Monthly Archives: April 2006

Uncomfortable moment with an ex

April 27, 2006

I was in a café yesterday, having a coffee with my wife before we went on about our day. It was all quite pleasant until I went in to pay and there, sitting at a table with some other people, was an ex of mine. I saw her. She saw me. I started to...
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Ban the toys

By alan

April 26, 2006

I was a little bit encouraged while reading the news today, which is quite unusual. Fast food companies are going to start addressing the problem of childhood obesity by no longer giving away little plastic toys in ‘happy meal’ type promotions. This is actually good in several ways. Firstly, it reduces the desire to...
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I know what I should have said

By alan

April 24, 2006

We’ve all been in that situation where somebody, for whatever reason, has pissed us off or insulted us and we had no comeback. Invariably, minutes or hours later, an absolute gem of a rejoinder comes to us. Of course, by the time we think of one it’s about as useful as an ashtray on...
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Our rising art stars

By alan

April 21, 2006

Halinka Orszulok, my wife, is a superb artist. Of course, I can see where some people would spot some room for bias in my opinion. But don’t take my word for it, others agree. The lastest issue of Australian Art Collector magazine has run a feature called ‘Undiscovered Artists’ (Issue 36, April – June...
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But it’s free

By alan

April 20, 2006

I usually avoid fast food outlets like I avoid street corner evangelists. However, every once in a while I have to make a concession. When I’m working, travelling between clients with little time in between, I sometimes have to eat while I drive. If at all possible I’ll find a nice café and get...
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Rainbow sheep and kickboxing apes

By alan

April 19, 2006

People never cease to amaze me. They do such incredibly stupid things, so often belying their ability for remarkable things. I say “they” as I’m obviously beyond reproach. Sometimes, however, people can redeem themselves. Take, for example, the recent rainbow sheep debacle. Political correctness is taking on a newfound level of absurdity every day,...
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Of hippies and eggs

By alan

April 14, 2006

Easter is upon us again. It’s a funny old time of year when you really think about. Once upon a time, apparently, there was this hippy-like Jew living in the middle east and he had some pretty radical ideas about life. He wasn’t very happy with the way things were going under the Romans...
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Where have all the good ideas gone?

By alan

April 11, 2006

Whatever happened to good ideas? It’s a real shame that Hollywood these days seems to think that people will only pay money to see something they’ve seen before. Perhaps they’re right, but that would be even more sad. I’m prepared to believe that Hollywood are a bunch of money grabbing parasites, but I’d rather...
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A return and an interview

By alan

April 9, 2006

Well, I’m back from a most restfull holiday. It was great to get out into nature, sleep, swim and generally recharge. Now to unpack and try to get my head around the concept of getting back to life as normal again. Wouldn’t it be nice if the holiday was life as normal and we...
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