At night, on a bike, you can take back the city. You don’t even have to pay rego.
It’s become a bit of catch phrase recently, “Don’t even pay rego!”. Ben and I yell it when people beep at us. It doesn’t happen that often, but some drivers just don’t admire cyclists - we like it. [...]
Thank God tonight is a rest day, that’s all I can say. Last night Rasmussen blew apart the main field, while the descents claimed Michael Rogers (whose tyre rolled off its rim) and Stuart O’Grady, leaving Cadel Evans to continue the Aussie charge. He now sits in 6th, while O’Grady sits in hospital with 8 [...]
A Tawny Frogmouth hit this window and left a nice angelic impression.
Photo: Plaxy Barratt.
10:30 pm. Stage 1 of le Tour begins.
1 am. Robbie McEwen wins a dramatic sprint to the line.
7 am. Floor-sanding begins in downstairs apartment.
8 am. Hundreds fight a cashless Tunnel
9 am. Storm hits Sydney
Happy monday you bleary-eyed bastards!
while Tom’s been doing shot-skis and galvanting around the countryside, I’ve been:
packing up the Upper Denham Street flat, suffering from the flu, working the school holiday program and other youthy things (including an outdoor State of Origin screening, in the freezing 16 degree C weather!!) filing 4.5 years worth of public sector work, having multiple [...]