Glitterbutt is dead?
So there you have it; if you’ve ever wondered when ‘my parents are awesome’ transitions to ‘my parents are embarrassing losers’ (as a good friend of mine so eloquently put it), the answer is year 5, term 4. I actually think we had a pretty good run.
Ollie from Humptydoo
How many breeds need to play a role in a pup’s make-up before they go from being a particular thing to being a dog? I mean, when do you stop saying “we have a Pomsky”, or “I’ve always wanted a Chiweenie” and just acknowledge you have a dog with a few things going on. Can…
Mainstreaming
At the start of February, as he did in early 2023, Milo stood up to pitch his classmates on why they should vote him in as one of their Student Representative Council (SRC) nominees. His central promise, which he rehearsed many times, was to explore what additional opportunities might be made available to gifted mathematics…
A weekend with Monty in Canberra
If there was an annual competition to find Canberra’s biggest fan and then award that person a hot air balloon voucher and a free Commonwealth Public Service lanyard, Monty would win it every year. Admittedly, the field of contestants would be rather small, but Monty would still win it, and we should be proud of…
Deady Dude – The wobbliest of wobbly teeth
It is hard to say just how long Deady Dude hung improbably onto Milo’s front gum. Milo says five years, which seems something of an exaggeration. But certainly three years is possible, perhaps longer. Either way, Deady Dude enjoyed one of the more remarkable runs in baby-tooth history. He was the Lebron James of dentistry,…
Huckleberry – The cat of many wonders
Our pair of cats came into our lives in the same year Milo did, which is why I am surprised to find it has taken me almost 10 years of blogging to mention Huck. He is a very curious creature indeed. He may well be a human trapped in a cat’s body, or an actual…
Day 7 – Out of the desert
And so, just before sunset, we emerged from the desert and rolled into Alice Springs like Max Rockatansky, if Max had enjoyed a nice drive through the outback in a mid-sized Japanese car, having encountered very little societal collapse, few if any post-apocalyptic wastelands, and zero barbarous killings.
Day 6 – #straya
A highlight from today was seeing 5 wedgetail eagles, with their broad chests and fuck-you confidence, devouring a giant red kangaroo on the side of the road; I say again… #straya.
Day 5 – Betoota and Birdsville
Anyway, we rolled into Birdsville mid-afternoon and immediately multiplied its population by 5. Everybody drank a beer and then got back into their quasi-road-safe vehicles to drive another 300km on dirt roads in the dark.
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Jupiter & Sons 