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The Good, The Bad & The Queen
2008-06-09 00:00:00 Today's a bank holiday in Australia, apparently in recognition of The Queen 's birthday. I'm not sure which queen we're honoring. The current monarch Elizabeth II was born in April and the last ruling queen, Victoria, in May. (Lest you worry - this is Wikipedia info, I'm not a closet royalist). Whether it's ... More About: Good , The Good , The Queen
They got the ?south? right
2008-06-06 00:00:00 "We used to drive Thru Lafayette and Baton Rouge In a yellow El Camino Listening to Howling Wolf..." -Lucinda Williams -"Lake Charles" If you grew up, as I did, in the U.S. in the you probably have fond (or other) memories of the Chevrolet El Camino. You couldn't go far in the American South or ...
Baggy green or three lions?
2008-06-04 00:00:00 For the Commonwealth readers... More About Wordless Wednesday More About: Green , Lions
Science Tuesday: Lies on the Motel TV
2008-06-04 00:00:00 In last week's lively Science Tuesday comment stream, Matthew pointed out that one of the things that many scientists struggle with is communicating with the public. I think that he's dead on target. Scientists, particularly academic scientists, don't do themselves any favors by not learning how to talk to the ... More About: Motel , Lies
Running out of things to moan about
2008-06-03 00:00:00 The weekend, for most folks, is usually a much anticipated time reserved for leisure and pleasure - time with the family, time with the friends, time at the beach, you get my drift. When you're not working, and you're as prone to fruitless anxiety as I am, the weekend means ... More About: Running , Things
Well, I know you got the answers we all wanna know
2008-05-30 00:00:00 The more observant among you may have noticed that I did a bit of teasing about suits and flirting with job possibilities about a week or so ago and then left you hanging. (I'm talking to you, Maggie.) Well, I can pony up the suit picture, though I've fannied it ... More About: Answers
Up The Beach
2008-05-28 00:00:00 I've always had a dream of living near the beach. I grew up in a town in Florida that was about as far away from the beach in a state nearly completely surrounded by water. I went to graduate school in a school that was pretty close to the geographical ... More About: Beach
Science Tuesday: Breath-taking insanity
2008-05-27 00:00:00 The subtitle of this post my very well turn out to be "How I Alienated My Religious Readers" but I got a little something stuck in my craw while reading up for this week's Science Tuesday . My last job, at Oxford, was working in a lab that focused on evolutionary ... More About: Breath , Insanity , Taking
Isn?t she a beauuuty!
2008-05-27 00:00:00 Since our arrival Down Under, one of my goals has been to run across some of the exotic wildlife for which Australia is famous in their native habitat. Until this weekend, my wildlife encounters have been limited to spotting cockatoos, rosellas and the occassional pigeon from a distance and ...
Making friends?
2008-05-25 00:00:00 Since before Zach was born, the dog's reaction to a new member of the pack has been a source of a little bit of concern - moreso to Dr. O'C than to me. If I'm being honest, there have been a couple of dicey moments. While Timmins has accepted his ... More About: Friends
Those seagulls are still out of reach
2008-05-24 00:00:00 Now this is why I moved to Oz. Winter Down Under isn't bad at all. More About: Reach , Seagulls
Somebody spoke and I went into a dream (or reason No. 17 why I need a job)
2008-05-23 00:00:00 Today is one of the glorious days on which I have sole custody of my son. His Mum is off on an interview and his Nana is working herself. So, it's a proper SAHD day on the ranch. At the dawn of these days I'm fired up - excited at ... More About: Reason , Dream , Spoke
Workingman?s Blues Revisited
2008-05-21 00:00:00 I don't know if I can explain how good it feels to be typing this post on my own computer, in my own room, listening to the gentle 80's inspired crooning of The Editors on my very own internet connection. [Sigh of contentment] Now, next problem to unstick is the job situation. ... More About: Blues
I told him once or twice
2008-05-21 00:00:00 Zach's discovered yelling as a form of communication and is now banished to the jailhouse. The good news is, at long last, we're back on line! More About Wordless Wednesday More About: Told
There is such a thing as bad press
2008-05-20 00:00:00 I feel like the only thing I?ve written since we arrived in Australia has been various bitching and moaning about not having an internet connection. Well, from today I?m going to endeavor to move back to the eclectic, if underwhelming, ramblings to which you?ve become accustomed here at chrisdellavedova.com One of ... More About: Press , Thing
&*%$&*!!
