Baino's Banter

After soap boxing on the morality of infidelity (or lack thereof) I've been pondering (yes I pootle and I ponder) the more positive side...

Overheard in Castle Towers this lunchtime . . 40 something mother speaking to a 8-10 year old outside a cafe: "Darling this one will b...

I arrived at the office to complaints . . . gentle ones because they knew I was 'easing' back in but Sunday night's storm had tr...

Too hot again. . a day fit for nothing but veging and staying wet, wet, wet . . . or so I thought until BabyBro decided to mow the back padd...

It's not long until I surrender my daughter to the world at large. I've encouraged it. I started it. I perpetuated it, she continued...

It's hot as hell here today. Not quite as hot as Melbourne where it was 40 at 7am! Thankfully there's a slight breeze but the comput...

The Kiss - Aguste Rodin Now let's talk about sex. It's interesting, it's funny, everybody wants it, some are lucky enough to get...

It's muggy in Sydney this week. Not that hot, about 27 and my iGoogle weather says it's only 57% humidity but they must be sitting o...

Language Warning I have spent the whole day in my fucking pyjamas. No not the ones that I wear during romantic interludes and not because I...

How can something that comes out of this: Turn into this: And make so much noise that it drowns out your "Shoot em Up" action DV...

I have a policy, I rarely speak about my health problems unless solicited. I don't mean by a sleezy stranger on a street corner ...

Recently Kate wrote about giving up her doctorate and some of the guilt she felt as well as the relief of having less pressure on her alread...

Recently there have been a number of shark sightings off the northern NSW coast. Apparently packs of the suckers are moving north, following...

Years ago, my mother in law bought me a handbag. It's an ugly, shoulder strapped thing made out of rough leather but it has useful bits....

We love our signage in Australia. To the point where everything available is plastered with a billboard or advertisement, it's one thing...

I once had a little wooden red table and two tiny chairs. Actually it was a gift to my kids when they were toddlers from HippyBro and the p...

According to the Myers Briggs scale of things, I'm incredibly rare. . . part of only 3% of the population so I'm feeling quite speci...

So the festivities are all over then? Shit no . . . there's one more before Easter and that's on the 26 January - arguably in the mi...

Happy New Year everyone! Athbhliain faoi Mhaise Duit Voorspoedige nuwe jaar Feliz año nuevo Blwyddyn Newydd Dda Kia orana e kia manuia rav...

I'm not going to write a 2007 retrospective because very little of any significance happened in the Baino household throughout 2007 and ...