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Shag on the Vane [yesterday] (via me)
Mar 30th
Project 365 #90 - 30 March 2008 (via me) Took a stroll in...
Mar 30th
The circus is in town. (via me)
Mar 30th
(via reversecowgirl)
Mar 30th
“She just can’t handle that you’re vivacious,...”
— Someone [a male], to me...
Mar 30th
feastingonroadkill: Planet Karen. Get your regular dose here
Mar 30th

Hello autumn!

It’s bucketing down with rain.  No big deal you may say, but you don’t live in a...
Mar 30th
(via shawnblog)
Mar 29th
“Sex is the woman’s right, not the man’s. A man has a duty to...”
— Judaism 101: Kosher Sex (via...
Mar 29th
“Surround yourself with people who have faith in the future.”
— from this, via danw. (via...
Mar 29th

Oh, hilarious

I keep getting emails from the public driven news site, NowPublic.com, asking to use my photos for...
Mar 29th
Retro To Go: ChauhanStudio Dear God of Free Things Seeing...
Mar 29th
Listen Listen
Player [1] - Space Invaders Ooh what a treat!  I was ripping some singles [45’s] from vinyl...
Mar 29th
Here’s the artwork for the single. A little...
Mar 29th

Things I Was Not Allowed To Do On The...

I was not allowed to sing ‘My Heart Will Go On’ over the office intercom, to prove my...
Mar 29th
Project 365 #89 - 29 March 2008 (via me) My street doing...
Mar 29th
Retro To Go: Classic Penguin Book mugs Nice. I have that...
Mar 29th
nu: How to Speak Hip - Skeyelab Music click through to...
Mar 28th
Cliché Theme
Mar 28th
“We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the...”
— Plato (via Ruhi). Perfect...
Mar 28th
nansamplr:catastrofe: run (in qualche modo rimanda a...
Mar 28th

This is what my life has come to

The most fun I have had all night is talking to my ISP tech support. I’m almost wishing...
Mar 28th
Project 365 #88 - 28 March 2008 (via me) A department...
Mar 28th

Things I Was Not Allowed To Do On The...

I was not allowed to implore passers-by from the second story window of my workplace to...
Mar 28th
Project 365 #87 - 27 March 2008 (via me) Too bloody much.
Mar 28th
Sculpta Sutra - Clay Kama Sutra Figures It’s the...
Mar 28th

Retail Therapy

…is a beautiful thing. Today in my travels I purchased: 2 x pairs of earrings 1 x DVD...
Mar 28th
Spooky.
Mar 28th
Last weekend (via me)
Mar 27th

I heart American insomniacs

… for keeping my dashboard moving at a slow dribble.  God knows the Australian contingent are...
Mar 27th
The 25 Most Disturbing Sex Toys
Mar 27th
“But every woman on the Internet gets called slutty and ugly...”
— Violet Blue writes here (via...
Mar 27th
via supernice
Mar 27th
Sex and flirting in Japan
Mar 27th

Things I Was Not Allowed To Do On The...

I’m not sure whether I’ve ever mentioned here that my main career path has been in radio...
Mar 27th
My nephews last Sunday. (via me)
Mar 27th
4 Reasons Not to Write off Shooting in...
Mar 26th
“Don’t be afraid to cry. It will free your mind of sorrowful...”
— Hopi proverb (via kingscross)
Mar 26th
Reznor vs. Radiohead: Innovation Smackdown Who’s the...
Mar 26th
“A NEW Zealand man has been sentenced to community work after...”
— ‘Wombat rape made man...
Mar 26th

Sonnets from the Portuguese - number 14

gauntlet: If thou must love me, let it be for nought Except for love’s sake only.  Do not say ...
Mar 26th
burningfencepost: Fudge (v)
Mar 26th
“It was an emotion that I had never experienced in my life...”
— Jason Donovan on Kylie...
Mar 26th

Huzzah

One of my photos made it onto the tumblr radar! I’ve no idea how, as it was only reblogged by...
Mar 26th
Mucking around on Easter Sunday.
Mar 26th

