So, there’s a mini-series on SciFi at the moment called The Triangle. Sam Niel, the chick from Jag, and a few other familiar faces. Quite good, actually. The especially interesting part of it all – given the show’s about time travel and distortion, etc – is how all three parts have appeared on TV some… Read more
The grossly dominant brand of confectionary here is Hershey’s, of course. They’re really not that big on milk chocolate here at all – Hershey’s is not. It’s the same chocolate you get in M&Ms (which, yes, are available here, but they’re pretty expensive). While it works well in M&Ms, because it’s slightly richer, when you… Read more
We went to Pizza Hut tonight. I don’t know why, but I decided when leaving work today that I really wanted to have Pizza Hut. Of course, Pizza Hut here is not exactly what I’m used to… it was more or less just a sports bar, that happened to serve massively overpriced pizza – $20… Read more
They don’t have Milo here. Weirdoes.
I was having such trouble deciding what to buy yesterday when we went grocery shopping… by and large there’s no familiar brands or products. Just try finding normal peanut butter here, let alone vegemyte or anything… :( But when I arrived at the cereal section, it took only moments to decide. And thus now with… Read more
There used to be this idea that government would be distinct and separate from religion. Don’t know what happened to it. Context: from the U.S. Social Security website (here), “No SSNs with an area number of “666” have been or will be assigned.”
Great news! My visa paperwork, the key, most critical document absolutely necessary for me to even start an interview at the U.S. consulate, is having a wonderful holiday in the Bahamas. Yes, FedEx have managed to misplace an entire shipment, which was due for Sydney, but which is now happily sunning it up… somewhere. sigh… Read more