2008-05-18 00:00:00 I'm trying really hard to restrain myself from publishing my "Things About Australia That Piss Me Off" post. But if you'll indulge me just one - it takes nearly a month to get a home phone and internet. It wouldn't be so bad, but they keep teasing us. Giving us ...
The time to rise has been engaged
2008-05-11 00:00:00 I'm by no means a workaholic, in fact those who have worked with me or supervised me might describe me as having a casual work ethic. Or the more direct of them might describe me as lazy. The original relocation plan called for me to take a few months off ... More About: Engaged , Time , Rise , The Time
In your head, in your mouth, in your soul.
2008-05-09 00:00:00 Laying in the sand eating fish and chips while the Southern Ocean lapped at my toes I remembered why I wanted to come down here. It was all about quality of life. It was about being a quarter of an hour away from the beach. It was about having a ... More About: Soul , Mouth , Head
The price some pay for a simple life
2008-05-02 00:00:00 Thank goodness for the library! After a week in Aus I've found a source for free, reliable, internet. We joined the library at Noarlunga yesterday and I spent an hour in wireless surfing bliss. It would have been more than an hour but apparently there is a download limit that ... More About: Life , Price , Simple
Off The Grid
2008-04-29 00:00:00 Hello from an internet cafe in the Adelaide city center. You may have guessed from the lack of news here at chrisdellavedova.com that we have not yet sorted out our internet situation. It seems that our new home in Happy Valley, a perfectly normal looking suburb in the hills south ... More About: Grid
Sydney
2008-04-27 00:00:00 Current conditions - 16°C and raining. Welcome to sunny Australia! More About: Sydney
Dropping in from outer space
2008-04-27 00:00:00 We're here. It's been a couple of days of physically painful, bleary-eyed jetlag. I don't even know if I can do it justice. The trip was, well the trip is over. Let's just say that I am not traveling back to the States or Europe until the trip here is ... More About: Space
Just one more little hop
2008-04-23 00:00:00 "Adelaide On a plane Far from the United States Of LA Dropping in from outer space Takes a day..." -Ben Folds - "Adelaide" Tomorrow is the day. The last leg of our trip, the longest and probably the most painful. Orlando to L.A. to Sydney to Adelaide. We've managed to avoid, and I'm knocking madly on wood, ...
LAX
2008-04-23 00:00:00 "Runway 4, Flight 209 teardrops fall we start to climb this window seat proved a poor choice it shows a dream that's been destroyed Little baby starts to cry Hey, I would to if not for pride..." -Dwight Yoakam - "1,000 Miles" First leg done. The Orlando to L.A. flight was pretty much a breeze, with ...
Aluminum, tastes like fear
2008-04-20 00:00:00 When I was a younger man I lived in Athens, Georgia and worked behind the counter of a popular coffee house. It was a wonderful job because built into it was the opportunity to meet and chat with the illuminati of the Classic City. One of them, the lead singer ... More About: Aluminum , Fear
Floridaze
2008-04-17 00:00:00 There's something in the air or the water or the sun here that sucks the creative juices out of me as soon as I pass U.S. customs in Orlando. I'm having trouble coming up with the goods for two blogs this week never mind the other bits and pieces. So, ...
Which echoes belong
2008-04-15 00:00:00 Someone in this photo has a new toy and it isn't Zach. So look for the quality of photography here on CDV.com to improve. But the hero of the day was Dr. O'C and I've got to brag a little bit on my special lady friend. She watched a TV program ... More About: Echoes
The Bible Black Pre-Dawn
2008-04-14 00:00:00 It's never as bad as you think it's going to be. No part of our trip, from our pre-dawn departure from Sweden in blowing snow to our pre-dawn walk on the beach 32 hours later, was a lot of fun. Neither was it the disaster that it could have been when ... More About: Bible , Black , Dawn , The Bible
Just find a state where everything?s passing by
More articles from this author:2008-04-13 00:00:00 Today is our last day in Sweden. We'll jet off into the dark western sky for another hop over the North Sea. After landing in Heathrow we're in for what is bound to be a harried race across London to Gatwick Airport - with slightly more luggage than we arrived ... More About: Find , State , Passing 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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