Dear my family

Just because I have two cats and my name is associated with butterflies, does not mean that I have...
Mar 26th
via www.lastlemon.com
Mar 26th
“I’m selfish, impatient, and a little insecure. I make...”
— Marilyn Monroe (via constance...
Mar 26th
Swimming at sunset (via me)
Mar 26th
busterkeaton: phantomoftheradio: my latest GIF effort!  ...
Mar 26th
“How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. I love thee to...”
— Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Mar 26th
“Establishing goals is all right if you don’t let them...”
— Doug Larson (via...
Mar 26th
Project 365 #86 - 26 March 2008 (via me)
Mar 26th
Warch Watch
Simon’s Cat ‘Let Me In!’ Cute animation. 
Mar 26th
“Why sensible feminists have not figured out how to band...”
— The Smart Set (via m-star)...
Mar 25th
Run Doggie Run  - Easter Sunday 2008 (via me)
Mar 25th
“It’s interesting, because - again, talking in broad brush...”
— Cherchez la femme (via...
Mar 25th
Project 365 #85 - 25 March 2008 (via me) New modem.  So...
Mar 25th
A rare candid photo I took of my niece this past weekend. ...
Mar 25th
“Everything has its beauty, but not everyone sees it.”
— Confucius
Mar 25th
Project 365 #84 - 24 March 2008 (via me) A belated birthday...
Mar 25th

Thought for the Day

vinh: I’ve accidently tripped our home security system a few times. The loud WOOP WOOP WOOP WOOP is...
Mar 24th
“And by the way, everything in life is worth writing about if...”
— Sylvia Plath (via...
Mar 24th
sunluvr: Bambi (hard to explain) (via) I dunno what it...
Mar 24th
sothenshe:peterwknox:trappedintime:asprettyasasong:setuplikea...
Mar 24th
“Dinosaurs are to 10-year-old boys as naked girls are to...”
— Ben McKenzie, The Melbourne...
Mar 24th
burningfencepost: Fudge (iv)
Mar 24th

Gah!

I have no internet connection at home, as of 24 hours ago.  I had plans for internetting on my...
Mar 24th
“She’s a bit……alternative.”
— My family, discussing me...
Mar 23rd
Still my most viewed photo on Flickr, by a long shot.  Go...
Mar 23rd
Project 365 #83 - 23 March 2003 (via me) Easter Sunday spent...
Mar 23rd
Listen Listen
ashleystar: devo - snowball Ah, another album I need to replace and stat.  I still have it on...
Mar 23rd
Warch Watch
William Shatner presents the Commodore Vic-20 - Wonder computer of the 1980’s. I like the...
Mar 22nd
My Aspartame Experiment Look at Victoria’s pictures of her...
Mar 22nd
Project 365 #82 - 22 March 2008 (via me) Bra shopping. ...
Mar 22nd
“For every beauty there is an eye somewhere to see it. For...”
— Ivan Panin (Russian...
Mar 22nd
kingscross: Matching Red And Yellow by Fong Lam,...
Mar 22nd
Happy Easter  I do not know this child.  The Easter Bunny...
Mar 22nd
Clarke and Dawe: the comic duo you can bank on -...
Mar 22nd
“I always feel this pressure of being a strong and...”
— julie delpy as celine in...
Mar 21st
emmas: I know. Weird. Americans dont have kettles. caz: ...
Mar 21st
Eagle Bay Beach, late afternoon, March 2008 (via me) ...
Mar 21st

My cat likes boobies

My feline friend Bilbo has recently developed the habit of stretching out on the desk between my...
Mar 21st
Project 365 #81 - 21 March 2008 (via me) Book...
Mar 21st
I’m not much of a gamer, but I do love me some old...
Mar 21st

Photography & Me

I like taking photos.  I mean, I really like taking photos.  Especially when I do.  Even a bit when...
Mar 21st
Dusk at Eagle Bay, March ‘08 (via me)
Mar 21st

She's back! Hooray!

I’ve just had the blinding and fabulous realisation that today I feel genuinely cheerful for...
Mar 20th
Project 365 #80 - 20 March 2008 (via me)It’s here! ...
Mar 20th
Sixties style Go-Go boots from Atom Retro YES!  Yes, oh,...
Mar 20th
“The longer I live the more beautiful life becomes. If you...”
— Frank Lloyd Wright (via...
Mar 20th
burningfencepost: Fudge (iii)  I love this.
Mar 20th
Project 365 #79 - 19 March 2008 (via me) The best Easter...
Mar 20th
You might think Elvis Costello was a bit mad,...
Mar 20th
Listen Listen
Liam Finn - I’ll Be Lightning Couldn’t stop listening to this whilst I was away. ...
Mar 20th
My short term memory is appalling, but I can remember having...
Mar 20th
Project 365 #78 - 18 March 2008 (via me) Mmmm.
Mar 20th

