Peter Alexander

I have two pairs of Peter Alexander pyjamas, both of which I bought on sale some years ago. My favourite of the two is my 'Breakfast Egg' pyjama set. When I did my Northern Exposure tour to Europe in 2005 I brought these pyjamas with me because I just couldn't face sleeping in my clothes for three months. I got a lot of comments from fellow hosteliers about how comfy they looked.

I've worn them out now, but I couldn't face throwing them out so I decided to do the enviro-friendly thing and turn them into rags.

The Peter Alexander story is a heartening, rags-to-riches one. Peter started the business at his mother's dining room table and now boasts a chain of stores in addition to his mail order and online business. And now, because of a pair of scissors, Peter Alexander is once again rags.

Supposed Gloucester Pregnancy 'Pact'

For those of you into more serious news, you may not have heard about the Gloucester pregnancy pact rumours. Gloucester is some small town in Massachusetts, USA (not the sizeable town in the UK) where the local high school has just recorded 17 teen pregnancies, far more than the usual three or four.

There are rumours that the teen mums-to-be made a 'pact' to get preggers at the same time and look after the kids as in some kind of commune situation but these are quite unsubstantiated.

Anyway, a report about the pregnancy spike caught my eye in the Saturday paper. Originally from Associated Press, the last paragraph reads:

Karlee's father, Michael Mitchell, 17, thinks he knows why the spike happened. "They were horny, it was a cold winter. It's boring around this town."

Mystery solved.

Confucius says

"Do you like my metaphor? I think it works on so many levels."
- Pinstripe Pants by Kid Confucius

The Big Apple

No, not New York but the new Apple Store in Sydney. The Apple frenzy was still alive and well on Sunday night (22nd June), when I snapped this pic, just a few days after opening.

I know it sounds strange, but I think I'll miss the mysterious scaffolding on the corner of King and George Streets. I never thought about what was behind that facade and totally missed the hype about the store due to the Sydney Film Festival.

The next two stores to open will be Chatswood Chase, which is one of my local shopping centres, and Chadstone in Melbourne. That is, a win for Gandel who own both those centres.

Still debating about whether to get an iPhone when it arrives.