I am spending unhealthy stretches of time glued to the Australian Financial Review, obsessively reading about the horseman of the apocalyse seeking conquest, war, famine, death and stock market destruction. Each day brings disturbing new sentences like "MAGA vigilantes are intimidating American judges by having pizzas delivered to their homes – a mob tactic to... Continue Reading →

I think I am getting braces. Well, I am 90% sure I will. Maybe 85%. I know. Crazy talk. I'm 57, not 17. I spent a long time on Saturday afternoon with an orthodontist at the NIB Dental Care Centre. The form I filled out in the waiting room was very amusing. It requested information... Continue Reading →

I know it makes me sound like an old person when I talk about "young people" ... but I really don't understand them. Which makes me sound even more like an old person. Example: my kids keep calling me. This freaks me out, because no one calls me other than scam artists. I tentatively answer... Continue Reading →

If you're anything like me you spent yesterday glued to news reports about "Liberation Day". Wow, what a cluster fark ... and a terrible blow to global economic stability. Although, there were amusing moments, such as when tariffs were placed on obscure islands. Norfolk Island, for example, was startled to discover it had been singled... Continue Reading →

DD departed yesterday to attend three overseas conferences. He'll be gone for two weeks. I didn't get a chance to blog yesterday because we had dinner together at a local Indian place on Tuesday night, then he headed off early on Wednesday morning. So I'm adjusting to daily life with no him and no kids.... Continue Reading →

Did you know there are physios who specialise in vertigo? I didn't until my lovely blog follower Kerrie filled me in. I've been dizzy for a few weeks, with the occasional swoon, so I finally decided to find time between vet visits for the moodle to book a physio visit for his owner. It was... Continue Reading →