Math is nuts

bg5000: malty: UNBELIEVABLE MATH PROBLEM Here is a math trick so unbelievable that it will...
Mar 20th
Project 365 #77 - 17 March 2008 (via me) So, I got home...
Mar 20th
“I always tell people, it’s really quite simple. Telephone...”
— Beautiful, depraved
Mar 20th
Amsterdam’s Museum Of Bags And Purses[thx Timedesk]...
Mar 20th
Project 365 #76 - 16 March 2008 (via me) On the long...
Mar 20th
Waterloo - Creem T-Shirt Cool. [There are better colour...
Mar 20th
Project 365 #75 - 15 March 2008 (via me) I made a new...
Mar 20th
burningfencepost: At Rest in the Wood, East Of The Sun,...
Mar 20th
Project 365 #74 - 14 March 2008 (via me) Karri trees in...
Mar 19th
Octagon Lens Sunglasses - Betsey Johnson Did I mention I...
Mar 19th
Street photography in Australia - stuff you...
Mar 19th

Reasons to put comments on your...

Yep.  Some things are for commenting on.  Some things are for reblogging.  dawnowar: Because you...
Mar 19th
(via garfieldminusgarfield)
Mar 19th
gauntlet:mascarah: (via tumblinas)
Mar 19th
“Everywhere I look I’m being told that my main source of...”
— Elena (via burningfencepost) ...
Mar 19th
“I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people...”
— Maya Angelou (via alicia)
Mar 19th
(via me) Sunset with crashing waves at Yallingup Beach,...
Mar 18th
“Being voracious is in our genes. I’ve never bought the...”
— Beautiful, depraved: The...
Mar 18th
My friend Nicola and I at a medieval wedding a few years...
Mar 18th
“What a great place! You know, you can tell so much about a...”
— Steve Martin, “The Jerk” (via...
Mar 18th
vinh: dkoder: polaroid lovers, unite!
Mar 18th
(via Vimrod1)
Mar 18th

Woah

I just checked Disqus for the first time in weeks and it looks like I missed seeing about 20+...
Mar 18th
Project 365 #73 - 13 March 2008 (via me) Most incredible...
Mar 18th
A nice milestone. Hi, everybody. :) 
Mar 18th
Ooooo look at this lubbly jubbly new camcorder from...
Mar 17th

I just don't get it.

St Patrick’s Day. Ireland is a lovely country and beer is nice and all, but I hate dressing...
Mar 17th
A crappy photo of the Busselton Jetty (told you most of...
Mar 17th
Placentero space age lounger I want to sit in this.  Now.
Mar 17th
Water rushes around the remains of a jetty pylon -...
Mar 17th

Dear People I Work With

Just because you have to turn my computer off at the end of the day, does not mean you need to move...
Mar 17th

The Good Wife's Guide

An oldie but a goodie.  sarahcroberts: From Housekeeping Monthly, May 13, 1955, sent to me by...
Mar 17th
A Beachside Holiday (via me) Busselton, Western Australia...
Mar 17th
Listen Listen
ashleystar: severed heads - dead eyes opened (shortened version) Ah, there’s a blast from the...
Mar 17th
Butterfly Shell at Busselton (via me)
Mar 17th
claudia:Made by Rob Ryan
Mar 17th
A wee birdy catching some shade in Busselton, Western...
Mar 17th
Harold’s Planet
Mar 17th
20 Biggest Record Company Screw-Ups of All...
Mar 17th
Project 365 #72 - 12 March 2008 (via me) The short jetty at...
Mar 17th
claudia:PostSecret Mmhmm.
Mar 16th
They found it!
Mar 16th

I have returned

Yeah. Things I learned:  You know all that cliched crap people tell you about not being able to...
Mar 16th
gauntlet: From Post Secret
Mar 16th
“Maybe that’s the key to happiness. The possibility of a...”
— Dawn, in a blog post last...
Mar 16th
claudia: Via FFFFOUND!  No comment.
Mar 16th

I'm blowin' this rice paddy

My lift is due right about now and from there we’re hitting the highway. Wind in my hair. ...
Mar 11th
Project 365 #71 - 11 March 2008  My typically untidy...
Mar 11th
“I’m not running away from my problems. I’m walking in a...”
— Vimrod (via affremblequotes)
Mar 11th
Project 365 #70 - 10 March 2008  Sorting a few things...
Mar 10th
“You know you’re in love with a person when you talk to them...”
— From Be Kind Rewind.  (via...
Mar 9th
“He has Van Gogh’s ear for music.”
— Billy Wilder Great insults...
Mar 9th
(via supernice) I miss you.
Mar 9th

Wahhh!

