Category: Mental Notes

MELBOURNE–Good evening. It’s winter here, so the strangest thing starting at 3am is I finish two hours on-air 5-7am, walk out of the soundproof booth, and it’s still dark. Then finish – theoretically – at 11am. Usually midday. Lunch is midday, cooking for wifey is midnight snacks. Bizzaro.

MELBOURNE–How’s your job? I’m soooo not complaining, but while putting two hours of live news and current affairs radio together each day from 5-7am live – as in warts and all – my 3am walk to a junky/clubber street in St Kilda to get a cab is worse than the the sad stories we cover.

MELBOURNE–Just a quick cut-paste posting which follows, a Reuters story I want to read later about online news brand power, blog-style news sites fill niche that press overlooked blah blah.

MELBOURNE–Yet again a story I’ve done lately has developed beyond its original brief. Firstly the story I did about members of Japan’s ruling party calling for an alternate currency, later front page of FT, is notable. But the fact that Giles Ungpakorn has fled Thailand is more notable. Full story: Claims lese majeste overused in Thailand

MELBOURNE–Things are supposed to get easier with a mobile lifestyle, but no. If one was already several years ahead of said curve, it’s a case of redeveloping yer systems AKA this website. Built it nearly 8 years ago. Needs upgrading. Aaarrgh. No time.

MELBOURNE–Like the hopeless fanboy that I am, I’ve managed to talk Mrs Sue into a quick trip to Auckland, New Zealand, on Tuesday next week to see Stereolab on Wednesday night. I am wetting my little knickers.

MELBOURNE–Funny that in President Bush’s final press conference he mentioned the ‘Mission Accomplished’ banner as the first embarrassing item to mind in reviewing his presidency.

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MELBOURNE–Good hello and top of the season to y’all. My ABC Summer Series special, Taiwan’s year of living democracy, is to air across ABC radio networks from Wednesday January 14. Hopefully won’t bore 20 minutes of pants off you.

MELBOURNE–About halfway through Olympics period. Sorry, but I am one of those inflicting sport upon y’all. While usually one would be able to giggle at my sloppy pronunciation by listening online to Radio Australia, we can’t broadcast online due to rights holder thingos. Best find yerself a trannie… so to speak. Then guffaw.