Archive for April, 2009

A friend of the Logic shared a link with me the other day, that might be of interest to other Australian Voodoonista as well. It’s an online bookstore, much like Amazon.com, that specialises in delivery to Australia and New Zealand. It’s called fishpond.com.au, and while I don’t think it’s as diverse or extensive as Amazon, it’s nice not to have to pay international shipping rates from the US for the items it does have in stock. (Murray @ Midnight | 3 Comments)

A stand up guy

Published by Murray @ Midnight April 23rd, 2009 in We can't all be Murray. 2 Comments

I got stood up for lunch by one of the Voodoonista this week [1]. Aside from having lots of time to sit at a cafe and assure people that someone was going to be joining me [2], it also gave me some time to think about where the phrase ‘to be stood up by someone’ [...]

It doesn’t know how lucky it is

Published by Murray @ Midnight April 19th, 2009 in We can't all be Murray. 12 Comments

The rather blurry image to the left is a photo of my new Lucky Bamboo plant, which is sitting on my desk at work, reminding me that there’s a world outside and that some of it is pretty and green. But something is missing… My Lucky Bamboo plant needs a name! Normally I don’t have [...]

How do you tell good Heavy Metal music from bad Heavy Metal music? Also, is there any such thing as good Heavy Metal music? Just wondering out loud. (Murray @ Midnight | 9 Comments)

I like to pretend I have a sleepy sort of charm. The kind where people say, “It’s charming that he fell asleep halfway through our conversation. And the snoring and the dribbling? How charming is that?!” (Murray @ Midnight | 8 Comments)