PeterJCasey

This quote has been getting quite the airing today.

Shame on the ABC. This traumatised the whole family.

Yet more Martika erasure.

MY DINNER WITH ANDRE at The Sphere! See what everyone else in the restaurant is eating! Marvel at the dishes that have yet to be bussed! Thrill as gratuity is added!

And end it with “Righteo, I’ll let you go,” even though they started it.

Me, observing tiny, shrinkflationy Mars bars: Pffft. More like Phobos, right?

Empty room: Deimos is smaller.

2. While visiting Canberra, he introduced members of the Duntroon Academy to the vodka shot jello, a way of sneaking booze onto a military base that he reputedly invented.

I can’t say for sure these stories are true, but I believe them.

People who saw Lehrer’s 1960 tour of Australia told me two things:

1. Since no-one really knew what he looked like, he walked onstage and announced that management had kept tickets as cheap as possible by cutting back on unnecessary costs, then announced Tom Lehrer and walked to the piano.

With Tom Lehrer's passing, I suppose this is a moment to share the story of the prank he played on the National Security Agency, and how it went undiscovered for nearly 60 years.

Streaming platforms, if you make watching a movie’s credits the default, instead of forcing me to press buttons feverishly, you will have my loyalty forever.

*dreads being taken seriously*

This seems like a useful re-spelling, in order to avoid parallel tritones.

Stats chart of my efforts.

Many thanks to everyone who puts #minutecryptic together! I’m generally not good with streaks, and these stats mean little against many a full crossword.

Australian: occasionally guilty of woarhrrdahrrr, but my skilluhtun is sound.

"The, uh, pitch, of the whistle, *rises*, even though the body is falling, as Todd's madness grows. Hal's idea."

Round 1 - Australia's Shittest Big Thing 2025 Vote Now!

Come on Canberra! Vote 1 Owl!

open.substack.com/pub/shittown...

In the foreground, a Guardian cryptic crossword, not yet begun; in the background, a wood fire in soft focus.

Power outage = fireplace and crossword

Not pictured: early morning coffee run

www.smh.com.au/puzzles/cros... for anyone interested.

(It's paywalled, but talk to your local library about membership perks and newspapers.)

Thanks again to @dontattempt.bsky.social for today's #crypticcrossword puzzle! The club at my library thoroughly enjoyed it, despite saying they fear your works. After today, they're (hopefully) less intimidated.

PS Deeply envious of your 7d.

Enjoy Wall-e.

My bottom paddock, which floods pretty readily, bears a light sheen of mist, later to become a bloody thick fog.

Mist creeping over the backyard when it’s only 5:20pm. Things get a little gothic this close to the river.

Arrived for a spot on local radio, and the receptionist greeted me with "Oh, I just saw you in the paper."

"That's nice," I said.

"Yes, we're all getting older, aren't we?"

Devastating.

Likewise itsy bitsy and incy wincy spiders.

The “Groos!” in ELO’s “Don’t Bring Me Down” and the “woah oh oh ohs” in John Paul Young’s “Love Is In the Air”

"This is NT. He's not your new Coalition daddy, he's just someone I'm seeing, because goddammit, I deserve some fun."

The former Coalition would like you to know it’s not your fault, they both still love you, it might not even be permanent, and you’ll split your time between here and Queensland.

a woman says i really appreciate that you tried in front of a lake . Alt: A woman says “I really appreciate that you tried”, with a blurry lake behind her. But she is clearly faking the appreciation.

Hearing the lyrics to this year’s UK Eurovision entry.

Ugh. Melly B-listers, however…

Bucks Fizz have two cameras. One never lies, while the other never tells the truth. You may rip off one skirt.

It is firmly brooshettah here in the land of cup-of-chino.