Pinyinize me silly

Listening to: E Pari Ra – Kiri Te Kanawa – Maori Songs This is an odd rant. I spent some time tonight looking at (some are positively unreadable) some local blogs, and I realised why when the younger (under 25) bloggers mention their friends, if they didn’t assign a code name, did not sit well […]

Mad dogs and Engrishmen

Listening to: Positively 4th Street – Bob Dylan – Masterpieces (2) I gotta get me one of these. Going out in the daytime for the third consecutive day is enough to confirm that yes, the tropical heat fries the brain good. If you’re an equatorial country, you’re never gonna improve on your third world status. […]

Mad dogs and Engrishmen

Listening to: Positively 4th Street – Bob Dylan – Masterpieces (2) I gotta get me one of these. Going out in the daytime for the third consecutive day is enough to confirm that yes, the tropical heat fries the brain good. If you’re an equatorial country, you’re never gonna improve on your third world status. […]

Has it ever been this hot?

Listening to: Poor Side Of Town – Nick Lowe – The Convincer Outside our local at 5pm today. Deserted. Just the way we like it. It’s been blazing saddles today and yesterday. My brains are fried. Although I think it’s more because of the drinking games (!) we played at our local late this arvo. […]

Everyone talks about football (soccer)

Listening to: Yellow Roses – Ry Cooder – Chicken Skin Music Happy Campers, especially the kooky kid giving hisself bunny ears.  I seldom like talking about work here. But it seems my work interests some people because it is apparently rare for a guy to be doing what I do. Yes, I find it gratifying […]