Author: mimbles

Blog Link-ups and Memes4 Comments

Link-fest No. 9

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The Shapelings (that will be the commentariat for the uninitiated) are in fine form of late over at Shapely Prose. Among many recent fine posts we have a critique by Sweet Machine of the latest “fat is contagious” kerfuffle that leads to the introduction of Coconut Crabs and Fillyjonk’s quick hit on the subject of the monotony of articles about fatness that has spawned an epic comment thread with some beautiful rants about the absurdities of how mothers are perceived and expected to behave. Wil Wheaton has been having fun with Rock Band. Alix at Casa Hice has been telling … Continue reading Link-fest No. 9

Blog Link-ups and Memes, Keeping the Masses Entertained5 Comments

Blogosphere Book Circle reading list

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I’ve gone and joined a book club, we’ll be reading one book a month and sharing our thoughts and reviews on our blogs. It’s been organised by the lovely Penny at Walking Upside Down and it’s going to drag me kicking and screaming out of my usual genre comfort zone of SF&F and make me try something new and different for a change. I’m looking forward to it! Here’s our reading list for the next 12 months. Feb: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows Mar: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by … Continue reading Blogosphere Book Circle reading list

Things We Should Talk About at the Dinner Table4 Comments

Political spectrum quiz

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It’s a blog quiz so it must be true. My Political ViewsI am a left moderate social libertarianLeft: 7.28, Libertarian: 2.94Political Spectrum Quiz My Foreign Policy ViewsScore: -6.97Political Spectrum Quiz My Culture War StanceScore: -8.1Political Spectrum Quiz Actually I’m not arguing with these results, if I go to the original Political Compass site it shows that I sit somewhere near Gandhi and the Dalai Lama on the spectrum. I’m cool with that. Not sure what the culture war result is supposed to mean though. Continue reading Political spectrum quiz

Miscellaneous5 Comments

Flutterby

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I’m fluttered…no wait…flattered, that’s the word. Lou (aka Bogsider) has very kindly given me the Butterfly award. I discovered this when I was sitting in the car on our hide-from-the-heat trip down the coast from Merry Beach on the verge of tears because of the pain from my back and grabbing a quick dose of net therapy on my mobile while I actually had a signal. Made my day it did. Thank you Lou! Meme rules:1. Put the logo on your blog.2. Add a link to the person who awarded you.3. Award up to ten other blogs.4. Add links to … Continue reading Flutterby

Family & Parenting, Things We Should Talk About at the Dinner Table8 Comments

Merry Beach

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We’re back! We came home a couple of days earlier than planned because I managed to do something nasty to my back and was in agony. Plus the forecast for Saturday said we’d be copping at least 35 degrees C (95F) and I stop functioning in anything more than 28 degrees. So there didn’t seem to be much point in hanging around only to spend a large part of our one remaining full day going for a drive in the air-conditioned car just to keep me sane (we’d done that once already). I didn’t take very many photos, I’m terrible … Continue reading Merry Beach

Family & Parenting8 Comments

Crap

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It’s 2 o’clock in the morning. We’re leaving to go camping in the morning and I haven’t packed my bag or had a chance to find all the CDs, games and books I want to take with us. I have however cleared my work email in-box (which has taken me the last 4 hours to do), the kids’ stuff is all packed and we’ve got all the tent and other equipment in the car already. With any luck we’ll be on the road soon after 9:00am. (It’s a good thing Adam likes driving because I’m so not going to be … Continue reading Crap

Family & Parenting, Keeping the Masses Entertained2 Comments

The Nargun and the Stars

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The Nargun and the Stars “The magical world of Patricia Wrightson’s much-loved novel comes to life on stage in a stunning visual feast, featuring ERTH’s large scale puppets, live actors, and digital animation. The story follows Simon, a boy orphaned and relocated to his distant cousins’ bush farm, where he soon meets the indigenous creatures of the land: the trickster Potkoorok, the mischievous Turongs, the cave-dwelling Nyols and the Nargun, a terrifying stone creature. Combining visual spectacle with Wrightson’s warmth, humour and richly drawn characters, this is a story of not only adventure and discovery, but also of respect for … Continue reading The Nargun and the Stars

Blog Link-ups and Memes9 Comments

B is for

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Photo credit: Leo Reynolds on Flickr I’m playing an alphabet game, Liz has given me the letter B so I get to come up with 10 things I like that start with the letter B. Books One of my greatest passions. I own far too many and I find it almost impossible to get rid of even the ones that I freely admit to being rubbish. See those shelves in the photo? I have 4 more the same, the shelves with paperbacks on them are double stacked and there are piles of books on my bedroom floor which don’t fit … Continue reading B is for

Things We Should Talk About at the Dinner Table12 Comments

I’ve hit the wall

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For way too long I have been going to bed after 1:00 in the morning, dragging myself out of bed the next morning, being too tired to accomplish very much during the day and then sitting around in the evenings feeling pissed off with myself because I’ve wasted so much of the day yet again and being too wound up to be able to go to bed even though I’m barely keeping my eyes open at 9:30pm. At around 11:00pm I get my second wind and the next thing I know it’s 1:00am again and I’m stuck on this treadmill … Continue reading I’ve hit the wall