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Australian Election

Australian Election

Today (in Australia) the Australian Federal Election is occurring. At the time of writing this entry, the polls are open for about another 45 minutes. I’ve not paid a great deal of attention to...

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving

One of the most frequently asked questions I get at this time of year is (or has been), “how does Australia celebrate Thanksgiving?” The simple answer is that we don’t. As Wikipedia explains, Thanksgiving,...

More Naked Calendars … well almost

More Naked Calendars … well almost

Will it never end? Hopefully not 🙂 The latest “Men of …” style calendar is the “Men of Mortuaries” which features funeral directors and morticians from across the U.S. So far my favorites are...

Run naked

Run naked

Back on October 6, I along with some friends, participated in my first naked run: the Bluebonnet Bare As You Dare 5K. It was a load of fun, and we all had a great...

September Update

September Update

Thought I should do a quick update before life really starts to get busy! For the last couple of weeks, I’ve started a new running/jogging regime in preparation for a 5K that I am...

Marina @ Lake Travis, Austin

Marina @ Lake Travis, Austin

Marina @ Lake Travis, Austin Originally uploaded by melbGuy I went on a road trip with Chris today down to Lake Travis in Austin. I’m sitting here in the car park pilfering someone’s wireless...

Being Natural

Being Natural

I’ve learned a very interesting thing about people recently, they love the taboo issues. I am not really surprised by this revelation, nor shocked by my realization of this well known fact. I think...

Project Lanai (Part Deux)

Project Lanai (Part Deux)

Thanks to my good friend Layton, the lanai preparation has developed to an almost final stage. I have two things to show for the work that Layton and I did: (1) a semi-circle dirt...

Project Lanai

Project Lanai

Project Lanai After years of talking about a patio extension, I woke up this morning determined that today was going to be the day (besides, I’m procrastinating about other stuff). So after relaxing in...

AG says Bye

AG says Bye

Well I will say that when I checked my BB this AM after waking up and saw that the AG had resigned, I was kind of surprised. I guess that will teach Jon Stewart...