Category: Living
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Things to do when you’ve nothing to do
There’s such a thing as terminal boredom, where you slowly wilt from inertia. But I won’t die from that, because there are so many things to do online, like blogging with your eyes closed, ferinstance. I was about to try that when a new msn messenger chat window opened, and it was my buddy the…
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Rules of engagement and other things reservists have to worry about
iTunes’ party shuffle is playing a copy of: Guilty – Jimmy Barnes – Flesh and Wood, of which I have the original CD and therefore didn’t steal music. My Army unit is on Mobilisation Manning this week, right after 17 days of in-camp training! If they mobilise us this Saturday just to practice, we will…
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Motor Morons’ Motoring Weekend
iTunes’ party shuffle is playing a copy of: Being With You – Smokey Robinson – Billboard Top Hits: 1981, of which I have the original CD and therefore didn’t steal music. No, I didn’t go watch the rugby or the wakeboarding this weekend, because every time I looked out the window, it looked like it…
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My father the eggbeater
iTunes’ party shuffle is playing: South Side – Moby – Play ‘A man sets out to draw the world. As the years go by, he peoples a space with images of provinces, kingdoms, mountains, bays, ships, islands, fishes, rooms, instruments, stars, horses, and individuals. A short time before he dies, he discovers that that patient…
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Not to be
iTunes’ party shuffle is playing: She’s Not For You – Willie Nelson – Across The Borderline The wife arranged for tickets for Private Parts to be picked up at 7.45pm. We left for the Esplanade with time to spare. But. But tonight was the first big event in the month long National Day celebrations. The…