home cooked theory

In brief

So far my ‘holidays’ have involved: – my ibook crashing – blue ribbon Brisbane indie rock & Gold Coast hip hop – a brief return to scotch – wondering about why I live here and things that shouldn’t matter – shopping for ill-advised Xmas presents – buying a sensible hat – fantasising about getting married [...]

5 things you don’t know about me

(Well, a couple you may know, especially if you’re Jean) 1. (i) I quite often think about, and am ashamed by, how politically incorrect my childhood games were. Particularly the game my brother and I invented – “Ethiopes” – which we played in the sandy area of the farmhouse near the dog kennels. It consisted [...]

Waiting ’til the cows come home

Today is the day I can put the away message on my email that says “I may not write back to you until February.” The amount of joy this is giving me is hard to describe adequately. This year has felt like one never ending battle with Microsoft Word, my inbox and these two keyboards [...]

Summer addictions

Via MySpace’s newest addict, who, like me, is very grumpy about Fran Kelly’s summer replacement. On the bright side, an hour of Mary Louise Parker a week may be enough to withstand such tedium.

Queensland – The Smart State

When I got my first set of Queensland number plates I was given a choice for the little slogan that goes along the bottom: either ‘Queensland – The Sunshine State’ or the more recent ‘The Smart State’. Given that I’m an academic, I went for the latter, figuring that if I didn’t, who else would? [...]

ipod fashion

Bank Hotel, December 4

Lasting impressions

See, you wait a few days and everyone else says it for you. I’m not sure Canberra could have been any more fun given that I arrived there in a Gold Mercedes, was susequently driven around most places by nice boys, and when I wasn’t being driven I was catching buses or drinking pitchers, champagne [...]

Moments

Glen managed to catch this sweet pic of Kate and I during our book launch in Canberra. It’s the only one I’ve seen from the launches that captures the seriousness and the emotion of what is on the surface such a happy event – when you realise people you respect are saying nice things to [...]