October 2011
2 posts
September 2011
13 posts
3 tags
School of Hard Knocks
I can proudly say that I have my own personal trainer!
My 15yo son Seb, has been pretty difficult for a few years now. But I think we did the right thing and sent him to a rough and ready school at the beginning of this year - on his suggestion: http://www.frankdando.com.au/
60 Minutes did a very nice piece on the school: http://sixtyminutes.ninemsn.com.au/stories/8303117/school-of-hard-knocks.
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Holidays fucking Holidays
Only two weeks ago I was in Vietnam with Lisa and Seb.
In two weeks time we are off again this time to Los Angeles, Big Sur, beautiful San Francisco and the Napa Valley. I think I was kind of smart when I bought $US dollars twice over the past few months when they hit AU$1.10.
Lisa booked the return air fares, I’ve booked a mustang convertible as our ride and promised to book transfers and...
August 2011
5 posts
Thrills Spills and Doctors Bills
Probably one of the scariest things I’ve done for a very long time was taking my daughter for a driving lesson this afternoon.
I wasn’t afraid so much for my own personal safety, but I was scared about sending her the wrong messages and also a little worried about paying for damage to our car or other peoples property.
She’s had about 7 lessons, so I thought what I’d do...
Why do people always say "at least you got out...
Today was one of those days. I pushed myself to go out for a surf. I looked at the cams and they looked ok, but the SE was blowing a bit, I said to myself - you will kick yourself in the morning if you don’t get out there.
I think it cost me $20 in petrol and two hours drive and for what? Sloppy, cold, south easterly 0.5 foot crap. I should have just stayed home and watched repeats of...
July 2011
5 posts
fabiansfuckoff →
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February 2011
2 posts
F'ckn Pfffft, revenge is sweet
Went down to Flinders today for a surf, beautiful summer’s day here in Melbourne, about 27C glassy, clean, very small but loads of fun. While taking my board off the roof I see a group of about 8 people proceed to take their diving gear down the beach. Pretty obvious what they were doing - seen similar groups down the beach raping our shores of abalone, limpits, sea urchins and...
January 2011
1 post
Rider World
I’ve spent the best part of the past couple of weeks compiling the riders for the Big Day Out. This is something that I’ve done each year, at this time of year, for the past 18 years. So I think I’m starting to get the hang of it. Most people I know are fascinated with celebrities and riders. After asking me if I can get tickets to the gig the next question usually is can you...
November 2010
3 posts
Puter Issues
I feel kind of lucky that it was raining and generally crap weather during this long w/e cause I spent most of it looking at progress bars on my imac that died on Saturday morning and was only brought back from the dead a few hours ago.
The last thing I remember doing on my computer was I installed eclipse - I’ve always hated that program but needed to install it to compile an android...
October 2010
6 posts
Don’t talk to me about the ef’n c today
On the wagon
With the first sign of Summer two weeks ago, I could see that Melbourne was about to become interesting again. In my wisdom, I’ve decided to go on the wagon for a couple of months and give the usual, parties, barbecues and other opportunities to drink that happen this time of year a miss.
Today was terrific day, with the rest of the weekend looking good. I’ve managed to keep myself...
September 2010
1 post
Big Day Out 2011
It was announced today and the lineup is bigger and better than ever. I think I must have esp or something as Primal Scream, M.I.A. and Die Antword have been on heavy rotation on my iphone on the way to work in the past few months. I’m really, looking forward to seeing Iggy, Rammstein, Lupe, Airborne, Tool and catching up with the crew again.
I calculated that by the end of this one, if I...
August 2010
3 posts
July 2010
4 posts
1 tag
30 Hour Week
For years and years I’ve done the 9-5 thing, recently I negotiated a 30 hour week - a four day week: Tuesday to Friday.
I’ve been doing it now for around three weeks and don’t want to ever go back to the churn and burn in the sausage factory - it’s a slow, slow death.
Monday to Wednesday was always ok, but by the end of Thursday - I was over it. Friday I would always...
June 2010
14 posts
