Halloween is fast approaching and I couldn’t be less excited. I live in Australia and grew up with the knowledge that Halloween was a holiday celebrated elsewhere, experienced by Australians only through (generally American) movies, TV shows and cartoons. We didn’t have trick-or-treaters, we didn’t have Halloween parties, we didn’t dress up – frankly nobody [...]
I was driving Phill home recently quite late at night when all of a sudden, a car zoomed up behind me, moved into the lane next to me and drew level. A male passenger in the back seat stuck his head out the window and screamed “F*#&ing P-Platers!” as the driver pressed the accelerator to [...]
I have a few different email addresses, just like everyone else, I expect, and one of these is my student email I was given by my university. I graduated at the end of last year and nothing was said about the email being discontinued, so I happily kept using it … until this morning. I [...]
Today I thought I’d pop into the bank nice and early, because I figured it wouldn’t be busy. There was only one lady waiting to be served, so I got in line behind her, figuring I’d be in and out within minutes. An elderly man entered the bank and queued behind me. Actually, he was [...]
This morning I turned the television on to see a segment on Better Homes and Gardens in which Dr Harry, an Australian vet, was doing a house-call to a woman with an overweight dog. The dog, a labrador, had severe arthritis and was in a lot of pain. Dr Harry worked out that the dog [...]
