When you walk a dog in a park regularly you find all sorts of stuff. Like the film script Maisie, Daniel and I found last week. It was lying forgotten on a park bench. A quick skim revealed all sorts of wacky, zany scenarios set in and around Footscray. Neither of us can remember what […]

You know those conversations you have when you think that both participants are talking about the same thing but it slowly dawns that you’re actually not? We were talking about UK bands and tours and the like. I was talking Arctic Monkeys. He was talking Snow Patrol. Out of the confusion was born the ‘Arctic […]

I recently went to a seminar on ‘wellness’ (it was a work thing) where there was a lot of talk about simple strategies to enhance the, well … “wellness” of employees in workplaces. One of the strategies was simply to encourage people to exercise more. “Go and take the dog for a walk around the […]

And there’s definitely an evil twinkle in her eye!

Taking the short cut to the kitchen to make a cup of tea at work I was pounced on by a lady in a woolly beret. “Are you going to the lifts?” she asked. We were standing in the corridor with six lifts. “I’m going to get a cup of tea, but don’t worry, you’re […]

It was a cold and damp morning. The train was filled to capacity. The crush of commuters kept even those without a hand hold wedged upright. All those extra overcoats, hats, gloves and scarfs filling the carriage buffered us in a strangely woolly atmosphere. At the next stop the doors opened and we tumbled out. […]

My local icecream shop (actually somewhat of a misnomer as it moved away some time ago but, as the building wherein it resided has remained empty ever since, it is nevertheless still known to me as the local icecream shop) has changed its format. It’s now a dentist. Oh, the irony.

Got tagged for this one by Zucchinis in Bikinis. Q) What were you doing 10 years ago? A) January 1996 … I was living in East Malvern with a flatmate called Angel. I was a postgraduate student at Monash University – although on sick leave at this time. Doctors appointments, twice weekly blood tests, queues […]

This morning: while walking to the train station I rounded a corner and encountered two rats. Rats: “Eeek. A human. Run away!” Me: “Eeek. Rats. Run away!” This afternoon: following several hours at the hairdressers. Man in street: “You look a million dollars.” Me: “Independently wealthy at last!” Cool.

The end of the Uni year is definitely in sight. My final exam (actually it’s an open book test – not nearly so scary) is on Thursday evening and then the blissful summer of no study begins. Hooray! Last week’s revision class was cancelled so an additional class was scheduled for this afternoon. I misread […]