I love documentaries. Love 'em. Recently I saw two - one American and one English - that really stuck in my mind. They were not about similar incidents but they're both about families, people trying to make sense of the inexplicable, and most of all about the illusion of perfection and the pressure to keep that appearance going at all costs ( Read more... )

Rohan is sick again. Argh! Still, at least it is enabling me to perfect my chicken soup technique. I made my own stock yesterday. Exciting times :)

Anyhoo. We went to be part of the audience for the first episode of Spicks and Specks on Wednesday. It was awesome fun. We were fortunate, because as the season opener and taped in the middle of the ( Read more... )

Back at work, but coughing significantly. Fortunately work did not implode in my absence. I am apparently not allowed to have all-in-one cold and flu tablets due to my high blood pressure, so I've been forced to buy nasal spray and cough mixture and panadeine. Hopefully they'll collectively get me through ( Read more... )

We just watched the first episode of 'Sherlock'. It was fabulous!

1. Holiday update: Eurostar is now booked. All we have left is the car hire. We leave five weeks from Friday. Eeee ( Read more... )

Oh, the heat. Tonight will be unpleasant for sleeping (22 degrees) and tomorrow will be a mere 43. Melbourne likes to try and kill us with the heat regularly ( Read more... )

( 1. Lost 3.19, The Brig; long, spoilery, and unrepentantly analytical )

( Dr Who season 3, Smith and Jones, spoilers within )

YES! The prime-time Chaser's War on Everything got over a million viewers! *fist of triumph ( Read more... )