OddThinking

What does moose taste like?

Vitruvian Man trying to ride a unicycle, legs akimbo, arms waving backwards and forwards for balance.

Deb scorned: “Agatha Christie? All her mysteries follow the exact same formula – you can pick ’em every time!”

I once found myself supporting a help-desk – handling the support requests that the help-desk agents themselves couldn’t handle. While handling these requests, my motto was “contrite and smarmy”. I would repeat that to myself as I checked over the email responses. I wanted the users to know that I was concerned about them, and […]

An assortment of images inspired by Territory Day fireworks in Darwin.

An anecdote about Church Numerals, Miranda and the way language designers make their opinions known.

Julian gets beaten again…

Julian gets beaten by young girl, and vows to get revenge

It’s the early eighties and my brother and I have a toy train-set. We want to compete to race trains, but we only have one locomotive on an oval track. The rules for Spaghetti Express racing are born from this necessity.