%%USERNAME%%    %%ACCWORDS%% %%ONOFF%% |
New question over at:
and it might be here: "QOTD: Friday 30 January 2026 "  |
| I've added a new entry to my "Writing Blog Number 2 (continued)" : "20260130 7 Worst Types Of Plot Holes" Yes, me being negative again... |
3 days left and hardly any entries!
Come on! I want to give out lots of prizes! Next month we are associated with The Contest Challenge...
But if numbers stay low, maybe I should give this contest a year or so away. |
| R.A.T.! Random Aussie Tune! This is part of my ongoing attempt to make Australia seem like a country not just populated by wildlife out to kill you (even though it is) and always on fire or under water (only half the time, to be honest) by posting songs I like by Aussie (not Kiwi) artists. I've mentioned a few times that the punk-rock (as opposed to pop-punk) movement is alive and well in Australia, and sees some bands hit the mainstream charts. Well, this song did just that and has become a staple for Australian sing-alongs for close to 30 years. The band were just another band, but this song exploded them like no other. Seen live? Yes. Overseas success? No. 'Prisoner Of Society' by The Living End (1997) |
| I've added a new entry to my "Writing Blog Number 2 (continued)" : "20260128 Novel #38" The writing journey hits a stumbling block. |
| Late notice! Am on the radio 9:20pm WdC time. EDIT: 8:50pm! 12:20 my time... https://stream.sigile.net/gulffm-64-aac |
New question at
It's here: "QOTD: Tuesday 27 January 2026" |
| It's almost 4pm and just finished work. 45° today. Wanted to close early but kept selling drinks and icecreams. Down to 3 i/c flavours! Just closing now! Why do people want hit fish and chips in this weather!? |
Amethyst Snow Angel  - Now that the school holidays are over I am back down to two (maybe 1) day a week. That suits my injuries and mental health much better. This amount of work in the heat has been insane. I appreciate the work (even if it has nothing to do with any qualification I have ever attained), but my body is falling apart. So 2 days a week, very part time, that's fine. |
| R.A.T.! Random Aussie Tune! This is part of my ongoing attempt to make Australia seem like a country not just populated by wildlife out to kill you (even though it is) and always on fire or under water (only half the time, to be honest) by posting songs I like by Aussie (not Kiwi) artists. January 26 is Australia Day, when we commemorate the first official white settlement being established on that date in 1788. Growing up, we knew it as New South Wales Day because it didn't meany anything to us. Some Indigenous Australians see it as Invasion Day. I am not going to enter into the politics of colonialisation and a world 200 years ago that was very different to the way it is now, imposing modern values on a different past. But, in honour of the day, here is a wonderful song by a well renowned indigenous band. Just listen and enjoy. Seen live? Yes. Overseas success? No. 'My Island Home' by Warumpi Band (1987) |
| Got to work... Not even 11am. Already 40°C. Expecting 47°C today... 120°F? Blergh. |
Good gravy simmering in the crockpot  you're gonna boil alive! Let us know when you make it back safe. I can't believe the hellish opposites the globe is at right now  |
| I've added a new entry to my "Writing Blog Number 2 (continued)" : "20260126 Character Sheets" Not exactly how I wanted it to go,. but good enough for government work. |
| R.A.T.! Random Aussie Tune! This is part of my ongoing attempt to make Australia seem like a country not just populated by wildlife out to kill you (even though it is) and always on fire or under water (only half the time, to be honest) by posting songs I like by Aussie (not Kiwi) artists. In the past 15 years, Australian punk has been going through a resurgence. I mean, the US punk scene is flourishing as well, but in Australia they are makling some mainstream success. And one of the bands at the forefront of that has been Bad//Dreems. IU am yet to see thgem live, but their albums and singles and EPs have been consistently great. It is not punbk in the Sex Pistols mould, but is certainly more punk than Avril Lavigne or that ilk of pop-punksters could ever hope to be. Seen live? No. Overseas success? No. 'Mob Rule' by Bad//Dreems (2017) |
| R.A.T.! Random Aussie Tune! This is part of my ongoing attempt to make Australia seem like a country not just populated by wildlife out to kill you (even though it is) and always on fire or under water (only half the time, to be honest) by posting songs I like by Aussie (not Kiwi) artists. In the 1980s and 1990s, Australia was infested with a rash of former soap opera stars releasing music. Some (well, one - Kylie Minogue) made the transition successfully. Most failed dismally. Here is one in the middle. Craig McLachlan was on Neighbours and released a few albums. Unlike his contemporaries, his music was rock-based, not SAW-anodyne pop. He did well. Then he hit musical theatre. I saw him in Grease, Happy Days: the Musical (as the Fonz) and Rocky Horror Picture Show (as Frank N. Furter). He was fantastic! Then some accusations (which later were proved to be false) curtailed his career somewhat. Shame. Live, he was just awesome. Seen live? Yes (in musicals). Overseas success? No. 'On My Own' by Craig McLachlan (1991) |
| At work in a fish and chip shop and it is now 43°C... 110°F! Send snow! Stat! |
Ditto What Robert Waltz   said. Wish I could send you our excessive cold and snow and we could all enjoy temperate weather  |
View Portfolio
Visit Notebook
Send Gift Points
Awards
Badges
Send Email
Community Newsfeed
Puzzle Hub
General Discussion
Sponsored Items
Book of Trinkets
Static Items
Books
Groups
Interactive Stories
Audio
Campfire Creatives
Community Notes
Crossword Puzzles
Documents
Folders
Images
In & Outs
Madlibs
Photo Albums
Polls
Product Reviews
Quizzes
Survey Forms
Web Pages
Word Searches
Good luck to you and all your entrants!