From the monthly archives:

January 2001

Is This Indian Food?

January 14, 2001

Scene: Newtown, home of dodgy pubs and many restaraunts; earlier this month
Adam: I am hungry.
Me: So am I.
Rick: Let’s find somewhere to eat.
Adam: Okay.
(we walk for five minutes)
Rick: Oh, Indian. That looks nice.
Me: Indian sounds great.
Adam: Didn’t I tell you about my rule?
Me: What?
Adam: I don’t go out to Indian restaraunts.
Me: Why?
Adam: Are you questioning [...]

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Rail Renegades

January 14, 2001

All this unemployment is thirsty work.
It’s actually motivating me, strangely, to wake up early. To get out and walk around, to exercise. To buy the newspaper. To pay attention to what’s going on around me.
Help. I’m turning into a well-balanced human being.
One of my more recent events of anti-slothery involved a grandoise plan to catch [...]

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Oops! I Got Nadded Again

January 13, 2001

I don’t know about you, but I had a brilliant Christmas. Actually, no – it was the weekend before Christmas that I had a great time.
I flew down to Melbourne for the Christmas weekend to spend the holiday with my family. I really felt like going out on Saturday night, but I didn’t really have [...]

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Which Australian Capital City Am I In?

January 13, 2001

A Seven Step Guide For When You’ve Just Woken Up In The Gutter From A Very Big Night Out.
1. Walk down one of the main streets of the city you happen to be in (eg Melbourne = Bourke St; Sydney = George St, etc).
2. Turn left into a side street.
3. Turn left again into an [...]

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The Jeb Guide to Playing Blackjack

January 11, 2001

Late last year I fell victim to blackjack, and became a gambling addict.
Oh, alright. I was only seriously addicted for a couple of days, but I was still addicted. So I was a Diet Coke kinda gambling addict, but I’m crap at everything I do, so that’s okay.
Since then, I’ve had a go at blackjack [...]

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