Month: May 2003

I have been afraid of heights for as long as I can remember. I even get a little nervous when I have to stand on a desk or small ladder. Looking over a cliff: forget about it, it makes me feel as if I have no sense of balance. The only place that I have… Continue reading Vertigo

There is a difference between a nerd and a geek. Guess which one Craig is?

Craig has really got me thinking about XO sauce. I always see it on the menu, but it is so mysterious that I have to run it through my Anglification filter to know what it is: HP sauce. I think HP sauce wouldn’t go well with seafood, hence neither could XO sauce. I have never… Continue reading XO Sauce

I once made a lightsabre out of a rough piece of wood and a dowel. Actually I made two, the other was for my best friend Gordon. We would get home from Primary School and watch Star Wars and then have lightsabre battles on the driveway, using our Jedi mind powers to ignore the pain… Continue reading Star Tard

I know it is a bit of a bad blog cliché, but this is about my cat. Stimpy has unusual dietary tastes, for example, her favourite food is cucumber. She is also particularly fond of lettuce and corn. Other cat-owners are surpised by this, but I find it convenient in case we run out of… Continue reading Salad for Dinner