Author: sirkut

  • Belonephobia

    Ah, yes, the big brave Aussie is afraid of little tiny sticks of laser-etched steel.  Go ahead, laugh.  I laugh as well, to a point (was that intentional?  Who knows!).

  • Belonephobia

    Ah, yes, the big brave Aussie is afraid of little tiny sticks of laser-etched steel.  Go ahead, laugh.  I laugh as well, to a point (was that intentional?  Who knows!). I don’t know what exactly it is about being stabbed brutally with these little pinpricks of metal.  It sounds completely irrational, truly.  Millions of people…

  • First nightclub experience

    When I was a young Melbournite living in the mean streets of St Albans (otherwise known as Snorebans to the locals), I frequented a nightclub called The Downunder religiously every Saturday night and sometimes weeknights for about 6 months.  Sometimes I went with my cousin and her friends, my own circle of mates, or even…

  • xkcd

    The surrealist, always entertaining webcomic XKCD.com has a great image that can almost sum up anyone’s fears.

  • Driving the big CA highways

    I have an insane fear that no matter what I do on the freeways, some idiot driver will slam into me and destroy everything.