Over the past six months we’ve been finding more and more that often, the various limbs of the Starfish need to be in more than one place at once. Which makes being a single car family a bit of a pain. With the Munro out of action until the end of the month (either a new clutch or a new clutch cylinder required), it’s even more serious.

So, we talked to the bank about a business lease and they were more than happy for us to have a brand new SS Commodore to play with. We picked it out today – black like the picture, but with silver track stripes.

To make room in the garage, my beloved Kingswood was put on the back of a tow truck on Friday – and transplanted to my Dad’s house, where it will be fixed up for my brother Luke, who’s just getting his license now. I’m sad to see it go, but I’m overjoyed that it’s going to get some use.

Now, the question remains: we need a custom license plate for the new toy. The Munro has PWN3D – we need something else just as cool! Suggestions?

Catspaw sums it up nicely: I’m a geek. I’m female. Fuck off.

Sometimes though, I feel pressure to be a hardcore geek, all the time, lest I show some sign of so-called ‘female weakness’ and let the girl geek team down. Sometimes I really just can’t be bothered. Like we’re getting a new car this week… well, new for us, anyway, a two or three year old CV8 Monaro. I would really prefer an automatic because to be honest, I’m lazy (it’s what makes me a good developer). I’m not a bloke, I don’t have testicles, I don’t have to prove I can drive by claiming to prefer a manual. I’d like to think I’m above that. I can drive a manual… I’ve driven more weird old cruddy manuals than I’d care to remember, including several nasty old three speed column shifts that are definitely better forgotten. I’m over it, auto please.

But somehow, that attitude just doesn’t seem hardcore geeky enough. I’d better get a geeky custom licence plate to make up for it.