Category Archive: Offbeat

May 16 2012

US$17 billion not enough for Zuckerberg?

Perhaps because of the looming initial public offering (IPO), Facebook feels it needs to show potential investors what a great opportunity its shares are. It’s not happy with being one of the wealthiest companies on the planet. It’s not happy with the Facebook page sidebar being stuffed full of advertisements. It’s now putting ads …

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May 13 2012

Stilettos and Starlettos

We were guests at a delightful wedding yesterday. It took place at Summerlees Cottage in the southern tablelands near Moss Vale. The ceremony was a garden affair, and this caused great difficulties for some women as their stiletto heels disappeared into the soft grass. But wait – there is a solution. Read on…

When it …

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May 08 2012

Global flatulence

For some reason flatulence is intrinsically funny. It’s just methane gas, but kids wet themselves laughing about it, the internet’s full of jokes about it and comedians make a living from it. The Roman Emperor Elagabulus used a whoopee cushion to amuse his guests at his dinner parties, and they’ve sold well ever since. Search …

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Apr 21 2012

Peeve of the week – Carpark Etiquette

I was in the car-park of our local shopping mall yesterday watching a family carefully transferring the contents of their full trolley into the boot of their car. The car park was full, and there was a car waiting for their parking spot.

Traffic was queued up behind the waiting car and while …

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Apr 17 2012

Amazing intersection of careers

For a long time Bob Brown has been one of my heroes. Last Friday he resigned from the leadership of the Australian Greens Party after a remarkably influential political career.

Although I don’t know a lot about Jimi Hendrix, I do know that he was considered one of the most influential electric guitarists of …

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Mar 25 2012

Sabine’s horse story

People say that if you fall off a horse the best thing to do is get straight back on again. And that’s exactly what Sabine did yesterday. The other thing you need to do, judging by what Sabine has been doing ever since, is tell everyone about how you fell off the horse and how you got straight back …

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Jun 24 2010

Cardigans are analogue

Winter is well and truly upon us and, as is the case each year, cardigans are unfashionable. However I want to speak on their behalf.

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Jun 22 2010

Things to do with odd socks

Since I added the post about orphan socks I’ve found lots of things to do with them:

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May 30 2010

Bubble wrap – cheap thrills for kids

Some shopping we bought recently came in a large sheet of bubble wrap. The kids saw it and immediately knew how to use it

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May 13 2010

Back to reality

Back home in Sydney

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