Two stories of dread and loathing. Zombie Spider. This story starts at home when I was around 10 years old. We lived in the tropics in Cairns, a house on …
Drop Bears
When I was in my 20s, I was living in Brisvegas and we had a young lady visiting from the UK, let’s call her Ms V. A delightful lady. Intelligent …
Double D – A story of twin meanings
Somewhere back in the dark ages, I was a pimply teenager, fit and happy, also loose and full of um exuberance, around 14 years of age. One year my parents …
Brown, Pink and Red
“You’ve got to get a little, Get a little every day You get a sunburn right away Your body’s brown as a berry But you can’t lie down Better let …
Minimal Tears
The adage claims trouble comes in threes. They lied. My work wanted me to go to the Philippines to train a couple of staff in a specialised scripting language to …
Bathtime (chat with cat)
CAT: “Why are you sitting in that big ocean thing?” ME: “It’s not an ocean it’s a bathtub” CAT: “You look weird without fur” ME: “You mean clothes?” CAT: “I …