It was a dilemma of eight-legged proportions: should I try to kill the two gigantic (okay I exaggerate) arachnids climbing up the wall of my bedroom; or do I really want to call in macho neighbourly assistance at 11.30pm?

They were no tarantulas, but let’s face it, they were way bigger than the occasional daddy-long-legs [...]

Someone gave me a Euro fifty cent coin instead of an Australian one-dollar coin. I would tell you who it was and when it happened if I knew, but (dammit) I don’t. So I’m stuck with a coin I basically cannot use – until I haul ass over to Europe. Which I am planning to, [...]