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I downloaded a Radiohead album from emusic.com. I haven’t ever listened to them that I know, and since I don’t listen to commercial music radio or JJJ that probably means I have managed to really not listen to them at all.
In the car yesterday morning, I found them on the iPod next to whatever it [...]
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Mel and James brought me back some gorgeous lacquered chopsticks from Japan in January. I used them for the first time the other night. They’re orange and hot pink and have little fabric holders and contrasting rests.
They’re from this shop e-ohashi. There are some very pretty things here and it’s largely my lack of knowledge [...]
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I was trying to remember the last time i had a fight with my father, and I can dimly recall something back when i was about 14 or 15.
My mother and I used to clash quite regularly until I was about 32 or so and realised how not to fight with her.
The last time I [...]
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Apparently it’s daylight savings next weekend. This is a horrifying thought for me - i’ve only just managed to start getting into work at 8:30.
Anyway. I was going to write down some stuff about today.
My list for the garden pretty much didn’t happen. It didn’t matter. There was space and a clean table outside.
Maureen brought [...]
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planted
Originally uploaded by jojof
I’ve uploading some wedding pix and some odds and sods, including my daft cat being daft. I found him nestled in the bottom of this pot, looking very pleased with himself.
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Two tents
Originally uploaded by jojof
one tent fitted down by the lime tree (it was so close because i was worried if it rained then they might be get run-off from the pergola).
We don’t seem to have lost our tent-erecting skills over the winter either. They both went up remarkably easily.
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When I first suggested camping in my backyard to Mark it was a bit of a joke. But it has turned out to be really very fun.
Going somewhere for real camping yesterday would have been a bit of a stretch for me. It’s been a week of not enough sleep. Instead I [...]
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List of garden tasks:
Clear out garage
Fix whipper snipper
kill weeds down the side of the house
tidy up pots
clear back porch
move wardrobe into shed
move chairs into shed
Weed side garden
prune roses
weed front garden
move firewood around the back of the house somewhere
Plant Margaret Merril
Plant the red rose
weed the vegie gardens
plant more onions
plant some herbs around the lemon tree
Plant some [...]
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01
Originally uploaded by jojof
finally got some pix
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It’s been nice to have a couple of quiet nights. Last night was in company, and I discovered the joys of playing Scrabble in real life. It was also nice to have a home-cooked meal after so many days of eating out. I am particularly fond of Nicky’s carbonara, and there was also banana cake.
Tonight [...]
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I feel somewhat churlish but I am kind of getting over the whole father’s girlfriend thing. It’s nice for him that they are joined at the hip, but she isn’t actually MY family. It would be nice to spend some time with my family.
It’s getting to the point where I am feeling pretty much [...]
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mummy and me
Originally uploaded by jojof
We had the family birthday party today. It was a nice day to be inside away from the wind.
I haven’t been upstairs at the Stokehouse for what feels like aeons. It was nice, and the people watching was pretty darn good.
Unsurprisingly it was a bitter-sweet occasion. [...]
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IMGP0579_b
Originally uploaded by jojof
Here are my bride (on the right) and bridesmaid.
Mary Lou chose the design of her dress and I made technical tweaks. We got a lucky break on the fabric - would you believe Braybrook? No other spotlight we’ve visited between the two of us has that fabric in that colour. [...]
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The wedding was a smashing success. Mary Lou and Stuart put together a great day, and it was just lovely to share it with them.
The weather was quite definitely four seasons in one day, at one point in the morning it was pouring down over my side of town. By the time I got to [...]
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I am the victim of my own poor time management.
However I never miss a deadline.
The matron of honour dress was finished this morning after about ten or so hours from fabric to ready-to-wear.
Even I’m a little astonished at this. I didn’t even need to stay up all night.
Wedding is this afternoon at 3pm.
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kitchen flower
Originally uploaded by sbv033
If you are what you eat, I am a blue and white japanese bowl filled with spagettini dressed with good olive oil and parmesan.
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I don’t mind the look of this and I can almost bear the price. It’s got Wifi as I am not going to waste my money browsing via 3G or GPRS when I am checking my gmail from bed. Atom V
The HTC touch looks OK too.
I just pulled the palm apart and brushed out a [...]
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Green Mango
Originally uploaded by floydbob
John and Nola came over for dinner tonight. I was measuring up Nola for her dress for saturday.
