Guide to pants off living
January 2006
Dark Poetry
Monday, 30 January 2006
Some people are hard to work with. The only way you can communicate with them is through their managers, who then transmit, probably via somekind of electronic stimulus or pulse, the encoded message into the walls of their anus where it is then picked up by the tongue (or tongues) of those very people with whom you wish to communicate directly.
These people have managerial sycophancy an art.
Posted by travo at 4:23:17 PM | Comments (2)
Big Dumb Holiday
Monday, 23 January 2006
John Birmingham famous for He Died With A Felafel in His Hand has written an epic sci-fi/war/thriller trilogy which had me turning pages everyday of my summer break. In fact, when I finished the second book I was pretty disappointed that the third book is, as yet unfinished.
Fortunately though, Birmo has a blog. Musing about all things sport, politics and life in Brisbane and Australia. He also invites the occasional discussion about the forthcoming Axis of Time book. It's a good fun read.
I was glad to read those 'big dumb airport novels' during the hols. They were a good break from all the heavy lifting I had my brain doing the previous couple o'months.
Posted by travo at 1:53:45 PM
I'm calling a moratorium on cheese plates and asian dinner sets
Monday, 09 January 2006
I hope everyone had a great Christmas! I certainly did - enjoying a great season of food, wine, friends and family; but the time has come to call a moratorium on cheese serving plates and asian dinner sets.
I'm probably going to cop a fair bit of grief over this, but hey - whatever. Every Christmas people start breaking out in cold sweats thinking about what kind of gifts to get me. I honestly don't think I'm that hard to buy for, except for the fact that I'm a whiny selfish bastard who openly complains about the stuff that I do get.
Look, I love cheese. But usually when I'm thinking about eating cheese I'll get some from the fridge, put it on an ordinary plate and cut it with an ordinary knife. If I'm sharing some cheese with friends, I'll usually get some from the fridge, put it on an ordinary chopping board with an ordinary knife... easy.
As for Asian food - love it; Japanese, Thai, Southern Chinese, Northern Chinese, Vietnamese, Korean. Great! But I don't really cook it at home. And when I do whip up a stir fry, I love serving those noodles in big-ass bowls, not the weenie little ceramic bowls. Plus, I'm likely to be found on the couch - in front of the TV no less, sucking up those noodles with a napkin on my lap than sitting at a carefully set dinner table with all the neat little asiany things scattered about.
So - who's coming over for some Asian food followed by a cheese platter for desert?
Posted by travo at 10:47:22 AM