It’s been a hectic week – I’ve had a huge to-do list, and I’ve got all of the really important stuff done, which is just as well since I’m going away again on Sunday.

And now for something completely puerile… SWEARSAURUS ::: How to swear in 124 languages! from Insultmonger: “The art of insults”. My favourite would be in German: “Du bist doch dumm wie Brot”… “You are as dumb as bread” – nice, simple and easily translatable ! There are a LOT worse on that site – discretion … [Read More »]

Okay, I’ve changed the site around again. In my typical over-engineering fashion, what I tried first was a good idea, but overly complicated. I wanted to have separate domains for each family member who might hang off mysite – hence sim.hampel.net.au, rose.hampel.net.au etc, but as it turns out they just don’t seem to be interested … [Read More »]

Over the last 18 months, I have put up with construction work outside our bedroom window as the Willoughby City Council demolished the old Kids Cottage after school child care centre and replaced it with the new multi-purpose Artarmon Comunity Centre. They finished major contruction work about 6 months ago, and have been working on … [Read More »]

My sister and both of my parents are school teachers. My Dad sent me this joke by email, which I thought was rather funny – and I can see how it appealed to them as well. Then Jesus took his disciples up the mountain and gathering them around him, he taught them, saying: “Blessed are … [Read More »]