Today I got all dolled up and went out to teach English. My new student is a wonder. She seems to have already noticed the vital link between air quotes and working out at the gym. It would be bad enough if she used the air quotes right. Then there was "I not quite sure." instead of "I'm not quite sure." instead of "I dunno.". I tried to give her a nudge in the direction of "I dunno" but she was quite sure she didn't like it.

What a miserable day at the pound. There was only one dog to walk - and two volunteers to walk her. I think the council ranger is shipping off his latest street finds to pounds that favour the Lethabarb Solution. And no-one has adopted Psycho-kitten. We hauled the dog to the local park, where she got swooped by those nasty little birds that are supposed to be at one with the universe because they're indigenous. She didn't notice a thing - just rolled on the grass while we sat and tal...

This side of the international dateline: Sunday, 11th April, 2004 Testing - 123. That should turn off anyone who's actually looking for excitement in this blog, the aim of which is to record faithfully how much isn't going on in surburbia. Today's high point: I rang Bunnings - locality not supplied just in case you are a crazed maniac - and got an endlessly repeated response from their answering service, saying all their operators were above talking to the likes of someone who didn't ...