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From my bookshelf

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Things I’ve been reading this past week. Incandescence by Greg EganI haven’t finished this one yet so who knows how I’ll feel about it when I’m done but here’s my thoughts so far: Egan usually makes my head hurt trying to follow the science part of his SF (and I do love him for it!) but this time, even though I’m sure I’m not completely grasping the details of the orbital mechanics on which the story hinges, I’m getting enough of it to follow what’s going on without too much effort. I am wondering if the central idea really needed … Continue reading From my bookshelf

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Aawwwwww

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Tom has just come home from a friend’s birthday party. The very first thing he did as he came through the door was offer me one of the chocolates from his lolly bag. “I want to share with everyone,” he said, as he handed out lollies to David, Dad and then went running downstairs to make sure Caitlin didn’t miss out. He was going to keep on sharing them out evenly but Adam persuaded him to save the rest for himself and make them last. It only seems fair given that his big brother and sister are renowned for either … Continue reading Aawwwwww

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Muuum! Stop blogging!

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After a slow start to the day we went off to my mum’s place for lunch where we finished off the last of her Christmas ham. Then I fixed her table tennis table (it needed a couple of new screws on one of the hinges) and we had a frantic search of her garage looking for the net, paddles and balls. Mum, the kids and I took turns playing one-on-one, I think the longest rally of the day that wasn’t between Mum and I was 5 hits, we all spent much more time chasing after errant balls than actually playing! … Continue reading Muuum! Stop blogging!

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It could have been a really bad day

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But in the end it turned out better than average. I took the kids to the pool again this morning, we all swam laps this time, Dave did 2, Tom did 4 and Caitlin did 6. She announced to me with great glee that she’d swum 300m. There may have been flippers involved but it’s a significant effort nonetheless. I caved in to pleas for ice-cream when we were leaving so we all headed back to the car with fast melting treats. I had a Heaven Caramel Truffle which sadly wasn’t nearly as nice as it sounds, I’ll stick with … Continue reading It could have been a really bad day

Family & Parenting, Food Glorious Food, Stuff About Me5 Comments

Splash!

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We went to the pool today, it’s not our closest public pool, there’s one at Hornsby too but this one at West Pymble is in such a lovely setting that it’s well worth a few extra minutes drive to go there instead. You can see what I mean from the Google satellite image This is the pool I used to come to for swimming lessons in the summer holidays when I was a kid, I have vivid memories of doing water safety and having to jump into the olympic pool fully dressed, tread water for a while and then swim … Continue reading Splash!

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12 things for 2009

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New Year’s resolutions never seem to amount to anything much do they? I don’t think I’ve ever made any that lasted past the first few days until last year and even then they weren’t New Year’s resolutions so much as February planning. I was quite pleased with how my goal setting for 2008 worked out, so I thought I’d do something similar for this year. One thing I’ve learned from looking at which things got done and which things didn’t is that there’s not much point in setting my heart on achieving something that would require a major shift in … Continue reading 12 things for 2009