Issue 132

There is no doubt that the Sydney CBD lacks the culinary variety that Melbourne has in spades and alleys. This particular alleged restaurant was located on the third floor at the top of an extremely steep set of stairs, which ended up being my most strenuous exercise for the week. Malcolm is a bit larger…

Mike’s Pith & Wind cont. .. (I think it was on the ABC) about an apparently typical family in North Korea. (Let’s get over the ‘what is typical’ debate before we go any further). Of course, by Western standards they weren’t that well off in terms of consumer goods that may or may not qualify…

.. communist plot. It was always so though never so pathetically blatant as now. In fact, if you took the events of the past month: the shooting down of the Air Malaysia aircraft, the events in Gaza, and the outbreak of the Ebola virus you might find good reason to be a tad depressed. But…

..And another. The only alternative is to put the bike in the car and drive somewhere flatter, which seems to defeat the purpose of the bike, so rapid fitness is being forced upon me as well as expected, and unexpected, aches and pains. As the bike has the down-curved handlebars I get a sore neck…