iTunes is play­ing: Guide Me, Oh Thou Great Redeemer — Char­lotte Church — Char­lotte Church

Try­ing to take full advan­tage of Mooching Month, I called LMD and asked if she was free for drinks this evening, but she wasn’t. So I met up with some uni mates I hadn’t […]

iTunes is play­ing: Body And Soul — Benny Good­man — Clar­inet a’ la king

This must really be some mile­stone. I received more birth­day wishes and gifts than in the last five years put together. Then again, it’s prob­a­bly because I announced it to the world instead of try­ing to ignore my […]

iTunes is play­ing: Half a Boy and Half a Man — Sleepy LaBeef — Labour Of Love — The Music of Nick Lowe

This wife of mine loves cats. And it was no sur­prise today when at the prata place on River Val­ley Road that she started telling […]

iTunes is play­ing: I Miss You — Randy New­man — Bad Love

I was think­ing about how peo­ple come and go, but I couldn’t write any­thing bet­ter than this. I like it when non-English speak­ers express them­selves in unique turns of phrases. It’s not Ching­lish. It’s not bad Eng­lish. It’s […]

iTunes is play­ing: Every­time We Say Good­bye — John Coltrane — On Stage 1962 [UK]

There was a moment some time this week­end when I felt a famil­iar kick in the hol­low guts. And it wasn’t when the All Blacks pipped the Wal­la­bies in Welling­ton (I’m get­ting used […]

iTunes is play­ing: One Love/People Get Ready — Bob Mar­ley & The Wail­ers — Legend

My brother and I couldn’t be more dif­fer­ent than chalk and cheese. He’s fair-skinned and gawky while I’m bronzed and supremely ath­letic. I’d go for a kayak­ing arvo while he’d pore over cam­era mag­a­zines. He’d think […]

iTunes is play­ing: Warm Your Heart — Aaron Neville — Warm Your Heart

Because I stayed out late, I had to come home, shake off the beer buzz and work till now.

ST didn’t want Jap, so we didn’t do Jap, but we did Bak Kut Teh instead. She also went to the […]

iTunes is play­ing: The Great Song of Indif­fer­ence — Bob Geldof — Great Songs of Indif­fer­ence: The Best of Bob Geldof & the Boomtown Rats

Impor­tant to mothers

I’ve been won­der­ing for a while what Gripe Water is because I sud­denly remem­ber I used to like it when […]

iTunes is play­ing: Steal My Kisses — Ben Harper — Burn to Shine [Aus­tralia Bonus CD]

I want to sue the per­son that invented lactic acid.

The adren­a­lin rush and eupho­ria from Tuesday’s big thing wore off with a big dis­ap­point­ing thud Wednes­day morn­ing when I fell out of bed. I am still […]

iTunes is play­ing: Theme from Shaft — Isaac Hayes — Shaft

I am offi­cially fit. I passed my IPPT and was awarded $200 for doing it well. Keep­ing trim the past year has paid off, finally. It’s the first time since 1991 I’ve got­ten a mon­e­tary award for IPPT. Did […]