Category Archives: fun

Rewrite Your Past

Memory is notoriously unreliable. It's a fair bet that most of the memories we have are confused, jumbled, or otherwise incorrect. Certainly not accurate enough to hold up in court — this is, after all, why policemen write down everything at the scene of a crime. The funny thing is, these are the memories that we …

19/Dec/2008 – 05:55 | By Si | Posted in fun, healing, life | Comments (29)

Bring In The Clowns

I'm not usually a huuuuge fan of clowns, but I got an urge to go for a walk this evening, & I stumbled across these.. ..dancing to music, often upside down, as part of a giant advent calendar.. ..part way up a 10 storey building. I figured, well, in this case they're probably worth cheering …

02/Dec/2008 – 11:53 | By Si | Posted in fun, life | Comments (1)

Half A Ton Of Muscle With A Brain The Size Of A Cat

It seemed like a nice day for a drive in the country.. A real My Own Private Idaho kind of day. A friend of mine has stables north of the city here, holding a cadre of these: Yep, that beautiful beast will set you back about the same amount as a brand new Ferrari. It doesn't …

08/Nov/2008 – 06:41 | By Si | Posted in fun | Comments (2)

Wednesday Night Bouldering

This evening I went to Aikido. Aikido these days seems to involve (since there is often only two of us students) Sensei throwing one of us until we're so exhausted we can't stand, then throwing the other of us until we're so exhausted they can't stand. Then he goes back to the first person.. So, …

15/Oct/2008 – 12:50 | By Si | Posted in fun, life | Comments (13)

A Trip To 'The Nongs'

Being a busy Thursday, I decided what better to do than bugger off out of town & head to the local mountain/forest range. (Some) locals call these "the nongs", but officially they're the Dandenong Ranges. It's about an hours drive east of where I live. Anyway, they're green, and, you know, mountainy. That's all I care …

28/Sep/2008 – 03:25 | By Si | Posted in fun, life | Comments (1)

A Silly Party Game

I was chatting with my sensei this evening, and he told me about a party game he learned. I'm sure this is as old as the hills, but it was new to me, and I found it more than a little eye opening. So, I thought I'd share it with you. First of all, grab a …

24/Sep/2008 – 13:26 | By Si | Posted in fun, life | Comments (9)

Thar's Gold In Them Thar Street

I saw this today: Yep, a glorious rainbow! Well, that's one end of it. But take a gander at the other end: Have a look at that!! The end of the rainbow is in front of the building. This means, of course, that there's a pot o' gold somewhere in my street! Woohoo! Amusingly, there's already …

13/Aug/2008 – 10:44 | By Si | Posted in fun, home | Comments (3)

C-Walk Extraordinaire

This is simply jaw dropping (particularly after 2:30). Notice how he's moving so fast the CCD in the camera is having trouble keeping up with him — so it looks like he's dancing under a strobe, even though it's bright daylight. relatedIt’s All My FaultNaked Bouldering – Can The Art Get Any Purer?War Games Cracks Me the Hell UpThe …

28/Jul/2008 – 05:27 | By Si | Posted in fun | Comments (0)

War Games Cracks Me the Hell Up

So I'm reading an interview on Wired with a bunch of the people behind the 1983 hit WarGames, and I stumble across what I think may be the funniest sub-interview ever to grace a sidebar. It's with Ally Sheedy, the then 20 year old love interest of the movie (who set many a heart pattering …

23/Jul/2008 – 11:50 | By Si | Posted in fun | Comments (3)

Hoop Dreams

Know how surfing the net can sometimes lead you in unexpected directions? Recently I did this: Went from twitter to Sushi Zume to hoop lovers, hooping.org (the community), hoopinglife (the movie), and finally hoop revolution. After reading a lot & watching a few videos, like this: (shot in a Tokyo skyscraper, of all crazy places) I …

20/Jul/2008 – 12:43 | By Si | Posted in fun | Comments (4)