Monday, October 27, 2008

Extend Trading Hours ... into the Morning!

I had another mad idea on Friday. First, a bit of background. Many W.A. people are morning people, perhaps more than elsewhere, and social values are a little bit more oriented towards doing stuff in the morning than late at night.

Anyway, there's been a lot of discussion about extended trading hours recently. Once again, for those unacquainted with our dear state in the west, W.A. does not have extended trading hours: supermarkets are obliged to shut on Sundays and weekdays after 6pm.

My big idea is that here in W.A., we should extend trading hours into the morning ... as opposed to into the evening. Want fresh bread for your breakfast? Just nip to the supermarket at 6am before everyone else is up (ok, 5am). This way, the state can remain morning-oriented, family-focussed, and all the rest, while enjoying trading hours that would no doubt soon be the envy of the rest of the country if not the free world.

Sunday, October 26, 2008

Ranticle

The name for this blog is a blend of a number of words:
  1. rant - because some of my postings may be sufficiently editorial to qualify as this kind of animal,
  2. ant - because we have some in our backyard,
  3. article - because other, or possibly the same, postings may have sufficient evidence and backing to reasonably called articles,
  4. antic - because at least some of the blog will be devoted to the antics of my fellow human beings.
  5. canticle - because if I ever feel and urge to wax poetic or even lyrical while writing this blog, I won't repress that urge,
  6. ticle - because who knows, some postings may even be funny, even if the spelling ends up kareless.
And there you have it. Six words (and more!) in one, and its a blog name that noone else has on blogger.