and obviously told his friends, because this morning we had
Not everyone was interested in the water
Later we had some other friends come for a bath (they didn't want to be photographed actually bathing).
Monday, January 26, 2009
visitors
Leonie gave me a bird-bath for my birthday, and generally there has been very little interest in it. I put some grapes in the water for our little baby friend, and then yesterday he came back to have a drink
and obviously told his friends, because this morning we had
Not everyone was interested in the water
Later we had some other friends come for a bath (they didn't want to be photographed actually bathing).
and obviously told his friends, because this morning we hadNot everyone was interested in the water
Later we had some other friends come for a bath (they didn't want to be photographed actually bathing).
Sunday, December 7, 2008
Jizz Fashion
Just couldn't resist taking a photo of this shop near Town Hall in downtown Sydney:
I can only guess that the hapless store owner consulted the Macquarie Dictionary which only lists the non-crude meaning of the word "jizz". (Macquarie Dictionary online requires a subscription to access, but you can see both meanings of the word at Wikipedia's Wiktionary.)
I can only guess that the hapless store owner consulted the Macquarie Dictionary which only lists the non-crude meaning of the word "jizz". (Macquarie Dictionary online requires a subscription to access, but you can see both meanings of the word at Wikipedia's Wiktionary.)
Monday, October 13, 2008
Another post for no reason
Hey there. Just to prove I'm still here too (and sniffling but forgi already complained about that for both of us), here is a post about nothing much. Well okay, there is a little bit of news - I'm now an uncle! My brother Greg and his lovely wife Julie just had a baby girl named Nancy. Yay!
Also, we just visited Canberra and saw lots of old friends and some family (well just Rachel's family because mine were not at home during that week - nice timing Ben!) There is the biggest economic crash since the great depression - and Barack Obama is going to win the whitehouse because of it. I won the last two Magic sealed tournaments I went in, both Shards release tournaments, which is a first for me - yay me! I also just got my CDs printed at long last (my plans to do that pre-date this blog! and go back to "cubins" our other blog) - also go to lastfm.com and search for me as "entrippy" if you would like to hear and/or download the music I wrote (it's free!!!)
Oh, and I've got NFI (N stands for No and I stands for Idea) as to whether or not now is a good time to buy a house!
That is all! Happy now!? Jeez Louise!
Also, we just visited Canberra and saw lots of old friends and some family (well just Rachel's family because mine were not at home during that week - nice timing Ben!) There is the biggest economic crash since the great depression - and Barack Obama is going to win the whitehouse because of it. I won the last two Magic sealed tournaments I went in, both Shards release tournaments, which is a first for me - yay me! I also just got my CDs printed at long last (my plans to do that pre-date this blog! and go back to "cubins" our other blog) - also go to lastfm.com and search for me as "entrippy" if you would like to hear and/or download the music I wrote (it's free!!!)
Oh, and I've got NFI (N stands for No and I stands for Idea) as to whether or not now is a good time to buy a house!
That is all! Happy now!? Jeez Louise!
Does anyone care?
I've had a complaint that we never update this blog anymore. Sorry about that. We do sometimes add photos to facebook, but somehow we are a little over the whole online thing (I know, I'm as shocked as you are). Just to give you an idea of the magnitude of this, we were on leave last week and I didn't read ANY web-comic til Friday. (My current list of comics I read regularly is 25 comics long, which should give you an idea of how into them I usually am.)
So anyway, we have not been doing anything particularly exciting lately. Mostly we have been sick. Just colds and viral tummy bugs and colds and frankly we are sick of being sick. We work and spend the weekend trying to get well enough to work again. "What a bunch of boring wingers" you are thinking to yourself... Well now you know the other reason we haven't been writing on the blog.
More updates when we have anything to say!
So anyway, we have not been doing anything particularly exciting lately. Mostly we have been sick. Just colds and viral tummy bugs and colds and frankly we are sick of being sick. We work and spend the weekend trying to get well enough to work again. "What a bunch of boring wingers" you are thinking to yourself... Well now you know the other reason we haven't been writing on the blog.
More updates when we have anything to say!
Thursday, June 19, 2008
GetUp on Fuel
Here is one of GetUp's more amusing ads, this time about the government's new "FuelWatch" program, that forces petrol retailers to publish their prices on the web 24 hours in advance. Some would prefer the money to set up this scheme to go to, say, renewable energy research...
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
As requested by Mr Bee.
What does Rachel do at work?
Important science....
(admire my awesome photoshopping skills, this is harder to make than it looks!)
Important science....
(admire my awesome photoshopping skills, this is harder to make than it looks!)
Thursday, May 1, 2008
What's been happening?
I thought it might be time for an update!
It is getting colder here and we have little oil heaters in two rooms (no central heating). We have a lot more furniture (much of it from Ikea) but some of the stuff is still in boxes... I have still not made it to the ice-rink (which is on my way to/from work). BUT we got B a Wii for his b'day so we have been getting some exercise with that! Also I walk to work which is lovely at the moment.
Since getting here I have submitted two grant applications (well, one was an expression of interest), and nearly nearly got ethics approval for my main set of studies. I have started running a smaller one (that was able to be made as an amendment to the overall group ethics). I also attended a conference in Perth and gave a seminar. Phew!
In terms of fun stuff we have been to two concerts and also been to dinner in the city a couple of times. We saw the Chemical Brothers, and also Air. Air was at the Opera House concert hall which meant no dancing but was spectacular visually. We also went to Melbourne for a friends 30th and caught up with a range of people, so that was tops!
I have four rainbow lorikeets, two currawongs and two ravens that come to be fed (only the lorikeets eat out of our hands which is probably a good thing... check out the links to a look at the beaks on the others!) The lorikeets pretty much only like grapes, the currawong will also eat some other fruit but prefer grapes and the ravens eat almonds... We haven't been game to feed the Kookaburras because they require meat!
It is getting colder here and we have little oil heaters in two rooms (no central heating). We have a lot more furniture (much of it from Ikea) but some of the stuff is still in boxes... I have still not made it to the ice-rink (which is on my way to/from work). BUT we got B a Wii for his b'day so we have been getting some exercise with that! Also I walk to work which is lovely at the moment.
Since getting here I have submitted two grant applications (well, one was an expression of interest), and nearly nearly got ethics approval for my main set of studies. I have started running a smaller one (that was able to be made as an amendment to the overall group ethics). I also attended a conference in Perth and gave a seminar. Phew!
In terms of fun stuff we have been to two concerts and also been to dinner in the city a couple of times. We saw the Chemical Brothers, and also Air. Air was at the Opera House concert hall which meant no dancing but was spectacular visually. We also went to Melbourne for a friends 30th and caught up with a range of people, so that was tops!
I have four rainbow lorikeets, two currawongs and two ravens that come to be fed (only the lorikeets eat out of our hands which is probably a good thing... check out the links to a look at the beaks on the others!) The lorikeets pretty much only like grapes, the currawong will also eat some other fruit but prefer grapes and the ravens eat almonds... We haven't been game to feed the Kookaburras because they require meat!
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