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If there is a lone cow shit in a field, will you step in it?

November 29th, 2008 at 8:00 am » Comments (0)

The answer to that questions is: yes, if you’re my son.
(Quite a difference to Keira’s reaction to them at the same age!)


So, how was your flight?

November 28th, 2008 at 4:36 am » Comments (2)

Understandably, the 6am flight between Australia’s two biggest cities was full of businessmen and women trying to get that extra snooze in after getting up at some ungodly hour of the morning. So I could feel the inner sighing of some when I hopped on the plane - at the last minute, scraping by - […]


How are we preparing for 2009?

November 3rd, 2008 at 4:34 am » Comments (11)

By buying a jumbo-sized family calendar - almost the size of my second born.
That’s how.
(You can tell we’ve gotten our camera back all fixed this week, can’t you? Let’s have three cheers for EXTENDED WARRANTY, baby!)


A quickie

September 30th, 2008 at 10:27 am » Comments (14)

Say you catch your son dunking toothbrushes into the toilet. Say these are brand new toothbrushes on top of all the other toothbrushes you’ve purchased in the previous months because this is his new hobby. Say the toilet is very clean. Say you hold the brushes in your hand and go, “Okay, do I chuck them again […]