Bargaining for bread
Today, I saw a man bargaining for bread. In a bakery. He was trying to get a better deal on a loaf. There I was, on Victoria Street, at Lo Bahn Mi Bakery, buying a Vietnamese pork roll. It was a...
View ArticleRaindrops keep falling on my Bank
“The Victorian SES received more than 700 calls for help overnight, after wild weather lashed the state. Melbourne was thrown into chaos late yesterday, when flash floods swept through parts of the...
View ArticleThe Wedding Dance
Suse and I are coming up to ten months since our wedding, on 11th July 2009. So, as a follow up to ‘The Proposition’, here is the wedding dance… Many thanks to Dave for his editing… P.S. – If you are...
View ArticleBus Ride from Hell, Chile
La Montana Altura resort 3.025 metros Altura maxima 3.670 metros (Cima Tres Puntas) Altura minima 2.860 metros (Base Prado) Horario de Pistas Todos los dias de Lunes a Domingo de 9:00 a...
View ArticleFlight LA801 – The Flight of Adversity
MONDAY LAN CHILE S.A. FLIGHT LA 801 CONFIRMED 25 AUG 08 – DEPART – SANTIAGO/ARTURO MERINO 2300 NON-STOP Terminal: TERMINAL INTERNATIONAL 27 AUG 08 -ARRIVE – AUCKLAND/AUCKLAND INTL 0400...
View ArticleDay 37
Monday 30th November 2009 Gestation: 9 weeks, 3 days One year ago. So I go back to work. A bunch of parents line up, out the door, dying to tell me about how naughty their kids are. One after the...
View ArticleDay 251, Part 1
Friday 2nd July 2010 Gestation: 40 weeks – DUE DATE One year ago. I sit on a couch, alone in a room. I can hear muttering close by. Then I hear laughter. I look around, but Suse is nowhere to be...
View ArticleDay 251, Part 2
Friday 2nd July 2010 Gestation: 40 weeks – DUE DATE One year ago. “Mr. Davis?” The guy in thongs groans in the effort of getting out of his seat. He slinks across to the counter, one of his thongs...
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Friday 2nd July 2010 Gestation: 40 weeks – DUE DATE One year ago. I enter Room Two, locking the door behind me. As I turn, I immediately wish I was in Room One. I don’t know exactly what I was...
View ArticleDay 251, Part 4
Friday 2nd July 2010 Gestation: 40 weeks – DUE DATE One year ago. I try to do the right thing. For the sake of Cheryl, and the lab, and everyone else who makes the rules, I go lube-free. Not even...
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