Found the rascal.

I dropped the top of the priced reduced down to my level juice when I sneaked a man style swig from the container the other night. Despite hours spent kneeling on the floor via the orange mat in the background (my knees hurt too much to kneel without aid) with a bright LED torch seeking out all the hidey holes it may have rolled into I gave up.
Then a day or two later I saw it near the entry to the bedroom, it naturally had managed to roll all the way from the far right of the pic, around the corner beyond my scope of belief, but I suppose that's fairly normal.

A fresh look.

I thought it'd be nice to give the key I use for Cubby a makeover, so I replaced the red shrink wrap with a neater white one, then added a splash of colour so it looked prettier.
The lump under the green bit is the immobiliser transponder, needed for the key to work. I programmed it myself back when my brain was more active. The key was cut at the hardware store but naturally I had to run the file over it a bit for it to turn the lock.

Clean now but pointless.

I saw the dentist again yesterday, the second time I've managed to get in the chair since they put me on the priority care stream eight months ago. Last time I had the joy of having a painful 3rd molar pulled but this time he wasted both of our time by cleaning my teeth, a painful and bloody experience. I suppose since he must be on more than $20 per hour and my time's worth nothing it works out better to stretch the work out a bit.
The worst was the lecture about brushing teeth, complete with a giant teeth prop and toothbrush.
Really I'd be happier if he just pulled the ruins.

I left my nose in the crop as a show of the curse of ageing (at least for men), hair finds all sorts of places to grow, usually the most annoying ones like my nostril here or my ears. I'd love to find a pill that makes all hair fall out permanently, It'd be no great drama for me to forego growing my eyebrows into an evil Ox Baker look or even losing the hair on my back that girls find so attractive.

Good marketing.

A four pack of Coca-Cola for $7, or $7 for a litre. I'm sure they'll sell plenty but my budget is limited to 80 cent 1.25 litre bottles of el-cheapo cola.

Trying to flood.

A bit of a sea in the back yard but we need a fair bit more rain yet before I react.
Meanwhile today I'm having the joy of watching some decent car racing from Bathurst, something the V8 class that hijacked the sponsors dollars 20+ years ago can never deliver.
It's only available via a webcast on-line, and it's the first time I've hooked the TV into one but the result is rather magical.

A mixed bag of mail today.

I got a lovely card from Olive, I'm getting old and soft now so I thought it very sweet, pity it was only a card and not her.
But to balance things the power bill arrived, my power saving measures have had the desired effect, but it's a shame that our supply is so expensive, in Queensland we've gone from having cheap power 30 years ago to having what must be close to the highest price in the world, despite the state sitting on an ocean of coal.
We have a silly carbon tax that bungs the price up a bit but really the villain is bad government since dear old Premier Joh retired in 1989, at least measures are finally being taken now to turn our economy around, the medicine will have a bad taste but it's needed.

Best Actor Oscar winner dies.

Last Saturday Maximilian Schell died, he won the best actor Oscar back in 1962 but the way our news services are delivered now it was almost a secret, another best actor winner managed to vacuum all the press into his death. Schell was the earliest surviving male winner, with Sidney Poitier now having the honour from 1964. Luise Rainer is the women's holder from way back in 1937 (and 1938)
The drug addict who died and sucked up all the news was the youngest male winner to die, meaning I've now outlived two winners, and a third to come in a fortnight or so.
I think Schell was very good in The Odessa File, a film that I saw in the picture theatre on its first run and rather enjoyed.