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Knocking on 40's door. It's time to make sure I'm not going to conk out and become a couch surfing TV viewer when I get beyond 50. http://www.marksdailyapple.com/      

They really made her... Perfect. I know. Just had a wonderful anniversary weekend with my Beautiful Wife: Friday Night: Anniversary Dinner at the thevintage.com.au. This is where we had our reception 5 yrs ago. Saturday Night: Chris Isaak concert at...

A little while ago I was watching an episode of Covert Affairs and it used the term `Wonk'. I had heard the term "Policy Wonk" before in relation to someone employed as a political adviser that had a vast general knowledge of just about everything related to politics...

Do'sDon'tsGeneral guidance regarding comments It should have content that displays a good knowledge of the post it is attached to. e.g. "I loved this post especially the part where you mentioned that the best approach is placing some sort of barrier between you and...

Here is a tip for the ladies... Your husband, if he is typical of husbands, would probably prefer to be neutered than to spend a whole day shopping. This is not his fault—it's genetics. What to do? Take him to the Shopping Centre, but put him in a 'Husband...

IIBYGTKBP. I saw this acronym on the linux-users email list A Google didn't enlighten me. So I delved into wet memory and came up with what it means by recalling the poster who used the full version of IIBYGTKBP in the past. So here it is - IIBYGTKBP: If it breaks you...

I'm moving my website to another provider.

"You ask her the time and she tells you how her watch is made"

Today 7 Jan 2009 we have an all day power outage starting at 8:30AM. Seeing as this webserver sits under my desk at home and the UPS is a tiny one that means that we are going offline for the duration of the outage. Be back at about 4:00PM

Here is my contribution to such web acronyms such as ROFL and LOL NANP - Not A Nice Person NPOW - Nasty Piece of Work

My lovely Wife has gotten us a pet Fish. Here is a picture of it lurking in it's vase. I was a bit concerned about it on the first night but I think it was just acclimatizing. Seems it's a tropical fish and they need reasonably warm weather so a heater may be on the...

We just spent a week in Port Macquarie. The place is filled with what appear to be largely empty holiday apartment buildings. We went in an off peak period so I assume that the place must really hum when it fills up. The beauty of Port Macquarie is the Coastline. A...

The Age has an article debunking DVDs that purport to help your baby become a genius. Clever marketing is all I can say. The Sales and Marketing Professional asks "What is it most Parents feel guilty about not giving their Children enough of?" Time! So some clever...

I have been browsing the internet and looking at blogs, usually using StumbleUpon because my craving for spontaneity means that the "mouseclick gamble" it provides fulfills the desire to be entertained and suprised. Bloggers have a certain conceit that other people...

Recently went to Tuggerah Westfields because they have a massive Borders book shop that has titles one would actually read. They also have a "Howards Storage World" shop (House hold clutter busters) which I forgot to go into to have a look but just went to their...

As we watch the news, place names are mentioned and we think 'Hmm that is in the Middle East' or 'Yeah that's in South America' but recently I stumbled upon http://www.geosense.net/ and I've discovered I really don't know where exactly many of the worlds countries are...