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Purple Haze
31 years ago, the Fremantle Dockers joined the Australian Football League as the second West Australian team, after the Eagles. Being the second team isn’t easy, and that has been the case for the Dockers. Some of it is self-inflicted; they have the worst song (just a looping of “Free-o, Heave Ho”) and the worst…
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Riding Dirty
So I like to think I’m an adult. In the eyes of the law I clearly am, and hopefully my day to day behaviour supports that claim. And then there are days like today where I realised there is still a lot to learn. It turns out that you need to renew your car registration…
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The Ultimate Art
I was in the library the other day with O, flipping through some cooking books as I often do. The one I picked up on this occassion Knife Drop by Nick Digiovanni; a young guy who is a graduate of both Masterchef and Harvard. He’s a born star, and very handy in the kitchen. There…
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Nature’s Zoo
We got back from two nights away in the mountains. The views and hikes were just as spectacular as they have always been, but it was the wildlife that surprised me this time. Two days ago, I wrote about the bears, and while nothing topped THAT, we still saw a few more things. Some deer,…
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Deployed
I’ve been toying around with the idea of building software for small to medium orgs for a while, using AI and a bit of digital elbow grease to get me there. Well, today was the day I went from 0-1. Regular readers will know that I have pulled my boots on for one more season…
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Bearable
So we are out of town for a few days, out in the mountains. Not way off the beaten track, just in a small town called Glenwood Springs. This evening, we went out to the playground to burn off dinner. And what did we see? A mother black bear, and her two cubs frolicking nearby.…
