Ride to the Stevens Creek Reservoir

So I got up relatively early last Saturday morning (9am… I don’t think I’ve slept in a single day since being here) with the intention of going to the gym for a good two hours or so, given I’ve missed three days this week. Of course, once I rode up there I remember it’s closed.… Read more

Alien artefacts

We found these bizarre devices in one of our closets… none of us are sure what they are. We can’t seem to get them to do anything, not matter what we try… must require some assembly or something. Bizarre. ;)

Cadbury chocolate? I think not!

So I was surprised tonight to see this in the supermarket… What fun! Finally, some decent chocolate. At least, by my tastes. But alas, upon closer inspection, the deception is revealed… Yes, it’s that “Mfd. by The Hershey Company” that does it. D’oh. So it’s not actually Cadbury, it’s just a licensing of the name.… Read more

A glimpse at Ben’s future

Yesterday we went to Myke’s – my boss – place for Christmas dinner, which was great. Also there were two of his friends, Mike & Wanda, shown below. Now, it’s not immediately evident by appearance, but Mike is actually Ben Murton from the Future, travelled back in time twenty years to live amongst us once… Read more

A juicy story

Albert left us some “juice” when he left, although I suspect he has ulterior motives… you see, by day it masquerades as a simple fruit juice drink… …but by night it is pure vitamin A, C & E… …although closer inspection reveals, oddly enough, that aside from food colouring, the vitamin content comes in as… Read more

Hard work always leads somewhere

A lovely little article here on procrastination. No, not how to avoid, or conversely some comic justification for it. Instead, it’s a thoughtful consideration of the types of procrastination, and then, what it really means to procrastinate. One thing which I really jive with is the talk about tackling big projects. It’s so hard for… Read more