After reading one particular comment on my last post, I really felt as though my time today would be best spent drawing pictures of rogue penguins. Here’s my favourite: Oh, and, by the way, this is what a real fairy penguin looks like: (Thanks to Pip for the inspiration.)...

Yesterday, I went to town again. I don’t know why I keep doing this to myself. It never ends well. I also don’t know why town hasn’t become obsolete yet. I firmly believe I should be able to complete any desired task from the safety of my lounge room, but, sadly, there remain some...

The Best Australian Blogs 2012 Competition, People’s Choice Award is now open for voting! I’m not entirely sure what possessed me to enter this part of the competition, especially considering that I have a regular readership of only four, one of whom is ineligible to vote, because...

A few weeks ago, I undertook to find a tenant for my mother’s rental property. I was very nervous about the whole ordeal, primarily because a great deal of social interaction was required, so I rang my friend, an ex-property manager, to ask for advice. The following is an outline of her...

My short story, “The Secret Life of a Zombie Fan”, has been chosen as the first story in the In Fabula-Divinos project. This is a crowd funded project for new writers, run by Nicole R Murphy, and you can read more about it here. I’m so pleased that my story was chosen!...

Recently on Twitter, Elizabeth Lhuede, creator of the Australian Women Writers 2012 Challenge, tweeted a question asked by Kirsten Krauth on the AWW Facebook page: “Who are yr favourite mother characters in Aust fiction? Or favourite books about mums?” Since then, I’ve been unable to stop...

I love it when my cat gives me the “WTF?!” look. It’s the ultimate criticism. I figure, if I can accept this level of disdain from even my cat, then I’m beyond accepting any reproach from my fellow human beings. Usually, he reserves this particular look for my glorious...

Sometimes I find myself overwhelmed by social media. I’m relatively new to the whole affair. Although, I became addicted to Facebook some time ago, I only joined Twitter and began blogging about five months ago. As is the case for many of the worst Facebook addicts, I joined Facebook against...

My cat loves to sleep on my neck. Unfortunately, this tends to undermine my own ability to sleep, and...

Look! Isn’t it exciting? I have a shiny new website! The lovely Hamish at Bark Host made it for me, and I just love it SO much! This is the comic I made to celebrate my website’s release: Hamish ate all my M&Ms.    But I decided to forgive him after he made me an awesome new...

I love the television series “Pretty Little Liars”. I love the clothes, the hyperbolic drama, and the ridiculous yet addictive plot. I especially love the scenes and episodes that end with the girls receiving a group message from ‘A’, which, as though without any...

    I have a new system: 1. ONLY park in Centreplace Carpark 2. ONLY park on Level 6 3. If Level 6 Centreplace Carpark has no available spots, go...

  This is a picture of the inside of my mail box (warning – terrifying):   Obviously the spider is dead – I spray Baygon Target Kill into the box every two weeks. Just as obviously, however, I can never use my mail box again. I considered the possibility of asking someone to...

Some of my friends have indicated to me, by bluntly stating, that none of my Olive Stories have been all that amusing since my first. For those who don’t recall, this was the story in which I recounted my near death experience at the hands of both a tall cliff and a giant snake. To my...

I always flinch when I hear people speaking German. I cower away from them, as though they might turn at any moment and hit me with a ruler, or, at the very least, a very harsh rebuke. I’m fairly certain this has to do with my somewhat tumultuous education in the language. Over my schooling,...