Category Archive: personal

Toasted or fresh?

It started on Monday when I spotted a pack of “professional” chewing gum at the chemist. Since then I’ve been making a note each time I stumble upon another whacky and inexplicable use of words. Whether a ridiculous product name, bizarre piece of advertising copy, or needlessly complicated instruction. It’s turned into quite a list …

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Yesterday but long ago

I’m moving office this week. As the pile of boxes grew higher and higher I started lamenting how I’d arrived in Australia a decade ago with just my backpack. Wait a minute, did I just say a decade ago? Ten whole years! Wow…! On the one hand, stepping off that plane at the start of …

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