Hot blood and cold nights
We’ve had two frosty nights in a row and I’ve had two of my best sleeps in weeks. I don’t think it’s a coincidence.
I must be hot blooded or I have a hot body (puns galore) because I regularly overheat during the night.
By that I mean I can feel my body heat rising. If it gets too much I wake up and need a drink of water and sometimes I have trouble getting back to sleep.
I like to sleep liberated, without fabric intrusions close to my person (yep, in the birthday suit). I find it’s better for the body clock to fumble for the electric blanket on a cold morning than to wake up hot and thirsty.
Hiring journalists from other professions
The Advocate in Burnie has advertised for journalists. Nothing unusual in that, except they have pitched the ad at non-journalists.
I find this intriguing and refreshing. I’ve employed some mature people before who weren’t trained journalists and I saw a couple come through earlier in my career with mixed results.
Mostly though, they were successful. It’s like the adage that nobody has stronger faith than the convert.
The Advocate has stated they want people who are committed to their community, adding that people skills and writing skills are key attributes. Read more
Traffic surge to 6561 visitors
I thought there was something wrong today when I checked the Google Analytics stats for The Border Watch website.
I’ve been quite pleased with the site’s traffic growth, but wasn’t expecting today’s surge to more than 6500 unique visitors. Read more
Collecting bras for busty Fijians
As an editor I’m rather fond of quirky stories. I think newspaper readers like to be entertained, as well as informed.
Collecting bras for Fijian women is quirky and interesting. In fact, it just occurred to me that Sue will like this story.
Millicent radio station manager Rebekah Lowe is collecting second-hand bras for “Operation Uplift” - an international service appeal to support indigenous Fijian women.
A chronic bra shortage has proved a major health risk to Fiji’s busty population. The average Fijian earns less than $4.50 an hour, while the cost of a new bra is about $40.
Many Fijian women can’t afford a bra and face medical issues from not wearing one in the humid climate.
It’s genuinely uplifting that people care about the breasts of others.
Shoppers resist rising dairy prices
I went to a dairyfarmers meeting in Mount Gambier today. It was like being home again, back in Gippsland when I was a reporter for “Stock and Land”.
There are 70 or so dairy farms in the South East of South Australia, so it’s not a dominant industry, but one that is certainly significant. Read more
When decades-old charges go to court
We have been following a jury trial for the past few days involving an 80-year-old man charged with sex offences which the prosecution alleged occurred 40 years ago involving his niece, who was a child at the time.
The man was found not guilty.
This type of trial troubles me for several reasons. Read more
Tiger and butterfly
The twins had their faces painted today. Jim was unusually extroverted and wanted to be first. He asked to be a tiger. Maggie followed and wanted to be a butterfly.
We went to hear one of my work colleagues who plays acoustic guitar in a duo. They performed this afternoon at a local hotel.
It was great, but we had to leave early to take Michael’s friend to the airport.
The boy flew across from Kalgoorlie last weekend and stayed with us for the second week of the school holidays.
Gambier Centrals Soccer Club
Michael’s under 12 team won 6-0 today and Michael set up five of the goals.
The Gambier Centrals Soccer Club was established in 1962 as part of Sports Club Holland. From the club’s website: Read more
Labor of lust
Australian newspapers today carried reports of the American journalist Doug Brown and his wife Annie who had sex for 101 consecutive days.
Here is a link to an American newspaper report.
Interesting story. The couple are the same age as my wife and I. I’m not sure about writing a book on the subject though. It seems to rather cheapen the intimacy.
And I don’t really want to think about what their definition of “sex” was during Annie’s periods. Read the book, is their commercial answer, I guess.
Smoke alarms
A smoke alarm woke us up the other night. It wasn’t warning us about a fire ripping through the house, but rather its battery was running down.
That was the second time in a fortnight (separate alarms).
Why do smoke alarm battery warnings only start beeping at 3am? Why can’t they make that irritating sound in the afternoon?
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