A Bit of Perth

Street Art, Street Music, Street Entertainment are always on display in Perth. Roscoe McConnell is a street artist who specialises in sketching in between his forays into senior athletics.  

Sid and Sod

And so Sid and Sod have annoyed us for the one hundredth time. No! 100 is not the answer. For more Sid and Sod than you will ever need, have a look at this!

A Red Tale in the Sunset.

With the break-up of the Soviet Union and the upheavals in Russia leading to new found openness, some members of the government decided to break with tradition and clean up some of the memorials and exhibits around Red Square. When they opened the Lenin mausoleum for the first time, they found him caked with filth [...]

A Bit of Perth

It is just as well computers were invented. This is the Government Printing Works and all Government documents and publications for Western Australia were printed here. It closed some years ago. With the increase of Government and its Acts, Regulations and general busybodiness, can you imagine how big the building would need to be now?

A Very Dark Night

Written by a daughter of human rights activist Abdulhadi Alkhawaja and published in a series of tweets. Her baby is just one year old. By @angryarabiya Oh coward men of the dark When you break in on a chilling night Trying to control all warmth and light When you come to take me away Remember [...]

A Bit of Cyoot For Hump Day

It has been a hard and discouraging two days. So here is something to make you go “Ahhhhh”. Or to make you go “URRRRK” Whatever.

Group Hug

Mercury From The Messenger

At 5:20 am EDT on Mar. 29, 2011, MESSENGER captured this historic image of Mercury. This image is the first ever obtained from a spacecraft in orbit about the Solar System’s innermost planet. Over the subsequent six hours, MESSENGER acquired an additional 363 images before downlinking some of the data to Earth. Image Credit: NASA/Johns [...]

How Much Gluttony Do You Have?

Your Gluttony Quotient: 60% You definitely have your gluttonous moments. For you, eating is a true hobby. And while you do spend a lot on food, you can always make it back winning eating contests. How Much Gluttony Do You Have? Blogthings: Discover the Parts of Your Personality that Have Been Hiding

A Bit of Perth

Looking out from one of the gazebos on the Maylands foreshore. Nothing special. Just the river and a few boats at anchor. And trees. Peaceful.

Daniel Radcliffe Jumps the Shark

From the New York Times comes a report of the new production of “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying,” which opened on Sunday night at the Al Hirschfeld Theater. Its leading man is Daniel Radcliffe. Here Radcliffe is seen jumping the shark in a moment of forgetfulness. He forgot he was not on [...]

Sid and Sod

A Strange Case

A rather harried and frazzled woman arrived at an airport one day struggling with a dilapidated old suitcase made entirely of styrofoam. It was barely in one piece and covered with duct-tape to hold together what little of it was left. Seeing this, a security guard went over to help the poor lady with her [...]

Tuesday Tune

A chance to relax and unwind before hump-day, tomorrow.

A Bit of Perth

Garvey Park in Ascot not only has a river it also has one of the biggest children’s playgrounds in Perth.