Going by how often I see Bender in his dog kennel outside, I had an inkling that he would enjoy the xxlarge crate that I ordered for Barbie to finally housebreak her properly. I set it up in the living room last night and Bender has been lying in it on and off ever since. I am going to have to shut Bender outside while I crate train Barbie ( Read more... )

I think I've been spoiled having the house to myself for long periods of time. Nic came back on Thursday, and our friend Esther came to stay on Friday, and I'm kinda wanting the house back. I guess they are both leaving tomorrow. And the house will be dirty. Bah ( Read more... )

I guess my Surly Long Haul trucker ain't getting shipped any time soon, since no planes can get out of Europe!

On friending people on facebook they typically say, I just went through your photos, looks like you have done alot of travelling ( Read more... )

The transport modes we choose to use every day are by necessity habitual. Most of us don't have the time or energy to burn when we leave the house in the morning to explore new transport possibilities. Perth's high rate of car use has made it a highly ingrained and habitual behaviour. Only 23% of private motorised vehicle trips are over a distance ( Read more... )

There's a couple of French CS-ers coming tomorrow, and Alex is parking her car out the front, and the owner is coming around to do some work. Nic is going to be in Margaret River though, so there will only be 3 cars out the front (not too bad). I was considering trying to fit mine into the garage - I think this is doable... though I may need to ( Read more... )

Was so good to chat to Kate for a bit last night. We watched a bit of Keating the musical and talked politics and histories. Doug is lovely! They don't have wireless ADSL so I'm using their desktop right now ( Read more... )

Since the Olympics are going to be starting in 10 days there are a lot of shows about China on TV. They range from following a badminton player through her career (glory, glory, look how well we're looked after) to journalists traipsing around Beijing trying to hide their cameras from police while finding those who have been left unsatisfied and ( Read more... )

Ok, so Nic has finally sent me the itinerary ( Read more... )