Wasted
I’m disgusted. I’m a night cabbie, and for the past year or two, ever since the last Commonwealth election, I’ve been driving home public servants, drunk and exhausted. I pick them up from Parliament, from government offices, from hotels. Long after midnight.
Kiva Cabbie
I can help. My passengers sometimes give me tips. The businessmen and the government officials so rarely tip that it is a cause for wonder when they do. But those who pay the fare from their own pocket, those who are least able to afford a generous gesture, they are my best tippers.
Penalties
ACT Chief Minister Jon Stanhope said, announcing tougher laws, “We are sending a clear message to the community that Canberra’s culture of dangerous driving will not be tolerated.”
Come Saturday Morning
Saturday is the day when I go out there and give 1.10 percent.
After a long week of long shifts, Saturday is my day for not caring. I do random stuff, maybe go shopping with my wife, a little housework, a lot of napping, reading the papers, drinking tea and just winding waaaaay down.
Looking for Blogmerica
This is going to be my travel blog. Not a list of what flights I took and what places I staid. No, this will be a collection of snapshots of places and meals and songs and snippets of history. Maybe others will like it, maybe I can attract other writers to contribute. Maybe it will end up as a rich, spicey, gumbo stew of American tasty treats.
Holidays
I’ve been very slack at updating, and writing and lots of things. Sorry.
Christmas Day and Boxing day were days of sloth and slumber. We had a duck for our Christmas dinner. Not a huge success, but we enjoyed ourselves anyway. These days when the whole family is together are precious. We have varying timetables, DS [...]
Further Sales
I’m into Book the Third of Armistead Maupin’s amazing “Tales of the City” series. And loving it.
The technique he uses is a familiar one, intended to keep the readers returning: keep on foreshadowing something exciting coming up. He delivers – eventually – but in the meantime something else has appeared on the horizon.
And he doesn’t [...]
Blogbuying
I’m getting serious about blogging. I really am. A few days ago I installed a couple of freebie download themes. I especially liked the Lifestyle theme used by Caitlin Firedragon in her Roamingtales blog but the freebie download wasn’t working for me, and fiddling around didn’t help. I know I’ve got a background in computer [...]
Blog revolution
I’m currently testing a new blog format. Just really playing about at the moment, but I’m aiming for a more professional approach.
I’ve currently got several different blogs on several different sites, including a number of duplicates. Keeping them all going is a bit like that guy at the circus who has several plates spinning, balanced [...]
On writing
You want to know who’s been bumping up the prices of Tales of the City videos and books on eBay? C’est moi, I blush to disclose.
I’m rapidly running into the end of the first book and I can see the brick wall coming up, and aaaaaargggh! I can’t stop!
This is so good. Why have I [...]