Archive for the 'Dispatches from another world' Category



‘Terror’ Charity – Buy the Cookies by Grod!

I read this article in the South China Morning Post and I am ashamed to say it kinda made me laugh. Okay before we go on, terrorism is bad, it is evil, and it needs to be stamped out and so on. We all agree…. it’s more the slug line or title that prompted my [...]

Roadside wonderlust…

The road stretches out ahead, a black ribbon cutting across a late afternoon landscape. Dusk is setting in, a few minutes from now the headlights will go on. You’re lost, somewhere in America. Elvis on the radio, destination… nowhere in particular. Welcome to the after-dark world of the abandoned roadside diner.

“Also, the academic bastards will not even allow Time Cube on their web sites”

And there you have it. I’ve just spent a disturbing 40 minutes over on TimeCube.com, trying to make sense of… well… of pretty much anything on the site at all; and all I have to show for my efforts so far is a mild headache and a vague desire to travel to Switzerland to punch [...]

The Goatary – Nasty Case of Avatars

NEWS FLASH: The Goatary (aka the Forum) has got a terrible case of the Avatars. Feel free when you register… or anytime that suites after the relatively painless registration process… or not.. to upload your own personal Avatar. Normally these sorta things are restricted to 9kb but for welcome visitors and travellers of Voodooness – [...]

Stress Management = Brooke’s Waterfall

A question posed – “I very much need to develop a way of dealing with stress. I used to have what i called the “fuck it level”, but for some reason that disappeared in my early 30s.” Hmmmm. I may be able to help you better manage this.

Nu-Jazz Smiles, Purple Bumstead’s, & Racial Typing

I’ve developed a passion over the past couple of decades for nu-jazz, candid photographs of people smiling, RM William Black Boots, Holeproof black hipsters, and the colour of royal purple. Add to this the Dagwood Bumstead inspired big big ‘man’ sandwich. I discovered a great variation of these some years back when transiting through New [...]

10 Things

For all you butt-smackin’, toilet-leanin’, team-talkin’, anniversary-forgettin’, gameplay-sledgin’ guys out there, apparently there really is a woman who finds you completely adorable [1]. Which leads me to wondering — let’s hear from the Voodoologic guys [2] about any of your habits that your partner unexpectedly finds adorable? Footnotes: 1. Please note: I’ve tested several of [...]

Hard Garbage

It began innocently enough. A flyer in our letterbox, a rumour in the street. Hard Garbage day was coming, and it was time to delve into long-forgotten cupboards and to go in search of the overgrown shed that Old Grandpappy Midnight claims was built somewhere in the backyard back in ‘Nought Six [1]. *** In [...]