Fradam

The other day, I purchased new laces for my old basketball shoes. The game on Sunday night felt a lot easier on my feet than games previously; my shoes were tighter, stronger, safer. I felt almost as if I had a new lease on my basketball life. Or at least that the life of my […]

That’s right; I’ve found the secret. After a (relatively short) lifetime of saying goodbye to friends (as much as you can do when you live in your home town for 20 or so years), and struggling terribly with it, I’ve made a discovery which will possibly shock the world. Or at least this part of […]

Thanks to Kevin Rudd’s desire to stimulate the economy, I now have some unexpected cash. It’s a strange position. I did nothing to earn it, yet it’s there. There’s actually a peculiar discomfort with it. I cannot quite articulate it properly, so I might just fumble around a little and try. It’s an undeserved gift, […]

On Saturday evening, I had the scariest driving experience.
As some would know, I’m still learning to drive, and as such, am liable to find myself in fearful positions every so often. Driving home from Woollahra with the Walls, we ended up in Bondi Junction and along the main road there back to the city. The […]

Reposting this for the non-Facebookers (I know, I didn’t believe it was true either!).. so really, feel free to ignore if you saw it already, there are no differences between this one and the one on Facebook… or are there? Muahahaha… if nothing else though, it’s a nice snapshot of what is going on at […]

Last Friday evening, I had my first real camping experience. Competition to that title could include ye olde camps that placed me in cabins, and warm nights spent out in my backyard as a child. In all honesty, I hardly think there’s any competition: this was by far and large the winner.
We headed out past […]

Today, reports of Atlantis flitted across my table. With the launch of an Ocean in Google Earth, searching beneath the ocean has never been easier. How exciting to have this opportunity! The fact that oceans cover nearly three quarters of the entire globe, yet we know so little about what is actually down there is.. […]

Colours thrown quickly, grace these walls
The artists are, but a few small squalls
Lines drawn purposefully, across crimson bricks
Slowly begin to wonder, if my mind’s playing tricks
There’s a figure vague, amidst the hue
A moving leg, a yearning arm or two
Why are they there? I should know
They shimmer briefly and brightly glow
I wish I could, just discern […]

I didn’t want to make a deal of it when it happened, but I was robbed a few months ago.
It was the first warm spring day in a while and I decided to hang some washing out on the line. When I came home, two socks were missing, and one of my favourite pairs of […]

I’ve completely moved into the new place, and it is still quite startling how close everything is:
- Coles and Woolies about a block away
- 3 Asian grocery stores within walking distance
- An Indian grocery store that is as far as the Woolies!
… and work is about a 20-25 minute walk away. That’s right, I now […]