That’s right! People from the SCA are mad, crazy folk!! … Okay, not really. Just one of ‘em Some SCAdian friends of mine have suggested I might enjoy the SCA. During this discussion, one of them was showing me his heavy fighting gear. He gave me the heavy stick to swing around, and fitted the [...]
Ageing is possibly the cruelist trick in life. Because modern medicine keeps us alive far beyond our used-by dates, so when we do die it can often be seen almost as a blessing. On Friday T and I are going to the funeral of his grandmother, who died in the early hours of Monday morning.
Driving home from work yesterday I was behind a car on the freeway which was meandering a little. I just kept my distance, then got ahead of it when I could. As I passed it, I glanced across to see what the driver was doing and why they didn’t seem to have complete control of [...]
I don’t get it. It frightens me.
It’s not perfect, but at least it’s a step in the right direction. A bill is to be introduced into South Australian parliament giving rights to “domestic partners”.
Who on earth is in charge of KFC‘s marketing?
Movies: Until yesterday I didn’t know that there was a sequel to The Rocky Horror Picture Show. There is – ShockTreatment. It has Richard O’Brien, Patricia Quinn, Nell Campbell, Charles Gray, Imogen Claire, and Jeremy Newson in it from RHPS, as well as Ruby Wax, Rik Mayall and our very own Barry Humphries. I don’t [...]