Baino's Banter

A recent book published outlines all the things that really annoy us. You know men leaving the toilet seat up, burnt toast crumbs in the but...

For those not au fait with rural Australian pastimes, you may be delighted to know that the annual ‘Pig and Pussy Hunt’ started yesterday. N...

Today I have to navigate the minefield that is DrummerBoy's Bedroom. Normally, this is a quarter I venture into every Saturday to put aw...

Awww we’ve been making mistakes ClareBear and I. Some of my most famous relate to my ‘lack of attention to detail’ and my daughter has inher...

I learned today that "tea bagging" doesn't mean dipping your English Breakfast Tea in a mug and "Turkey Slapping" ha...

I am not a spiritual person (well maybe I am). That is, I don't believe in ghosts, horoscopes or an interventionist God. In fact I don...

He's Ok, ate a hearty dinner and is back lounging on the camelia bed! Phew. (Christ, how can I go from empathetic disabilty to dogs not ...

Babybro and Stressany have gone to Queensland for a little short break and a Christening. I'm in charge of feeding the dogs. The ancient...

The blues have been on the blogosphere for the past few weeks. A combination of summer flu and winter colds, facing the ordinary, pressures ...

Whilst embracing my couch and killing a zillion trees via tissue consumpton (not eating them but using them) and getting high on pseudoepha...

I'm at home again nursing a deadly dose of sinusitus. This virus is virulent! So me being me, I decided to put on a load of washing befo...

A long, long time ago, in a country far, far away, my Nana missed her only daughter so much that she paid for the entire family to return to...

Apparently, Mars was awash with wasps until one stung the War Planet hero NaughtyNeph, who then anhilated them with his crystal laser. Now t...

We all want our children to be educational successes - well don't we? We pay for private education, out of hours tutoring (well I didn...

Thank you DrummerBoy and ClareBear for being the epitome of well brung up progeny. (Apart from your colourful language, I can’t fault either...

Thank you John Howard. Just as I was losing faith, I have received a CPI raise and tax cut in my salary (stipulated in the May 2005/6 budget...

I went to the dentist today. Vitawheat multigrain had taken it's toll and dislodged a 30 year old molar filling. I'm up for some co...

Maybe there's someone out there who can explain in simple terms some basic economic principles to me. We are in a resources boom. Consu...

These are the words spelled out in a nonsensical sentence from a whole bunch of "Party Words" given to me as a Kris Kringle presen...

Apparently, my immune system is in tip top shape because it's streaming snot and inflaming the little cavities where my tonsils used to ...