Movies
Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF), 7-24 August 2025. I kind of hate MIFF. It can be a shitfight to get half-decent seats because it's very popular and a lot of presale tickets get snapped up by people with memberships. The memberships are too expensive to contemplate and the
Nonsense
A few weeks ago we had to get a birthday present for a small human and the suggestion was to get a Labubu. Neither ourselves nor the suggester were aware that Labubus have become a worldwide, celebrity-driven collectible craze, so it wasn't easy to find one but an
Nerdery
The other week the kitchen powerpoint where we boil the kettle broke. The plastic cracked and the switch no longer switched. This left us with one working power outlet in the kitchen including the one the fridge is plugged into. A suboptimal situation. After frying two power boards trying to
Outdoors
Ducks'—and I cannot stress this enough—bums.
Sportsball
About a month ago I watched Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds for the first time. Last weekend I saw Carlton beat Melbourne at the MCG. There are a lot of seagulls flying around the 'G. Beware ye who purchase chips especially. They really go for it and one
Knitting
Readers will be keenly awaiting an update to my last post where I announced plans to knit one or more berets. The first one is done, as modelled in the image by my old friend Freddo Frog. I made the classic silhouette version of the Best Beret pattern, using 10-ply
Knitting
Australian Sheep and Wool Show at Bendigo Showgrounds, 17 July 2025. I had been disproportionately excited for this: a day trip to Bendigo to look at sheep, pick out some nice yarn and enjoy the finest agricultural attractions. I wasn't disappointed. It was a quick and easy drive
Food
We make ful medames at home every weekend, and often during the week too. It's delicious, healthy and cheap, and good for breakfast, lunch or dinner. It has that staple quality where you really can't get sick of it. I love it. It's one
Music
5 July 2025 in Melbourne, with Kuntsquad, Strawberry Fist Cake, Beanflipper, Resistance, Blowhole, ADHD, Y Not, Knife and Wot Rot. It's time for a punk show. Punk and metal really, although judging from the sartorial settings on the day it was definitely a punk show. Mamma Chen'
Watercolour
A thing that bugs me about a lot of watercolour video tutorials is they only show the part where the brush hits the paper. That leaves more than half of the process out and too many unanswered questions, like what colours did they use, and how much water? What does
Personal
I have several shoeboxes full of photos, letters, cards and the like that I've kept for nearly my entire life. The letters and cards all were given to me, including birthday cards beginning at age six (I was given five of the same card, clearly the only option
Watercolour
I mentioned in an earlier post that I would be taking a watercolour class soon. I'm now part-way through the seven week class. During the last fortnight or so I have settled on a theme, which is posts in water with a one point perspective (vanishing to a