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October 12, 2009
Comics KingdomMelbourne Sustainability Drinks – Eating Less Meat
We went to a Melbourne Sustainability Drinks last week. The speaker was Philip Wollen: Philip Wollen, former vice-president of Citibank, general manager at Citicorp and once one of...Read nowOctober 11, 2009
Comics KingdomPoets Walk in Elwood
Boyf, Billie and I went on the Poets walk today. Elwood was named after a poet, Thomas Ellwood (Coincidentally, the one other known Ellwood place name is from Pennsylvania, where t...Read nowOctober 10, 2009
Comics KingdomBook Club – John Updike’s ‘Rabbit Run’
Fellow twitterer, Alan Garner recommended John Updike’s ‘Rabbit Run’ for book club and then promptly buggered off back to Blighty (after I had redesigned his twit...Read nowOctober 10, 2009
Comics KingdomToo Much of a Good Thing…
I have control issues. There. I said it. In fact, I’m a bit of an obsessive/compulsive head case. Well, maybe not that bad. I don’t check five times in a row to make sure I loc...Read nowOctober 8, 2009
Comics KingdomRoughs that didn’t make it
I had a good chat with Brendan this morning and I’m pleased to be working on a whole series of AC strips that see Oscar return to Antarctica for a visit. A couple of other st...Read nowOctober 7, 2009
Comics KingdomEco-cement
I was reading an interesting Treehugger article about more environmentally-friendly concrete this week. Concrete from Portland cement produces a lot of carbon dioxide in its manufa...Read nowOctober 6, 2009
Comics KingdomCome Back Spring!
It is cold today. I’m in no mood to cycle to the pool, though I should.Read nowOctober 5, 2009
Comics KingdomElectric Car Comic Strip
Electric cars have got really good in my lifetime. No longer to be compared to milk floats, they can be true performance vehicles. The only thing holding them back is the battery l...Read nowSeptember 26, 2009
Comics KingdomInternational Dark Sky Association
I was lucky, as I grew up in the hamlet of Briantspuddle, which has no streetlights, so we got to see lots of stars (though not as many as I saw from the deck of a boat sailing in ...Read nowSeptember 26, 2009
Comics KingdomMountain Goat Brewery Makes Great Stout
We’re about to head out to friends to watch the AFL Grand Final on the big screen (Go the Saints!). Have made kangaroo satay kebabs (trying out the satay recipe from the marv...Read nowSeptember 23, 2009
Comics KingdomRenting Stuff
I buy very little new stuff – today I picked up some second-hand DVDs (which I’ll watch and sell on again), books and a butter dish. I would normally rent DVDs and borr...Read now