by Tom | Aug 7, 2011 | Hong Kong / China, Personal
On the way too the first beach and between the first and second, we walked through forests full of Giant Golden Orb Weaving spiders. At my head height. Wow. They are large! One for Philippa and Maddie, I think.
by Tom | Aug 6, 2011 | Hong Kong / China
Great regatta going on on the horizon, too
by Tom | Aug 4, 2011 | Personal
We had two specially delightful meals while in London and I thought I’d share. Gioconda Dining Room is a splendid place on Denmark Street of all places and fabulous value for excellent cooking. Mr Gabbe assures me the chef was one of Australia’s greats...
by Tom | Aug 4, 2011 | Hong Kong / China, Personal
I don’t often see horizontal sun rays (as opposed to the more common “fingers of god”), so it was a delight to see these over Hong Kong a few nights ago. Add that to seeing the aurora borealis from 10km plus up as we flew back from Europe a couple of...
by Tom | Aug 4, 2011 | Reading
Today’s Groupon made me laugh. Sagami Xtreme Feel Up Condoms. Semi-NSFW (click already registered to view) and surely the brand name has to be wrong, so wrong. The marketing copy is hilarious. Some examples are: Today’s Groupon equips your tool well for the...
