The Ikea Trap

July 20, 2012 in Home, Humour, Lifestyle, Money, People, Self, Society

Have you ever been to Ikea? Or KMart? You walk in with your list of things you need, maybe just one thing, and you walk out with ALL THE THINGS. And, more often than not, not the thing you went in for. This happened to me the other day. I went in to KMart for an electric blanket, to ensure Stepdaughter was OK acclimatising from her Qld home to the freezing cold of Sydney. Did I walk out of there with an electric blanket? No. But I did buy 2 heaters, a cushion, ping pong balls and 2 fit balls. [...]

The Popularity Of Justice

April 26, 2012 in Entertainment, Film & TV

I’ve been watching Criminal Minds lately and it got me thinking about the fact that I’ve always liked police investigation style television shows, with a personal favourite being CSI (the original, not Miami or NY). I’m also a Bones fan, though I don’t know how much that started because I was missing David Boreanaz (who plays Seely Booth but is better known as Angel, before vampires were cool). I realised that even though I’ve watched (and do watch) quite a lot of crime shows, there are many that I haven’t watched. You see, I never really watched Law and Order [...]