I’ve been trying to buy a camera online since before my birthday [Feb 24] and have had all...
Mar 9th
pica: Is it wrong that I’d rather follow the TESTUMBLRONE* than the tumblinas? *And not just...
Mar 9th
“Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most...”
— Khalil Gibran (via emmas)
Mar 9th

Which sports car are you?

I’m a Mazda Miata! You like to soak up the sun, but your tastes are down to earth. Everyone...
Mar 9th
Project 365 #69 - 9 March 2008  I attempted to leave the...
Mar 9th
“I like clothes. And I think it’s OK to think about clothes...”
— Maggie Gyllenhaal talks about...
Mar 9th
gauntlet: From Post Secret
Mar 9th
Project 365 #68 - 8 March 2008 When life is letting you...
Mar 9th
Project 365 #67 - 7 March 2008  Tears fall in my heart...
Mar 9th
feastingonroadkill: Uh? Tumblr has ‘private groups’? Are...
Mar 9th
Listen Listen
Liam Finn - Second Chance I saw a clip today of Liam singing this song on Letterman and it was so...
Mar 9th
“A house without books is like room without windows.”
— Horace Mann (via...
Mar 9th
“..what is more likely to survive than most social networks...”
— Robert X Cringley forsees a...
Mar 9th
Yes…. and no.  nu: This is how I feel right now. ...
Mar 9th
pica: The Fail Blog fails at spelling. You saw it here...
Mar 9th
Tumblr Statzer
Mar 8th
Some hair for Anja.
Mar 7th
Warch Watch
Supergrass - Bad Blood Supergrass have a new single. Great vid AND song, as always…. Be...
Mar 7th
Warch Watch
anthonydever: Steve Jobs vs. Bill Gates with a special appearance by Commodore 64 via lfarm +...
Mar 7th
“Are you really sure that a floor can’t also be a ceiling?”
— MC Escher (via prez)
Mar 7th

Vampire Weekend

No matter how good their music is purported to be, that is the dumbest, most naff band name...
Mar 7th
Top Ten Grammar Myths
Mar 7th
The start of the tulip season last winter at Araluen Botanic...
Mar 7th
Listen Listen
Ruth Brown - If I Can’t Sell It, I’ll Keep Sitting On It Ah, the glorious Ruthie Brown....
Mar 7th

Gaddammit

My dashboard is showing up with no formatting [I don’t know the technical term for it,...
Mar 7th
Hand Job Advice.com
Mar 7th
10 Things Your Dad Never Told You About Sex
Mar 6th
Sigur Ros is Taking Over Youtube - Friday...
Mar 6th

Something in the air

Two loud and long rolls of thunder… I investigate… The air outside smells thick and...
Mar 6th
Project 365 #66 - 6 March 2008  These are not happy...
Mar 6th
xtc:no title I won’t tell you what happens next. ...
Mar 6th
Warch Watch
2 iPhones and an iPod Touch. Performed live and vocals added later. kingscross: iBand - Life...
Mar 6th
Best Erotic Comics 2008.
Mar 5th
“Fall seven times, stand up eight.”
— Japanese proverb
Mar 5th
(via claudia) (via zeroblog)
Mar 5th
X.Pace, a Sydney/Singapore-based design studio is on the...
Mar 5th
Facebook founder becomes world's youngest...
Mar 5th
Clinton hints at teaming up with Obama
Mar 5th
Another Tumblr image viewer thingy
Mar 5th
Tumblr Forum
Mar 5th
Yes, please. roamin: leave all my blues behind (via...
Mar 5th
What Katie Did Frilly Knickers - La Magia I am indulging in...
Mar 5th
“To take a photograph is to align the head, the eye and the...”
— Henri Cartier-Bresson (via...
Mar 5th
Project 365 #65 - 5 March 2008  A card for today.
Mar 5th
“Worry often gives a small thing a big shadow.”
— - Swedish proverb (via Zen...
Mar 4th
Eagle Bay This is where I’m going next week for 5...
Mar 4th
Listen Listen
Gotye - Heart’s A Mess  Pronounced like the fashion designer Gaultier, without the...
Mar 4th
Project 365 #64 - 4 March 2008  You know not much is...
Mar 4th
Streaker no match for Symonds There just isn’t enough...
Mar 4th
Harold’s Planet
Mar 4th
Project 365 #63 - 3 March 2008 The first of several...
Mar 4th

