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someone else’s day

My boss: “We were going to go to Castlemaine on Monday”.
Me: “We went to Castlemaine on Monday!
My boss: “We were going to have lunch at Saff’s cafe there.”
Me: “That’s where we had lunch!”
My boss: “Rod was feeling a bit down, we were going to have the fat chips.”
Me: “That’s what I had!”
I had someone else’s [...]


atmospheric hair

No, it does not mean it’s all dark, brooding and mysterious.
Merely unduly affected by localised atmospheric conditions.
It’s going to rain tonight without a doubt.
My hair is presently in uber-curl mode.
And I’ve run out of counterbalancing lotions.
I’m stuck with a big black dandelion on my head.
Scary.
Sigh.


so, what did you say?

In the park this morning I am lying on a mat on a cricket pitch doing leg raises. (Don’t ask me why, Adam told me to do it and I did.) Over to my left a small dog with a large Sprite bottle in her mouth scuttles across my field of vision. “My you’ve got [...]


the look

Today I got a look. One of those inter-generational, ‘I don’t understand you, you crazy old person’ looks. Sigh. It’s all about the mobile phones. And the text messages. Until today, I didn’t know how to send one. Actually I had sent one before. From my ex-workmate’s phone. Accidently informing the recipient that we were [...]


the prescription

We have finally taken delivery of the first installment of Prozac for the dog. I hate making dogs take medication at the best of times. They always seem to spit whatever it is they’re supposed to be taking out and I have to go crawling around trying to rescue half masticated, saliva coated pills only [...]