• Tonight I had a couple of glasses of wine and then bought tickets to take the family to go and see David Gray next weekend.

    I should have bought those tickets months ago. I am so excited - he’s an amazing performer and now I get to share it with the kids.

  • I really loved Tales of the Jedi, particularly the last two Ahsoka episodes.

    Star Wars is a huge universe, but I really think Ahsoka, somehow, has become my favourite character. And I have a suspicion that I am not alone with that.

    Cannot wait for her show to land.

  • Passion

    One of the recurring themes of this little writing experiment so far has been my coming to terms with my life as it is versus my life as I thought it might be. Or, put another way, I’ve been trying to answer the question: “Why have I been feeling like crap for so long? Is it the fact I’ve hit middle … read more

  • This year I bought (and played) a lot of board games, but so far I’ve not found a good way to display them. I have a few on floating shelves, but the weight scares me. I need a dedicated shelving solution, but I’m not sure I have the space for it. Suggestions welcome.

  • I’d consider becoming a politician if I could become the minister for self-doubt and procrastination. You’ve got to play to your strengths, right?

  • I still have three weeks of work before I finish up. Time is dragging along, every day slower than the one before. But with every passing day, I am becoming more and more certain that moving on was the right move. I am ready for something new.

  • I am watching a conversation on Slack between the editorial and sales teams. It’s already 100 messages long and they don’t seem close to reaching a consensus. I should weigh in, but I’m feeling pretty sick today and don’t know if I have the energy.

  • Absolutely devastated for my little girl, who is going to have to miss her first camp tomorrow (technically it’s a day camp) after 2.5 years of lock down and general crappiness because she’s too sick.

    So far the entirety of the 2020s has been one great big disappointment.

  • Last week a colleague told me she was pregnant.

    While congratulating her, I had an insight: Now that my own kids are a bit older and more self-sufficient, I feel like I need them more than they need me.

    I wish I could have given them more of my time when they really needed it.

  • I am currently trying to migrate my morning coffee from a latte to a long black. Short blacks are just too intensely bitter for my taste.

  • I don’t care what you say I’m never calling it a “toot”.

  • I’m listening to a playlist created by my 13 year old. It’s filled with rock from the 90s, peppered with some tunes from the 80s, an echo of my own teenage years.

  • 🎬 Am I going crazy or did Monsters Inc. have credits scenes playing out parts of the “play” they invented in the movie? Just watched the Disney+ version and there was nothing. I am now questioning my memory.

  • I wish I was exempt from getting sick. I’ve been battling illness all week and it’s exhausting.

  • I must be getting old because I was feeling daunted and overwhelmed by the idea of signing up to Mastodon. But it was pretty easy in the end.

  • Damn, the whole Twitter situation is just live-action car crash TV, isn’t it? I can’t look away. I don’t want to see it, but I can’t look away. It’s horrific, but I just can’t look away.

  • So today forced me to think about my admiration list:

    • My wife, who is always an inspiration
    • Teachers, who give up so much of themselves for so little in return (we should fix that)
    • Nurses, who do the same
    • Paramedics, firefighters and those who risk their lives to help others
  • Ironic enough for Alanis: My freelancer ABN - the licence that allowed me to operate a small business - was cancelled from lack of use two months ago. Now, for the first time in 6.5 years, I need it for potential freelance work.

  • The PSVR2 is going to cost $879.95 in Australia.

    The disc PS5 will set you back $799.

    PS+, which is required for any online gaming and is therefore essential, starts at $79.95 a year.

    Is anyone else feeling like their hobby is trying to take advantage of them? 🎮

  • Parenting a teenager: A poem

    At least we can feed the beast
    Flour, water, sugar, and yeast
    And he will think it a feast