Do I continue?
I’ve almost exhausted the stocks of Shoesmaketheman shoes, which has given me mixed feelings. While it’s been fun flogging my own design and range of shoes, it’s also been quite the stress builder, and...
View ArticleFifty shades of yellow (Minus 46).
I’m feeling a little yellow around the gills. My gills mustard moved to my feet. I know. You’re likely to be cream with envy at my sense of humour, but there’s canary a laugh to be heard. That’ll do,...
View ArticleMike’s Magical Monday Movie Reviews
Title: Jug Face Starring: Sean Bridges (Who?) Lauren Ashley Carter (Who?) Sean Young (Wh- Oh, I remember her!) A story about a moonshine drinkin’, ho downin’, paw lovin’ community living in the...
View ArticleMy mission, should I choose to accept it…
… is to fit into this shirt. By New Years Eve. I bought this shirt over twelve months ago, thinking I would lose enough weight to look good in it. I’ve yet to wear it. I barely fit into it now, and if...
View ArticleBehold, the mighty 500!
I’ve only just realised I recently passed my 500th post. 500. That’s a lot of crap information that’s been written by these fingertips. I fondly remember the days when my followers outnumbered my...
View ArticleResponsibility sucks.
I received notification earlier in the week that Hugo Boss was having one of their 50% off sales. I particularly like it when that sale extends to their outlet centre at Birkenhead Point. Usually I’m...
View ArticleThat’s a sh*tload of shellfish!
I think I may have gone slightly overboard with the amount of crab in this soup. Though it was less of a soup, and more like a sauce accompanying the meat. Oh Lordy, but it was delicious! Low fat, too!...
View ArticleThe onset of alzheim…
Don’t you hate it when you look at photos of outfits you have very recently worn out, and cannot remember for the life of you where it was that you wore it to? Or is that just me? Wherever it was, I...
View ArticleHo Ho Ho! Merry Chris…Oh, forget it!
It’s that time of year again. The day when I do my best to join in the Christmas cheer for about fifteen seconds. Then I go back to enjoying my surprisingly comfortable grinchy skin once again. What...
View ArticleA Christmas Fish.
You may well be wondering what on Earth this dish has to do with Christmas. Other than the little known fact that salmon was the Baby Jesus’ choice in anadromous fish? Well, nothing really. But I did...
View ArticlePrepare to be entertained…
… and ultimately disappointed. I had every intention of writing a post that was witty, engaging, and more than likely, completely bloody hilarious. Turns out I’m too tired to deliver such a post. I...
View ArticleSpeaking of fat…
New Year’s Eve is fast approaching, and I have a sneaking suspicion that my desire to comfortably fit into the shirt mentioned a couple of weeks ago is going to remain unsatisfied. I mean, I’m trying...
View ArticleAn affair to remember
Remember my declaration of undying love toward Momofuku’s candied pork shoulder? ( http://shoesmaketheman.com.au/2013/11/27/pork-is-a-many-splendoured-thing/ ) Well, Occasional Reader, consider that...
View Article2013 in review – The lazy option.
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2013 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 8,900...
View ArticleA spectacular failure!
Yes, I failed miserably in my New Year’s Eve quest to fit into THAT shirt. I did, however, manage to find a more than suitable alternative for the night. Did it work? I spent the night fielding a...
View ArticleNYE. Now available in 2D!
I fondly remember my disturbingly accurate portrayal on here of the 2013 Sydney fireworks. Now, while I was prepared to do it all again, and wow each and every one of you with your own fizzle,...
View ArticleImproving on perfection
Is there anything better than juicy, fresh crab, gently flavoured with harissa, lime and coriander? Why, yes. Yes there is. It’s juicy, fresh crab, gently flavoured with harissa, lime and coriander,...
View ArticleShould I keep her?
I just received notification that my blog followers have exponentially increased by one, which draws us ever so closer to that magical 300, when we can band together, attack, and take over another...
View ArticleYour opinion?
Yes! Or… No! Or… Thank God for Fluevogs! They certainly saved this outfit, didn’t they? Shoes – John Fluevog Jeans – Hugo Boss Shirt – Dupontdandum Vest – Wayne Cooper
View ArticleIt wasn’t my fault!
I swear it wasn’t! There, I was, diligently sticking to the diet, sucking my water through a celery stick while reading through some of the other blogs I follow. (I say follow, but really it’s more...
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