Let's talk about the weather

I know I’ve been whingeing about the heat a bit this summer; it has been the hottest summer in...
Mar 3rd
jessicalouise: Whether you’re a Christian, or don’t believe in God at all, i think everyone could...
Mar 3rd
Me too. bg5000: I don’t know about you, but i find this...
Mar 3rd
Nine Inch Nails new album released for FREE.
Mar 3rd
travors: How to destroy any faint chance that an American...
Mar 3rd

Miss Clarkson is a fussy bum

I am currently employed in a large furniture shop with a small staff.  It’s the family...
Mar 3rd

I like pushing buttons

Is it just me, or does anyone else find it supremely satisfying to be able to click on the word...
Mar 3rd
“The truth is, if I actually spent my days actively paying...”
— From here (via gauntlet)
Mar 3rd
Kapow Light I could go for that. 
Mar 2nd

Does this mean I've made it?

Ah, you have to live in New York for that.  Sorry.  I forgot. I made the...
Mar 2nd
“‘Normal’ is what you call people you don’t know that well...”
— Jeff the barfly (via dawnowar)
Mar 2nd
Waiting for a wave.  I love how the colours shimmer and...
Mar 2nd

The Worlds Shortest Fairy Tale

emmas: Once upon a time, a guy asked a girl, “Will you marry me?” The girl said, “No,” and she...
Mar 2nd
February - Project 365  Up to date.  That was easy.
Mar 2nd
January - Project 365  I’m a bit late, I know. ...
Mar 2nd
Project 365 #62 - 2 March 2008 My good old Pioneer...
Mar 2nd
“Writing about music is like dancing about architecture”
— Frank Zappa (via ritz)
Mar 2nd
70s Style wall stickers by Trine Andersen How cool are...
Mar 2nd

Oops.

Yeah, so I uploaded that song by Gotye a few minutes ago, then deleted it because the wrong frigging...
Mar 1st
Salt and Pepper Maracas - Naoto Fukasawa Brilliant.  Why...
Mar 1st
Retro delights: The Joy of Sex
Mar 1st
Ahmed Finds Joy in Every Worthless Inch
Mar 1st
Warch Watch
Too incredible and beautiful not to pass on.  I was wondering today if my cats would miss me…...
Mar 1st
Reasons why I am not a fashion designer Off to the ball,...
Mar 1st
Project 365 #61 - 1 March 2008  Mmmmmm dirty laundry.
Mar 1st
MESSERSCHMITT KR200 BUBBLE CAR on eBay (end time...
Mar 1st
maddux: Vegans generally eschew the term “pet”, which...
Mar 1st
busterkeaton: antoinetta:  kiku:  via tokutoku coaching ...
Mar 1st
amwelles: The house was built with maximum regard for the...
Feb 29th
miss-r: I’ve never understood this.  Me neither.
Feb 29th
“Three o’clock is always too late or too early for anything...”
— Jean-Paul Sartre (via rlrr)
Feb 29th
Album cover of the day. The music isn’t bad either,...
Feb 29th
Warch Watch
Donna Theodore sings “Femininity” circa 1960-something. Love it. Particularly the orange...
Feb 29th
Project 365 #60 - 29 Feb 2008 It was the enormous and...
Feb 29th
“It takes a clever man to turn cynic, and a wise man to be...”
— Fannie Hurst
Feb 29th
Project 365 #59 - 28 Feb 2008 Screw you Windows,...
Feb 29th
sharingtime: After facing an 8% decline in same-store sales, Victoria’s Secret CEO Sharen J....
Feb 29th
Australia to sign anti-torture protocol
Feb 29th
Guess who? I turn on the television tonight and About A Boy...
Feb 29th