I don’t have the most glamorous job in the world. Being a service attendant at a petrol station is not exactly what kids want to be when they grow up. It’s a job you get when you can’t get any other. Sure I get to meet a lot of people, but most are in a …
I was watching television yesterday when I was struck by the sudden desire to build something. It might have had something to do with the fact that I was watching Rob the Construction Worker. The first thing I thought to do was make something out of the toy bricks my kids have lying about everywhere. …
My uncle loves boats so much that we call him Uncle Boaty. It’s not a very creative nickname, but my little brother once said it instead of Uncle Barry, and I guess it stuck. He doesn’t seem to mind, giving a smile whenever we say it. Uncle Boaty knows everything about boats. He knows how …
Meghan is really hung up on this Toowoomba house, so much so that I’ve capitulated and cleared my schedule for tomorrow so we can go and look at it. I’m not yet convinced, mostly because it’s nearly two hours’s drive out of Brisbane, although I will admit that she has a point – it’s significantly …
I’m no expert on architecture, but from what I can gather, there are a couple of schools of thought on what it should be. Basically, there are those who think the best architecture blends seamlessly into the existing landscape, highlighting natural features and heritage elements without intruding for its own sake. Then there are those …
I don’t want anyone to be alarmed, but I think Gary might be a robot, and the fact that I’m the one noticing that is quite, quite odd. I only came to this realm a few months ago, and my entire experience with robots has been a viewing of Germinator and Germinator: Rent Assist. And …
I wish Marissa would be a bit more literal in her communications around the proposed office redesign. She’s like a human mood board, emitting a selection of impressions without explaining exactly what form they should take, how to put them together and what to emphasise. I’m sure that’s because she doesn’t know the answers herself, …
Who’d have thought that this would be the business I’d end up in? I mean, I always thought it’d be something in the realm of travel, what with dad being a commercial pilot and mum being a sociologist specialising in the study of leisure travel. Still, it’s surprised me as much as anyone that I’ve …
I wasn’t going to speak openly about this, but I feel like I need to be transparent. The surfboard company is about to go belly up, all because Brentley couldn’t let go of his corn cobs. Corn cob fibre, that is. Brentley has been pushing the idea of using this material for our boards from …
Since this is going to be my first Halloween ever, I’m going to make it super special fabulous amazing! I wonder…did I celebrate Halloween when I was flesh? Or was I a boring so-and-so who snipped and snapped at children when they came to the door? There’s no way to tell. I feel I must’ve …