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Tonight's sky was amazingly dark and clear for Sydney so I brought out the binoculars, and just looked up. There was Jupiter in Scorpius, near red giant Antares. I saw nebulae and groups of bright young stars against a Milky Way still faint from city lights. It is so easy to forget that the universe…

It's almost midnight and our neighbour with whom we share a wall is vacuuming.

As we passed through the inner west I looked out of the window of the train and saw eight piglets roasting on two spits in a reserve beside the tracks. On the bus to Macquarie University the student next to me was listening to Chopin on his iPod. In fact, I noticed, while he scrolled…

As I was passing through Central station I saw a lady so fat that she had to pass through the extra-wide luggage gate to the platform. Outside of our Marsfield site there was a young man besides a tree. He was equipped with a big fluffy microphone and stuffed cat. One of our bosses told…

The safest seat may be at the rear of a passenger plane but that's where you will fell the greatest effects of turbulence. As turbulence is far more common than crashes I think I'll stick to the front of the aircraft (or as close as I can get in discount economy!).