I said I’d cook, and yesterday the green mangos managed to completely divert me from my original idea.
So we had green mango salad with murray cod for dinner, mostly following the recipe from [...]
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URBAN TOOL supernatural wear - High Tech Gadget accessories for urban people.
I would feel like an urban tool… Far too groovy for a fogey like me.
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Whilst looking for windows mobile applications (i am leaning towards a new device) I found a fabric roll-up keyboard at ElekTex.com.
They also make a jacket that keeps you in touch constantly with your mobile phone…
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James and Mel cooked a roast for us tonight (us being . Mel mentioned that her project is basically done, a week ahead of its official submission date.
After dinner she asked me to have a look through the posters for typos. I found a couple which made me feel all useful.
The project is to design [...]
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CD tower
Originally uploaded by bravenewmalden
I am going to rearrange the furniture over the next couple of months. I have to find room for the piano and i need to get all the extra furniture out of my bedroom.
Looking over the living room today with Peter, I mused that the bar shouldn’t really be a [...]
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I was very happy when my palm got back on track after I installed the digitiser calibration program. But it appears it was an interim fix for a more sinister problem. Now I am googling PDA Replacement Screens. Things are looking kind of techy.
The LCD on the palm is fine. The problem appears to be [...]
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My father realised that tax was not happening tonight, so I just issued two month’s worth of accounts, then he took me out to dinner at The Brandon Hotel. Where he spent money on feeding me.
As we walked out of the hotel I was surprised how warm it was. The in-car temperature gauge told me [...]
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In the last week or so it has become apparent that my Internet Explorer will not launch from the desktop icon, the quickstart toolbar, or from the application file itself.
This strikes me as dodgy behaviour.
I can only get it to launch via the MSN messenger mail management functions, or by typing an URL into a [...]
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Red Apples
Originally uploaded by DIgital DI
I wouldn’t have thought that it was apple season now, being spring.
But I went with my instinct and got some of the cheap apples that were advertised as “red delicious”. They’re actually labelled as Sundowners.
They are crisp and sweet without being floury. I suspect that they are [...]
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I have just had a lovely long natter with Chris, who is now in rehab after his quadruple bypass. One tidbit he passed on is this site, which provides help for those sticky crosswords that won’t come out:One Across.
I may try it on a Age crossword.
In exchange i told him about online scrabble.
Considering all he’s [...]
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CERN | LHC First Beam.
I was fascinated by particle physics back when I was in high school. Sadly it became quite evident that I don’t have any aptitude for them. Still I am quite excited by the Large Hadron Collider.
Not that I had known it was happening until I found a doco on SBS tonight [...]
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I sent an email to my dad about some stuff that upset me. He sent one back and rang me. Now we are all sorted out.
I suppose that after 37 or so years together it’s not unsurprising that we don’t completely suck at this communication thing.
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I found out my father was sick when he sent me a voicemail to tell me to send the movie stuff to Gill’s email address.
Last night he told us it was pneumonia.
Perhaps I am being a little over sensitive (there were a few other things last night that really got under my skin) but I [...]
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Clark steering, Stewy on the spinnaker
Originally uploaded by jojof
I’m baking a cake for my father. We are having dinner at James and Mel’s tonight. This is not exactly the best day of the year for Mel, and I have a headache. We shall see how much fun we are after a glass [...]
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cat1
Originally uploaded by jojof
playing with the web cam and the cats
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I was lucky enough to be offered a ticket to Interplay tonight. It’s the triple bill of new works by the Australian Ballet, and it was just fantastic.
The dancers were that magical combination of strength, flexibility and (possibly most importantly) grace. The music was interesting and enjoyable. I do often find ballet music a bit [...]
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Million Year Old Bark
Originally uploaded by Wish_Art
I feel like i’m ancient today. This is because i told David what last week comprised of. So he zoomed me around the gym last night. I called him a slave driver, but didn’t die.
I don’t hurt so much as feel like I know [...]
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Audi Hamilton Island Race Week 2008 Race Results.
Because people keep asking where we came - we were 9th overall. This is pretty good considering it was very cruisy sailing
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IMGP0037_b
Originally uploaded by jojof
This is where I am NOT today. However one pair of my sailing gloves is still on the boat, so perhaps I can live vicariously though them.
Last night I learned a couple of things. I was quite smug about having changed my seat assignment from being down the back of [...]
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