red carpet red lipstick

In my twenties and thirties, I wore lipstick every day. Then I just sort of stopped wearing it every day. Now I don't apply even once a week. Tonight I am attending the Australian premiere of Monsters vs Aliens, walking the red carpet. I pledge that not only shall I apply, it will be red - Mac Russian Red, to be precise. And further, I will wear red lipstick every day for a week. I'll let you know how that goes.

Ficus carica

Five fast fun facts about figs*

1. What we think of as the fruit, is in fact the flower of the tree (called an inflorescence).
2. After Adam & Eve realised they were nekkid, they clad their genitals with fig leaves.
3. Some varieties of figs are Brown Turkey, Celeste and Poona.
4. The word sycophant literally means "showing the fig".
5. In Ken Russell's 1969 film, Women In Love, Alan Bates eats a fig. If you've never seen it, just ... just watch it ...
6. Shakespeare once wrote (or was it Kit Marlowe) "When Pistol lies, do this, and fig me like the bragging Spaniard".

(*Facts may not be fun, acceleration not guaranteed. Oh, and there may not be five.)

ring sting

Because 'ass' doesn't mean 'arse' in my beautiful country, this sign is not at all funny.

burning ring of fire

The bushfires in Victoria have so far claimed 28 homes and 60 sheds. Oh, the sheds.

26th January

In 1788, Europeans landed on the continent now known as Australia. They haven't left yet ...

get nude, again

Something tells me that those great aficionados of Art, AngryGinger & ColonelColonel will enjoy this scribble.

And for C.Rag - arse.

tree for two

Hello folks. Just to say, this makes two years of noodling on the 'nets. Thanks for sharing the noodles.