The Diary of Daffy

Background : Piet & Cindy & the kids are on holiday in Auckland. This is an excerpt from the chapter 'Bait' from the book DLC33. I woke up in New Zealand. I’m actually OK with that. The best part is waking up next to my favourite Kiwi … not the flight attendant, but my wife. She seems to be a little happier today, too. It’s relative. She was a melting bucket of old memories as we sat in the bathroom last night, until someone else needed to take a leak. Now, she’s … very happy to be in a hotel room. She’s possibly not so happy to find two other beds full of still-sleeping small people. Maybe she’s as happy as I am that they’re still sleeping. Their presence, however, puts an upper limit to our combined - or mutual - level of potential happiness. She shrugged. Exactly. Breakfast in bed is not going to happen, either. It’s breakfast by buffet, which is apparently above us somewhere, but not quite on the roof. I can live with that. Maybe it faces the harbour. It doesn’t. “W...

Background : Julian organises for Piet to be interviewed on radio. This forms the chapter 'Free Advertising' in the book DLC23. “So, Dad, how do you feel about radio?” “As a means of communication, a broadcast medium, or an attempt at a retro birthday present?” “Wow. That’s good. I hadn’t thought of that.” “Me either.” “Sorry. It’s about you being interviewed on radio. There’s this guy on ABC radio who interviews interesting people. Actually, it’s more like a conversation being recorded. I was reaching out to see how to put you on TV again for no apparent reason, & someone suggested I try this guy. It’s legit - he loves the stories. He doesn’t have a big following, as such, but you have to think of what happens after you’re there - contacts. Maybe a commercial radio station will pick up the idea of … something.” “You sell it so well.” “Sorry, I’m not wearing my suit - it’s at the dry cleaners.” It’s like one of those scenes from The Simpsons . My son, the comedian. “Do I wa...