December 24, 00 It's funny how your universe expands as you get older. I'm off to Thailand for two weeks, and it's almost less exciting than crossing the road to go to the pub. I'm sure I'll be excited about it when I wake up tomorrow morning.
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December 21, 00 I saw the flyer for 'Welcome 2001' last night and now I'm officially over the 'rave' thing. It was more like something I'd expect from an establishment opera company than a dance party. I half expected to see a bio of Simone Young instead of Simon Digby. We all know that raves are big business, and have been for years (Earthcore, anyone?), but surely it's not meant to be that obvious.
December 11, 00. Thank heavens for That's Life magazine. This week, it's "the mag that gives you more", but I still believe it's really "the mag that's your mate".
They have a tips section called "My Beaut Brainwave" that's better than anything Viz ever featured, even if some of the tips are a bit too perfectly daggy to be true.
This one, for example:
You can save lots of money on children's clothes by cutting your own discarded items down to size. So your old fashions can then become the hip threads of the younger generation.
(Anyone who watched Search for a Supermodel will know that Peter Morrissey really wrote that tip.)
But nothing tops this one:
To keep baby's bottle warm in winter, put it in a stubby holder. It insulates really well. Stubby holders are beaut in summer, too, for keeping older babies' bottles cool!
That's Life is also responsible for lines like this (advice from a woman's mother on her affair with her boss): "Don't dip your pen in the company ink", and headlines like "What's Jesus doing on our fence?".
December 6, 00. Have I lost the power to whinge? Surely not. A quick look at the paper should fix that.
Ahhh, the American election. Al Gore should just concede and keep what little dignity he has left. Sony spent $300,000 on a Play Station launch? Bah!
November 12, 00. I'm back. Work got really busy and I had exams, that's my excuse.
But what's Roseanne Barr's excuse? According to an article from the Times (reprinted in the Australian this weekend), she had a website seven years ago, after a conversation with Frank Zappa. I'm very impressed by this, especially given that there were what, 100 websites back in 1993?
In other news, Peter Reith should just make the most of the recent phone scandal and send out spam telling us how we can SAVE $50,000 ON YOUR PHONE BILL!!!!!!.
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