since the last ill-fated winter escape to Fiji, had I professionally denuded the pasty pins. As we hoisted ourselves from the winter couch and crawled back towards the prospective light of sunnier days, I got … Continue reading
The Pits (part 1)
Perhaps Im being deliberately obtuse, or maybe the Universe is miming it’s fatalistic messages, but whatever’s happening, I’m just not getting it. I was more or less used to the dark pit of self pity I’d find myself in every … Continue reading
The Pits (Part 2)
The following weekend I was powering around Albert park lake with my BFF recounting this odd and unprecedented occurrence. Further to the spiritual energy exchange was the realisation that I was just treading water in my own life. I had … Continue reading
Excel-ing
I am a Goldfish. Vampire sentences vanish in the grey of dawn’s light. All my Man Booker prize worthy sentences that manifest in the shower wash away with paraben free soap bubbles. I transcribe witty exchanges of dialogue onto business … Continue reading
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Tagged employment, excel spreadsheets, Gen Y, humour, jobs, millennials, writing
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Spring into real estate
A perfect spring day. Sun shines, sky’s blue, birds are singing. Let’s sell a property. Spouse had been happily ensconced in his stylish and expansive bachelor pad for several years before I came along and threw a massive couples spanner … Continue reading
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Tagged apartments, batman and robin, cleaning, humour, real estate, selling
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LOL or not
Is it just me or has the emoticon monstered out of control? Don’t get me wrong, I use them – for who wants a heartfelt birthday text message without a balloon, party hat, beribboned gift box and cake emoji? … Continue reading
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Tagged anime, Chris Lilley, emoji, emoticons, humour, LOL, Pat Mullins, Ronan Keating, We can be heroes
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How are you feeling about this?
Her Facebook status reveals that in eight weeks she will be back in the USA. I don’t It’s been a weird exercise in self awareness since my daughter popped back home. It was quickly obvious that she had returned too … Continue reading
Posted in Family, humor
Tagged Birkenstock, children, facebook, family, humour, Jane Lynch, Lesbian, Mardi Gras, Samantha Ronson, Tina Fey, United States
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Party On Down
So I have been thinking about birthdays, in particular those ones that end in zero. My youngest turns twenty next year which means, given I had a zero birthday the year she was born, that I too will endure celebrate … Continue reading
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Tagged Birthday, birthday party, cake, Child, humor, humour, Parent, sleepover, sweet sixteen, Teenagers, vodka cruisers
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Learning The Hard Way 