TET.Life (The Extraordinary Tourist Life)

If you're just starting to think about selling your art or maybe you've already tried but not getting the results you hoped for then The Fast Start Art Marketing Primer Course by Owen Garrett of Marketing Tools For Artists could be the foundation course you need. I came across this ten part video tutorial course through a Facebook advertisement and, at just shy of US$12.00, I figured it was worth a look. Particularly because it had a unique selling hook that I hadn't come across before... claiming that 90% of everything I'd heard about selling art was either outdated or just plain wrong. It also asked the question "What's the Number One Most Important Thing about Selling Art and Being an Artist?!"

Many people are saying The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel is even better than the first. Having now seen both (though I didn't review the first), I felt the first was a little funnier but the second is still a strong film that allows you to enjoy these characters all over again. Presumably, if you're reading this you've seen the first film and are familiar with the characters and story thus far. All the major characters are back along with a couple of new guests played by Richard Gere and Tamsin Greig.

The Dishwasher... automatic? Really? The house we recently moved into came with an Automatic Dishwasher that, despite being looked over by a dishwasher tech person, occasionally trips the safety switch in our fuse box (which is a whole other story that I won't go into). Until now I've been largely responsible for hand washing the dishes in our house. I'm completely fine with this. It's a job I can do on autopilot whilst listening to my favorite podcast. You don't need to think too hard to wash dishes.

I was lucky enough to see Billy Connolly's latest live show, High Horse Tour, at the Adelaide Entertainment Centre, thanks to my partner who managed to score some half price tickets. I've been a fan of Billy for as long as I can remember and have owned various recordings of his live shows and TV series on VHS tapes - most of which I don't own anymore because I did a purge of 'old tech' that I didn't want to be hoarding when I no longer had a VHS player.

The Lawnmower, Hedge Trimmer and I. I haven't written about the bastard lawnmower from hell in quite some time because it died. You'd think I'd want to document its demise but the fact is, it went out with a loud bang (that I suspect was something seriously mechanical inside the engine breaking) and never worked again. Not much to say about it really.