Year: 2004

  • I was a failed coffee trader

    iTunes’ party shuffle is playing: Black Coffee – Ella Fitzgerald – Quiet Now: Ella’s Moods I was cleaning out some of my cupboards and found a backpack filled with small ziplocs labelled X, A and PB containing grassy smelling beans. See, there was a time a few years ago when my current business partner and…

  • Productive loafing

    iTunes’ party shuffle is playing: With You in Mind – Aaron Neville – Warm Your Heart I didn’t think I could laze in a workful way, but that is exactly what I did this arvo. The weather was odd and it rained in a sunny way. And I was sleepy and still nursing a lingering…

  • Pressing questions

    iTunes’ party shuffle is playing: My Country – Randy Newman – Bad Love Government Issue confetti maker Ever been in a conundrum where you’ve run out of parking coupons and had to park first, then run to the seven eleven or newsagents to buy a booklet, then run back, only to discover that the Parking…

  • Special needs

    iTunes’ party shuffle is playing: These Are Days – 10,000 Maniacs – These Are Days [Single] For some reason, I decided to get in touch with some people I ought to have remained in contact with but didn’t because well, you know, life got in the way. I called my JC form teacher, who was…

  • Driven to distraction

    iTunes’ party shuffle is playing: Mamma Mia – ABBA – The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert For once, I read something on other blogs about work and I liked the way something was said. So and so was ‘distracted by work’. I like that. I have been distracted by work the past couple…