Brock’s blog

In which I stop being an ungrateful arsehole.

2009-06-21T23:59:18Z

So, I really don't like Christmas. It has nasty hangovers/connotations/bad karma/guilt and general weirdness from when I was younger and as I'm also no big fan of birthdays (or, in fact, fuss in general - witness my wedding) I always find it a ve...

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4hrs and Loathing in Las Vegas.

2009-03-30T21:42:42Z

My god. I always hated long connections (although not as much as 'too short to get your luggage transferred' ones) but I think that Las Vegas airport has to be one of the least enjoyable places to spend it. There are about 3 power outlets in each ...

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Good start..

2009-03-19T00:12:14Z

You always expect a work trip to Mexico to be different from the usual US based ones. But flying in anywhere and picking up your hire car can always be an adventure. Admittedly, it's usually just getting lost, but this time I got stopped by some c...

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G-Day, Cobber.

2009-03-07T19:20:22Z

Increasingly, I am getting accused of/mistaken for/identified as Australian. Strangers have mentioned that they thought I was an Aussie, or a Kiwi when they met me often over the last year and I have been trying to work out why. The american's tha...

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Bashity bash.

2008-07-20T03:29:05Z

It's hot here. Very hot. I have the fan trying to blow cool(-er) air from outside into my little flat, and I have just spent a happy 20 minutes bashing seven bells of shit out of my drum kit, failing miserably to keep up with Van Halen. But hell, ...

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Why we get on

2008-07-06T16:40:04Z

Why we get on, originally uploaded by Brock. This is an old chat screenshot that I found kicking around a while ago. I kept it because it amused me. I think this pretty much encapsulates a fair part of the reason that Sarah and I get on....

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Vox Hunt: Shoot the Sunset

2008-04-04T00:55:59Z

"The sky broke like an egg into full sunset and the water caught fire." -- Pamela Hansford Johnson Show us a self-taken picture of the sunset. Submitted by Connie. If someone tels me I do a lot of these, they are terribly terribly unfair. M...

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Summary of bizarre and unexpected.

2008-02-26T05:10:47Z

So another ten day testing trip to the US is over. It has been a trip of much randomness, and where the normal off-track stuff is usually limited to travelling or laundry trips, this time threw up some entirely unexpected bonuses. Here are some th...

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More travelling.

2008-02-17T22:46:51Z

This week I am in Alabama. It's been an interesting few days - from the flight being changed from one connection to two (and so a 4-5 hours journey rather than 3) on the way down to having to leave the circuit 3 hours early, dodging torrential rai...

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QotD: Long Distance Love Affair

2008-01-31T15:25:13Z

Do you think real love can last throughout any distance, or will long distance end most relationships? Submitted by Miss Joy. The difficulty there, of course, is that people assume that real love is present in 'most relationships'. I think the ...

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