Somewhere along the line I think I got lost

Much to my surprise after a seven year hiatus a new public amazing race pursuit was announced and Kirsten and I obviously signed up immediately. ( Read more... )

A very delayed report, I forgot I hadn't written this one. kirstenfleur and I competed in another mini-Race in March this year. ( Read more... )

Yesterday kirstenfleur and I competed in another mini-Amazing Race Pursuit. There was a bit of a kerfuffle starting the day before when we belated realised that the plans we had made were not in fact going to work - doing these races has become increasingly complicated as our children start participating in Saturday activities!! Fortunately Dean and kirstenfleur's sister-in-law were able to help out and so we headed off, leaving two children with Dean at home and one child with the sister-in-law at jazz ballet. We made good time into the city, especially considering there was football on, and arrived at our start/finish point at Federation Square roughly half an hour early.
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So I went to see 50 Shades of Grey. ( Don't judge me. )

Out of the blue I got an e-mail from Amanda, the personal trainer, asking me if I'd seen the Scoupon Amazing Race offer. No, I hadn't, yes, I was interested. It was a promotion for a mini-Amazing Race event being run by the same company but sold entirely through Scoupon and another similar company. Instead of 6 hours it would be 4 and they were running 6 of them on different dates. I promptly bought tickets and e-mailed kirstenfleur to ask if she wanted to come and partner me and ask which dates suited her. She did, and we settled on the 17th May as being free for both of us.
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So way, way back in 2010 kirstenfleur and I competed in The Great Amazing Race around Melbourne. ( Read more... )

Oh Canada! First time since... the Family Edition (TAR 8) actually I think that any version of the race has had a leg in Canada.
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I haven't read any of "50 Shades of Grey", nor do I plan to. Up till now the most I'd read was the synopsis in the Sunday Herald-Sun, which made me laugh. That writer didn't like the book at all - but nowhere near as much as this writer, who absolutely hates them, not least because she is active in the BDSM scene. The books are allegedly set in that scene. Allegedly. She started tearing them to shreds here, in a totally not-safe-for-work-or-children way. Also a totally hilarious way. So far my favourite quote is:

"He palms my clitoris" What, like a basketball? How big is your clitoris, Ana?

Yes I admit this made me laugh out loud.

Another site that's had me laughing out loud is Sleep Talkin' Man, which is a collection of recordings of one man's nocturnal sayings. Recorded and published by his wife. I have no idea why his dream life is so vivid but it is frequently hilarious (and again NSFW or children.)

Some random quotes:

"It's NOT a fat ass. I suffer from Hippo-bottom-mass. You should feel sorry for me."

"Okay, Jesus, if you are the son of God, wave your hands in the air... Ha ha. Didn't think so."

"Okay: On three, I'm gonna change into a dinosaur. One… Two… MEOW. Oh fucking cat! Always cats."

TAR standings updates:
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Amazing Race Australia season 2 is on. Some impressions ( behind the cut: )