-
Detox
(I've written a couple of posts on my other blog, but lots of people here were asking about our detox, so I thought I'd copy and paste it here)
The worst thing about having a blocked ear for three days straight? Being so in tune with all my body's teeny tiny functions - those functions that no one, not even the perpetrator themselves, should be ( Read more... ) -
New blog
Hi team ( Read more... ) -
Conquering the Microwave!
(This post suffers greatly from the lack of photos. I can't seem to be able to attach pictures without 'upgrading'. This makes me sad ( Read more... ) -
Me! Driving on the Autobahn!
Wrote this on the train two days ago, and have only now gotten around to posting it ( Read more... ) -
Eating in the dark...
Dunc and I have just returned from the Prague restaurant 'Under the Wing of Darkness' - advertised as the next in series of 'dark restuarants' to crop up throughout Europe. The concept is simple enough: A typical restaurant serves typical restaurant meals, but the setting is one of complete and utter darkness. The first of its kind opened in ( Read more... ) -
Blogs?
So - advice needed.
I want to do a GOOD blog when we are away. Dunc is going to do a masculine 'goal oriented' kind of a blog (lots of statistics, etc - aimed at cyclists really), but I want one that is much more exploratory.
I started one here: http://sargietourdeeurope.blogspot.com/
But that was only because I was bored one night and had no idea ( Read more... ) -
In search of a destination
36 days until the bike box hits the conveyor belt...
One thing that was not listed on my 'Things I am Scared of' list was the fear of aimless, apathetic wandering. Hence, I am in need of a theme. This, I am hoping, will give some form of 'direction' to our travels. Currently our theme is 'Shit! Stay away from the snow!'... but I think maybe we need ( Read more... ) -
Pre-tour musings
41 days.
In 41 days I will leave Perth with nothing but my bike, my bulging panniers, and a flock of squawking seagulls smashing around inside my stomach. Although technically the tour has not yet begun, I have decided to start writing now, so that one day I can look back at this and see how I was feeling before my arse was a pink calloused lump of ( Read more... ) -
Work work work
you know that dodgy aussie hiphop song about work? where he gets a speeding ticket, his house burns down and his life falls apart 'all because i had to go to work ( Read more... ) -
nostalgia for a mind long gone
Wow - I found this piece of writing that was on an old blog of mine from when i was in canada. crazy how my mind was spinning back in the day. i found this interesting to read again...
Nietzsche discusses how we speak in metaphors; how we assume a ‘primal truth’, and that our words are merely nerve-stimuli perceived and then transformed into these ( Read more... )