My eyes went as wide as saucers when I read about lifelong friends James Packer and David Gyngell fighting like "two mad dogs" on the street in Bondi on Sunday afternoon. Perhaps the most shocking bit of the report - for me - on the SMH website was this: According to alleged witness claims, people... Continue Reading →
Missing a sensitivity chip?
"He makes his choices. He can do—whatever. We're divorced, and you can see why ... Brad is not mean-spirited; he would never intentionally try to rub something in my face. In hindsight, I can see him going, 'Oh—I can see that that was inconsiderate' ... There's a sensitivity chip that's missing." Jennifer Aniston, Vanity Fair, 2005 While... Continue Reading →
House’s homes (and party pics)
I drove past the first house I ever bought earlier this week. Ah, memories! It's on a busy road in Petersham, opposite a petrol station, which made it nice and cheap (there was also the small matter of a bikie gang having established a clubhouse over the back fence, but I didn't discover THAT until... Continue Reading →
Medicinal purposes
You'd think the "bad dream" aspect to my personal drama would have experienced a massive wake-up call by now. But no. It's been almost three months and I still can't quite believe it's not a nightmare. I've been partially deaf the past few days and Husband would normally be around to help. Instead I've prevaricated... Continue Reading →
HouseGoesHollywood: drugs are BAD (and James Franco is NAUGHTY)
Such a sad, sad week for the stars. The cause of Peaches Geldof's death was finally revealed, we lost beloved newsreader Ian Ross, and the movie world is a smaller place without Bob Hoskins. If I were to be flippant, which would be entirely inappropriate in the circumstances, there was also extensive mourning over the... Continue Reading →
Living in hope
I should have been cleaning and clearing and decluttering this week, but instead I've been parked on the couch mainlining season six of Californication. I bought it on Monday after a friend texted to say he'd spotted it in the new-release section at JB HiFi. I've been haunting JB for months wondering when the freaking... Continue Reading →