Cutting corners

This puzzle was hours of fun as a kid. A box of wooden blocks with pictures stuck on each side. There was a bus, car, plane, ship, a steam train and a second newer train.

After a while we worked out that once you got one image correct, you could flip a whole row at once to see the other pictures. It wasn't quite the same thrill as working it out from scratch but it taught us to cheat and cut corners early in life and that was a valuable lesson that served us well from thereon in.

Life Tips for the Risk Averse

A few life tips for the risk-averse, things I have picked up along the way that you may find useful:

- Assume all car drivers want to kill you when you ride a motorbike.
- A tractor wants to kill you every second you are around it, even when it's off - remain conscious and deliberate in your actions.
- Resist the urge to apply the brakes or jump off when sliding out of control down a wet hill in a tractor.
- Never look up if someone talks to you when you are using a power saw - remain conscious and deliberate in your actions.
- Treat all electrical wires as if they are live, even if you know you turned the main off.
- To avoid jarring the wrist when digging in rocky ground always let go of the spade at the last moment.
- The right tool for the job - A boot is not a tool.
- Don't climb fences with a rifle.
- Don't piss on electric fences.

iPhone, WiMAX and Unwired - a love in?

Okay, finally I think apple have caught up with themselves with their new iPhone. I may have to officially retire the Newton. Although I'll be fully convinced when I can use a WiMAX iPhone on the Unwired network in Sydney. Let's see how long that takes.

The Triffids at the Enmore

Here's another one from a while ago. The Triffids at the Enmore theatre in Newtown, Sydney, Australia. Standing room only, poor sound but I guess that's the deal with the real thing.

Bob Dylan with Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers

Here's an oldie. The last time I saw Bob Dylan in concert was in 1986 in Sydney Australia. Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers were support. It was great, but hell that's a while ago now. Back to the EntCent to see him again Aug 15 2007 - let's see what 21 years of touring does to a singer.

And how about that price 26 bucks!



I think I have some other old concert tickets around, will see what I can find.

Oil Painting Medium Recipe

I just mixed up another batch of the medium I use for oil painting. I seem to always loose or forget the recipe so decided to add it to the site. This is a simple recipe with damar resin, stand oil and gum turps. I don't bother with dryers or other ingredients, too lazy.

Hot Australian Summers in the Pub

Here's a triptych of charcoal drawings on paper from 1987. I liked these, they had an Aussie summer feel about them to me. They hung around on the wall for so long the poor quality paper fell apart somewhere along the line.

Strictly Ballroom Dance Floor for Auction on eBay

I've got the dance floor from Strictly Ballroom up on eBay for sale. The floor used to be installed in my studio years ago but it's been in storage for years and I think it's about time someone else had a go.

Baz Luhrmann's Strictly Ballroom is listed on imdb and the floor can be seen in the trailers hosted on that site.

Throwdownyourguns - Carbon Neutral Hosting

The good people at Ilisys who host the Throwdownyourguns.com site just announced they are "the first hosting company in Australia to become carbon neutral". Ilisys said "By running our headquarters and data centre on 100% renewable energy and offsetting the greenhouse gas emissions from other business activities we have reduced our carbon footprint to zero".
You gotta be happy about that!

Naked - The Beggar...

Another recently digitised image. This painting is titled The Beggar Feeling Awkwardly Clad in Saint Martin's Famous Cloak. It also appeared on the postcard for the exhibition titled Naked held at Baby Enzo back in 1995.
I realise this blog is well and truly ex facto delectatio morosa but such is the onanistic nature of blogging. :-)

Reagan, Gaddafi & Van Gogh - all in it together

I recently had transparencies of some works digitised and I'm in the process of adding the new images to the site. This one titled Sowers is from 1991. It was about Reagan and Gaddafi and their insane behaviour back then - nothing much has changed really, different punk-actors the same old story.

The Big Daddy Blues

Since establishment of the throwdownyourguns web site, I have been keeping an eye on Googles index to see if and when the site gets picked up, so I'd like to give a big welcome to Big Daddy who's been sniffing around since 7 Feb 2006 - do drop in any time - I'll try to keep things the way you like em...

Kick-off!

Well, not just yet... I'm gonna try to keep this thing in its holster until it's really needed.