Fuck, this election is weird ( Read more... )

As always, the exciting thing about tomorrow is deciding whether to number ALL THE BOXES for the Senate or just go for one above the line. I've done both, and actually found it quite freeing to just go for the one box rather than trying to decide who out of the most appalling candidates to rank slightly higher than last ( Read more... )

Posting from hospital! On my phone! Nothing much to report, nothing too alarming, but they're keeping me in overnight. So this is just because I can, cos it's the future. Wish my battery wasn't so low. Since they haven't made me stoned I may wind up bored soon.

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Okay, Perth people - danamaree will be visiting from the opposite corner of the continent from 25/10. I thought I'd invite people round the following weekend, Fri 30th or Sat 31st for dinner, or maybe Sat/Sun arvo-ish. I could provide food, which I like doing, and we could watch some stuff if we run out of things to talk ( Read more... )

My internet connection at home is not really working. I'm gathering more evidence, as if we needed more, that it's one thing to choose not to spend much time on the internet, (which I had been doing reasonably happily), and quite another to be prevented ( Read more... )

Cricket series ends, Ramadan begins - coincidence??

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Tomorrow is the 50th anniversary of the creation of the Mini. There'll be various displays around, such as in the middle of Perth, if you happen to be in the area ( Read more... )

* Part of the reason I've been slack about restarting my gas hot water system pilot light is that optimally I should remember to go outside and do it at a certain shade of dusk (or, very hypothetically, dawn). It's not a particularly narrow range, but there are large swathes of day and night that aren't very useful. It's best if I can see both the ( Read more... )

Disconcerting to have missed a day of news, and the unusually-bad 14 dead in bushfires news (that I was also taken by surprise by, on Saturday) suddenly becoming 130+. Somewhat astonishing to me is the Queen ("of Australia") noticing and making a statement ( Read more... )

Bazza!

Just voted. Took me a while to remember it was something I needed to do *today*, until kathrynlinge texted me - about something pretty unrelated - and I suddenly thought "Oh, hang on, I have to *vote*!" A bit later idling texted me with a similar realisation - "I just saw election news, and remembered 'hang on, that involves me ( Read more... )