Yesterday around 4pm I walked up the hill to head to the shops.

At the top of the hill I felt a sting on one of my toes and looked down to see a bee attached to my toe. I shook the bee off and said ‘ahhh crap” in my head. I’m allergic to bee stings, I haven’t been sting for about 15 years. Last time i was stung it was also on my toe and my whole leg swelled up, couldn’t bend my knee and had to go to hospital to get things jabbed into me.

I turned around and walked back down the hill home. I told Jenny that bee just sting me and knowing I’m allergic she asked what she should do. I didn’t really know so I went and did a poo. (i needed to anyway, not bee related).

I was under the impression that each time i get sting the reaction is likely to be worse than the previous time and there is real potential for the reaction to cause breathing difficulties and eventually heart failure.

So Jenny and Oscar dropped me at the hospital and they headed back home.

I gave my details and the Triage nurse had a quick look at the bite area which at this stage was very unimpressive, only my tow was swollen. I was told to take a seat and wait. So I did.

It was very busy in the ED waiting room, there was many a child with suspected broken limbs, old people with chest pains and a lady across from me with an addiction to swearing. Not sure if that’s why she was in there but everything and everyone was making her angry.

I waited.

And waited.

i was given an antihistamine followed by more waiting.

And waiting.

After 2 and half hours my name was called and I was taken through the big doors.

They had no spare beds so asked me to sit on a chair in a corridor, my chair was facing the bed pan room.

I got to look at the bed pans for about 40 minutes on and off with the Doctor / nurse man popped back every now and then with different bits of paper and machines that went ping.

Panoramic View

By this stage about half my foot was fairly swollen and they were a bit puzzled as to why I hadn’t reacted in similar way to the times before that I have been stung. Which I think is about 4 times in my life. They did all the normal testing of airways, blood pressure etc and as a precaution have put me on steroids for a week as there is still a chance my body could react in other ways not just swelling. so the roids are supposed to stop any reaction to my repository system, I also have 2 different types of antihistamines to take for a few days.

I asked if this meant I was over my allergic reaction to bee stings and the man said “no” very quickly and that I should come to the hospital straight away whenever I get stung, and that this time for some unexplained reason it looks like the reaction is very mild.

Before sending me home I was asked “Is your wife sensible’ I said no one had ever asked me that before. He was hoping jenny could monitor my breathing through the night and if any wheezing started to bring me back ASAP.

Eventually I was sent home with the noobs driving me to a chemist on the way.

In bed jenny said to me “Can I just check to see how you are going in the morning because I”m going to sleep”

That’s my sensible wife!!

My sleep was terrible, my foot was sore, blah blah blah….I didn’t die.

Oh and I got a free purple texta that they used to draw on my foot with.

Bloody bee.

The bats are back next to my head.

Well Howie & Tom [Live] was almost as bad as expected.

Ustream is a crap crap crap web-casting service!!!! Our connection got lost a few times.

Ohwell, the videos are up here if for some reason you want to watch the show in 3 separate parts.

By Kylie Orr

You are a big kid now
Learning to poo
On the potty, the big toilet
Or some call it a Loo

I have a special secret to share
It’s about a great party
Everyone’s poo will be there.

You see, when you do poo on the loo
It goes down a slide, yelling “woohoo!”

And under the house is where the poo meets
Mum’s poo, Dad’s poo and even brother, Pete’s!

They all get together, play games and sing songs
There’s hats and balloons and before long
Another poo comes sliding down the S-bend
To join in the fun with all of its friends.

But this tale has another side
Some poo will miss out on the ride.
If you do poo in your pants
That poo won’t get a chance
To dance at the poo party under the house

There’ll be no fun with all the other poos
It will be sad and lost and won’t know what to do.

So next time you feel the need
When there’s poos coming
Or maybe just wees,
Think of your poo and where it should go
In your pants? Or down the loo and below?

Coke has these new coke machines where you buy a bottle, take a sip then turn the bottle up side down, when you turn it upside down the coke begins to freeze.  You then turn it thr right way up and drink super chilled coke.

Here is their official video.

I looked up to see if there was any ‘ice up’ machines near home and there is!!! So Off we went.

I bought the bottle.

pressed the button and out came my coke.

Lachy who was with us and also got one for himself.

Lachy opened his and it worked first go, he took a sip, put the lid back on then turned it upside down and it began to freeze.

I opened my lid, it exploded all over my hand and the table.

I turned it upside down and it did begin to freeze but it also exploded more every time I attempted to open it.

Eventually I was able to drink it and I have to say I really liked it!!!!

Sure it’s just coke with ice in it but it’s beautiful.

This is good news, the current food crisis in Africa has put 13 million people at risk of malnourishment and to fuel the crisis an outbreak of cholera and measles is spreading across the horn.

This is not a matter of us chucking $2 into a bucket, we need to dig deep and give as much as we can so that those on working on the ground can deliver nutritious meals, access to clean water and improved sanitation conditions. If our Government is willing to match our giving lets give big!!!!!!!

donations through the following organisations will be matched by the Australian government up until November 30.

• Act for Peace
• ADRA Australia
• Anglican Board of Mission Australia
• Anglicord
• Australian Lutheran World Service
• Australian Red Cross
• Baptist World Aid Australia
• CARE Australia
• Caritas Australia
• CBM Australia
• ChildFund Australia
• Oxfam Australia
• Plan International Australia
• Save the Children Australia
• TEAR Australia
• UnitingWorld
• World Vision Australia

I went to Black Stump,

It rained,

I got to use a radio,

I am tired,

It was super.

After almost 12 months in the Apple recruitment process and it ending with me not getting a job I was still excited about the Hornsby Apple Store opening today.

During the past year I had 5 interviews and months of waiting in between to finally be told I was not going to get a job but that I could apply again in a few months if I wanted to. I didn’t want to.

Hornsby Store the day before opening

Anyway the hornsby store opened at 10am this morning, I knew it would be busy and dumb to go at 10 and also as a protest to them not employing me I waited until 11am. It was super busy when we walked past and security had set up barricades to control the long line of people waiting to get into the store. The first 1000 people in to the store get a free apple shirt.

I am not kidding when I tell you that I was the 1001th person to enter the store.

Bloody Apple, I love your products but you sure don’t love me.