the end was just the beginning
You know how I'm obsessed with the idea of building an indoor beach as one of my mad business ideas? (No? Then click here for a refresher.) Well some clever Germans have beaten me to it. I was footling around on smh.com.au when I saw this story about Germany's Indoor Tropical Island. The SMH says:... Continue Reading →
I've written before about the disturbing nature of my attic - for example, this blog ... I was in the attic on Monday night, searching for the photo of me with Stripper Santa. I got really freaked out. My panic initially revolved around where the effing hell the Stripper Santa photo had gone. Are you one... Continue Reading →
Farmer's Direct keep sending me pears - they must be in season - and I keep forgetting to get Husband and Sprog 1 to eat them. (There's no way Sprog 2 or I are going anywhere near a fresh pear.) So they keep going brown and mushy. I decided I couldn't let the most expensive... Continue Reading →
"A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to put its pants on." Winston Churchill Working in the weekly magazine industry has totally ruined gossip for me. Don't get me wrong, I love compiling HouseGoesHollywood. I've been followed the minutiae of celebrity lives since 2002, so trawling the internet for... Continue Reading →
Did you ever fantasise about being a twin when you were a kid? It was right up there with being an alien from Alpha Centauri for me. I think it was the appeal of a permanent playmate that understood and accepted all my quirks and idiosyncracies (of which there were - and still are -... Continue Reading →
Make-ups, break-ups and trip-ups ... it's all been happening in La-La Land overnight. Hugh's Oscar plea - in song! Hugh Jackman has been making mischief on The Late Show with David Letterman, turning up dressed as Abraham Lincoln and singing the opening line of the Gettysburg Address – to prove that he deserves the Oscar for Best Actor... Continue Reading →
My youngest has a birthday party coming up and I'm arguing with her about who to invite. I'm from the "invite all the girls in your class so no-one feels left out" school. But my youngest is fiercely objecting to several girls who've been mean to her coming along. So I've told her she's not... Continue Reading →
It's all sex, drugs and rock n roll today ... Pink's sexy new video Pink makes out with hubby Carey Hart in her raunchy new video clip for Just Give Me A Reason. Included are scenes of the pair lying together on a floating bed and kissing passionately in the water. At one point during... Continue Reading →
As I sit gazing at Google Analytics five, 10, 50 times a day, it's occurred to me that I have an addiction. It's not to poker machines or roulette wheels (though I was rather partial to the toy one I got for Christmas as a kid ... ah, the things they thought were appropriate in... Continue Reading →
Something old, something new, something bizarre ... Chips off the Jackson block It seems at least two of Michael Jackson's kids have inherited a taste for showbiz. Prince Jackson, 16, has been appointmented as a special correspondent for Entertainment Tonight. "I'm looking to become well-rounded as a producer, director, screenwriter and actor,' he explained. Prince's first... Continue Reading →
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